We! The People Webzine: Ach Tung, Baby! by Larry Sakin

Ach Tung, Baby!

by Larry Sakin
February 19, 2007

Generally, I'm not grateful for conservative action groups. I especially don't like the ones that espouse a white supremacy lunacy which places white Christian people at the top of God's list of chosen people.

But there are a couple of groups on the American landscape that have basackwardly forwarded the cause of civil rights in the U.S. of A, namely the Ku Klux Klan and the National Socialists, or American Nazi Party. The dunces behind the white cotton sheets and the swastika tattoos have committed such heinous acts of violence against minorities in this country; they've forced the government into rare action protecting the well being of all the racial groups making up our melting pot nation.

The Klan and the Nazis have been operating underground the last few years, having felt the backlash from their support of the Oklahoma City Bombing of 1995. However, both groups are coming back with a vengeance, exploiting the issue of illegal immigration to attract new members. In a Reuters' story from February 8, 2007, Anti-Defamation League spokesman Allen Kohlhepp said of the situation "The (Klan's) thinking is that if the average Joe is against immigration then we're against it too. They are trying to gain a foothold in the mainstream community."

Considering the ugly reputations of both the Klan and the Nazi's, I think we progressives should welcome their entrance into the illegal immigration debate. In fact, I'd love to see members of both groups come down here to my border state of Arizona, and have a mixer with the so-called 'Minutemen', toy soldiers with live ammo guarding crossing points between Mexico and the U.S. I'd like to see Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, a passionate advocate for anti-illegal immigration legislation come down too, maybe pose for some pictures with the guys standing up for the twin legacies of southern-style lynching and Eastern European style Holocausts. I bet the Klan and Nazi's would have extra robes and jackboots just for Tancredo to wear.

And mostly, I'd like to see the hooded folk and brown-shirts goose-stepping all over the border - get MSNBC, CNN, and especially Fox News to cover it. Because once the anti-immigration movement gets associated with these guys, it'll be finished. After the first giant cross is lit, or illegal immigrant is shot or hung, no one; not one Senator, Congressman or even 'average Joe' with a ½ ounce worth of sense or self respect will want their names associated with these groups.

Even better, the presence of these groups will likely move border state governors and even Georgie-Porgy at the White House to reassign the National Guard working with Border Patrol to watch these morons. And just to protect his own ass, Georgie-poo will have to change his domestic spying program around, specifically snooping into the conversations and emails of Klan and Nazi members, leaving less opportunity to spy on regular citizens.

Yes, I say thank goodness for the conservative lunatic fringe! If anyone can motivate Congress and the President into a workable amnesty plan for illegal aliens, it'll be those guys. Despite any dictatorial ambitions conservative leaders have, they want the appearance of respecting civil rights. Our leadership won't place their own necks in the hangman's noose too soon.