Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, A Spending I Will Go!

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Earlier today I sent an email around to a select few about the proposed May 1st protest by the illegal immigrants sheltering here in the USA. I actually felt somewhat guilty because the personal narrative was so slanted and almost too passionate, if you know what I mean.

You know those people who you try to avoid at parties, the ones who like to thrust their political opinions on you, at the top of their lungs and emphasized by drops of projectile spittle that's been rocketed out of their mouths by the passion of their beliefs? Well, the person who wrote the comments on the email I forwarded was one of those. Oh, heck, here's the email, so you can read it for yourself:

WASHINGTON (AFP) Immigrants' rights advocates, elated by the resounding success of Monday's "National Day of Action," which drew the backing of hundreds of thousands of protesters across the United States, now are planning a national boycott which they hope will have an even greater resonance. Organizers are planning the May 1 "Great American Boycott," urging illegal immigrants -- who cannot vote a nd who have only limited political power -- to flex their economic muscle. Protesters are being urged to refrain from shopping, and to stay away from school and work.

You should take a moment to let that sink in.

This is a movement orchestrated by people who entered the US illegally, and then want to scream about their "rights." WHAT RIGHTS? YOU DON'T EVEN BELONG HERE!

Let's take a look at some of the many benefits that illegal aliens have blessed our great country with: Street gangs, graffiti, drugs, skyrocketing healthcare, depreciation of property value, illiteracy. The list could go on. What they actually have to offer (cheap labor) pales to what they have given our country to deal with. I'll take expensive vegetables over expensive healthcare any day!

And now, like terrorists, they are going to attack our economy -- the one entity that makes our nation stand out from all the others. The backbone of our nation. The country they came to like locusts so they could reap the benefits is now the focus of their boycott. You've seen it on TV: Marching on our American streets waving their Mexican flags, boldly showing that they can be more racist than who they accuse of, and yet the obvious is totally oblivious to them...... IF YOU'VE GOT IT SO BAD HERE, THEN LEAVE!!!

To all the real Americans, you can do one small thing on May 1st, 2006. It won't be racist, nor will it be violent. It will not be boastful, arrogant, selfish, nor distasteful. It will not be any of those things that our "guests" have already displayed. What it will do is nullify a movement.

All you have to do is buy something on May 1st. Make up for what they will try to take away. It doesn't have to be a new car or house (unless you were already planning on getting one). It simply needs to be a day of trading.

Hold off grocery buying until May 1st. Take your wife out to eat that night. Get the kids pizza, hamburgers, whatever! Make several trips to the convenience store. Buy your meals at work. Fill up your tank. Shop for clothes, furniture, outdoor equipment. If it needs to be bought, BUY IT MAY 1st!

Those are just a few suggestions. We're not asking you to spend your inheritance that day, but just to spend more than you normally would. Even if it's only a few dollars, this will help soften the blow that the Mexicans will try to inflict on our economy that day. It sounds trivial at first, but if this idea gets around, what the Mexicans set out to do will fail.

As you can see, this person was just a teensy bit upset when he penned this ... Soooo, feeling a bit guilty, before sending to my email people I had to clarify that I was NOT a racist, but just proud of this country and not wanting to see ANYONE tear it down, and I would be out spending some of my VERY hard-earned money on Monday ... this is how I summed it up, in my very eloquent way:

GO USA ECONOMY! BUY STUFF! YIPPEE!

But I still felt guilty for sending on the overly passionate, borderline frothing at the mouth, email.

Then I went to Wizbang and read a very rational take on the whole May 1st situation and I feel SO MUCH BETTER now. The ability to present one's view, without spitting on anyone, is a very overlooked and underrated skill that all should learn. Follow the link (click the blog title)above and read it for yourself. Afterwards, you will find yourself saying: GO USA ECONOMY! BUY STUFF MONDAY! YIPPEE!