If Anthony Quinn is an Irish Mexican, and the Irish are the Mexicans of Europe, that makes him more Mexican than the average Mexican.

President Fox is also an Irish Mexican. Maybe that’s why he’s also pushing for immigration reform — gotta support his peeps on both sides

Since your blogger failed to do this, let me help out.

At the CBS link you can see t-shirts belonging to a group funded by the Irish government.

I understand that some people think it’s OK that a foreign government is using incompetent and/or corrupt news sources to spread propaganda inside our country, but others might object to that.

TLB,

While I don’t agree with the things you say on your blog, I do respect the fact that when you comment here you do so in a polite way, so thanks.

“Illegal”,

It seems that you misunderstood the sentiment of this post. Saying that the Mexican immigration experience and the Irish immigration experience are different is a fact, but that does not mean that I don’t believe that any immigrant, Irish or otherwise, should not have the right to live in this country.

If you go back and read the post again, you’ll notice that I say that the Irish protesters in Washington believe in plurality, that is, a fair chance for immigration for all people. How unfortunate that you see this post as an attack, when it is, in fact, simply presenting your plight for the rest of the world to see.

And I think you shouldn’t be so quick to say that we do not have experience with illegal immigration, or with European immigrants or even Irish people in your same situation. How do you know that?

I’m sure you only came across this posting because of the subject matter, but if you were to read all of the articles posted under the category “immigration”, you’d see that our opinions echo your own. So my advice: don’t be so quick to judge.

There was no hidden meaning in my comment, all I meant was what I said: that while your views obviously differ greatly from mine, I applaud the fact that you have been well-mannered and respectful in your comments (you’d commented before on a billboard campaign), unlike so many of your conservative brethren. Can’t one extend the olive branch without raising suspicions? I guess that’s just my liberal naivete.

As for the Jeb post, you’re right, there wasn’t much looking beyond the media’s words into what is actually motivating him. The truth is, like a lot of bloggers, I go deeper into things that I truly care about (Jeb’s not one of them) and try (unlike other bloggers) to talk at length only when a) I know what I’m talking about or b) I have something interesting to contribute, whether I know what I’m talking about or not. In the case of Jeb, I just let the source’s words speak.

Anyway, thanks for visiting and sharing your opinion.

Furthermore, ‘good fences make good neighbors’. This is an expression from the Old West, from REAL cowboys and ranchers, who became old hands on ‘border’ disputes involving mainly grazing land and water rights. I think a real honest-to-gosh fence with Mexico is a great answer, and will help Mexico greatly on their path to reform. This would be part of ‘teaching a man to fish’ instead of just giving him 20 books of food stamps. I think Mexico’s a great country, but until they get off their butts and take the topic of reform seriously, then their interactions with america and americans will continue to engender enmity and dissent within the american population. There’s no reason Mexico can’t have a thriving economy and a great society, other than a general lack of commitment on the part of their people and their government to make it happen, and it’s not like america hasn’t thrown billions after billions of dollars at the problem. But, the core problem is, Mexico’s become a client state, a parasite if you will, off the american economy, costing billions more than they contribute, at the end of the day, helping to fill american jails and prisons with illiterates and hardened criminals. If that’s Mexico’s concept on a sound border and domestic policy, then they get an ‘f’, and the border enforcement strategy now being proposed is an act of self-defense for southern americn states who have shouldered the burden of Mexico’s inaction and incompetence for too long.

Me vale!,,,,si estos gringos y irlandes no entienden que no son nuestros superiores, pues me la pelan! Hay ciudades del suroeste (cerrotes!)que celebran su tricentenial, mucho antes que llegaran sus famosos pinches “pilgrims puta madre”!

Hasta el colmo!