You Can't Say That

 "... and -- amongst all the illegal aliens down in El Paso, it's UCLA 14 and Pittsburg 6, that's with 11:15 to go in the second quarter..." ~NCSU announcer Gary Hahn.

ADDED:  I've been re-reading the Fitzgerald cannon these past years -- the short stories collection.  You know the thing about F. Scott, the East Coast boy from St. Paul?  He wasn't really writing abou ural connections that kept us all once working together, training and fighting alongside those from different economic classes, and being publicly educated together.  No wonder so many even educated folks are arming up in America today, putting their confidence in the Power of the Gun as the ultimate peacekeeper.

It's a false confidence, but they fear what they are creating, and are aware that it's hard to hold on to prosperity in a society that doesn't share equal respect for human life, and relies on guns for security to protect them, instead of simple good will for all.

My position has always been:  workers need citizenship rights, and we need to get more Americans working here -- off of the government "disabled" programs that send them a monthly check -- before the corporations are allowed to take all comers who are willing to work without citizenship protections out of desperation to feed their families... you see, they're NOT getting the government checks and are often paying full freight while sick and struggling, and doing what they can to get by...

It's probably much easier to swallow if you refuse to open your eyes and see it, even as you proclaim yourself fully woke.

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Example?  Woodlawn needs rebuilding itself, not taking in more need living alongside people who already can't afford much generosity to their new neighbors. :

DECEMBER 31, 2022

BREAKING NEWS

Influx of migrants to Chicago places a strain on city resources; city moving forward with temporary shelter at school in Woodlawn The strain on Chicago’s resources from a continued influx of migrants was underscored this week when Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked the state for $54 million in emergency funding and her administration confirmed it will open a shelter for asylum-seekers at a former school in Woodlawn.

What, no room for the huddled masses in Evanston and Hyde Park and Park Ridge and Lake Forest? You don't say. But all that open space! Oh yeah... zoning restrictions: (bring in the workers, but...) Don't build homes here! lol. 

 I feel sad for upper class' childrens' children is all, who will know even less the joy of freedom in American than their parents today... soft and spoiled and "secure" is no way to live a long healthy life anymore than huddling alongside the growing masses yearning to keep warm and fed...

We're all in this together in America, like it or not... and America is a big place.  We best start working together, and treating our neighbors as we'd want our own to be treated if we want to "win", and live peacefully, together...