immigrant boycott, reported on...

[keryx]

A list of reports on the protests & boycotts from yesterday, from chreebomb/sex_and_race.

There was almost nothing else on NPR last night or this morning. I'm glad (even though I forgot & bought lunch, I did put off a host of other errands for today) - it's ridiculous and racist for an immigrant nation to treat newer folk with so little respect.

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[cutegaychick.livejournal.com]

It was all over the place on the news up here. Of course there's an awful lot of immigrants up here and an awful lot of businesses were closed altogether.

However, I picked up THE WORLD'S BEST QUOTE off the news last night and just looked it up again.

It's Lamar Alexander, speaking on the Senate floor against the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish.

“I worry, Mr. President, that translating our national anthem will actually have the effect of dividing us. It adds to the celebration of multiculturalism in our society, which has eroded our understanding of our common American culture."

Multiculturalism? In America!?!?!? Perish the thought!

[keryx.livejournal.com]

It was so Mr. Alexander's week. Do you read Feministe? Jill got him good. :) (linked in my next LJ post)

[keryx.livejournal.com]

PS - have I mentioned lately that I heart you?

[cutegaychick.livejournal.com]

*grin* You just love me for my brilliant political insight and impressive feminist credentials, don't you?

[keryx.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much all I love about anyone.

[cutegaychick.livejournal.com]

I'll take it.

[keryx.livejournal.com]

Awww. Stammer. Blush.

[cutegaychick.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's my line!

[keryx.livejournal.com]

Just keeping you on your toes.

[cutegaychick.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I think I'm going to start saying the pledge and singing the National Anthem again, but only in Spanish. Maybe we could get people to do that ... a whole bunch of white yuppie suburb folks singing the National Anthem only in Spanish.

"... And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
And that's what it is -- the [Spanish Star Spangled Banner] Anti-Massacre Movement, and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
guitar.
With feeling.
So we'll wait for it to come around on the guitar, here and sing it when it does.
Here it comes ..."

[keryx.livejournal.com]

That'd fit right in with the War on Christmas. Brilliant plan.