Let's boil this one down to it's roots. The hatred of the President's Health Care Initiative is only secondarily concerned with profits for the Insurance Industry. Sure, the Insurance / health care folks are spending $ 1.4 million per day to stop true health care reform, and sure they have paid people out there stirring up the nutty base but the question needs to be asked.... "How are they getting people to believe so easily that old people will be euthanized and Employers will be forced to dump employees from health plans?".
Well it is simple - they are using the hard-core right's belief of "OH NOEZ DE BROWN PEEPLES AREZ COMING TOES GETS MEEZ". By focusing on issues of immigration and why President Obama won't "own up" to being half white, these "morans" are playing to our worst fears.
What got me thinking of this connection was an email I got this AM. I got put on this right wing email list by an ex-buddy of mine I reconnected with thru Facebook.
His latest screed is this:
Subject: Just One State....California's Problem.......
So, is it not clear why California is in such a financial bind?
This is only one State. If this doesn't open your eyes nothing will!
From the L. A. Times:
(1.) 40% of all workers in L. A. County ( L. A. County has 10.2 million people)are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card.
(2.) 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
(3.) 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
(4.) Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
(5.) Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.
(6.) Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living i n garages.
(7.) The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border.
(8.) Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
(9.) 21 radio stations in L. A. Are Spanish speaking.
(10.) In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English, 3.9 million speak Spanish.
(There are 10.2 million people in L. A. County.)
(All 10 of the above are from the Los Angeles Times.)
Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare. Over 70% of the United States' annual population growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration. 29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.
We are a bunch of fools for letting this continue.
HOW CAN YOU HELP ?
Send copies of this letter to at least two other people. 100 would be even better.
This is only one State...
And you wonder why Nancy "Popeye" Pelosi wants them to become voters!
Ricki DeSantis
Contemplating running for the US Congress.Your input is vital to me, to you, to our country I will give you change, and I will tell you what it is during the campaign...... I won't lie, and pretend, and say change and not tell you what that change is!!!
Ok well, aside from the fact that this simply says: From the LA Times but produces no reference material was the first tip off that this is garbage.
Aside from the obvious racist bent here was this one part talking about 67% of all births in LA county being "illegal Mexicans".
Of course the actual statistic is 67% of all births were listed as HISPANIC - which apparently to this movement means "illegal Mexicans". This is the real racism that underlies the anti-immigrant movement.
Email debunked here http://www.snopes.com/...
Here is another little snippet sent from my "friend"
Hi Jon,
Well I am glad that you respect our military, and care about education and our hospitals as well. Now how about the, "acted stupidly" comment? I think that Obama should apologize to the police for that publicly. Obama spoke stupidly. It is interesting that at the beer summit that no one apologized. The black professor is too good to apologize I guess. Typical elitist crap. And is Obama black as he is so well touted? I thought that his mother was white. If he is proud of himself then he should be proud of both halves and their respective heritage. He is therefore not truly black but bi-racial. Interesting, isn't it. Can't wait for you to rationalize this one and give me stats to back it up. I got it...they agreed to disagree and what binds them together is stronger than what tears them apart right? Get the shovel out it is time to be too proud and too smart to see the wrong that was done and for us poor white folk so afraid of being accused as a racist to say anything. The crap is just starting to get deeper, I am sure that more will occur in short notice.
Yours,
I put this email up so everyone can see exactly how much more racist can this get. I mean the whole "Pity Me I am a White Guy" is pretty freakin' ridiculous.
Here is the ugly side of the "teabagger" movement - It's obvious racism that will get the "grassroots" motivated to go out and stop the communist/fascist/socialist attack on traditional American values.
The second to last sentence is kind of interesting: "Get the shovel out it is time to be too proud and too smart to see the wrong that was done and for us poor white folk so afraid of being accused as a racist to say anything."
These people feel that after all these years it is the poor white folks that are to be pitied. This is what this movement stands for. Nothing else just blind perceived loss of privilage and power.