Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Migrants In Lexington

Consider this a public service announcement for the Migrant Network Coalition.

LOVE THY NEIGHBOR GATHERING

This Saturday, April 19th

Anytime between 4-7:00 p.m.

Corner of Main St. and Martin Luther King

Please join other fair-minded Lexington residents as we stand up and say NO to the scapegoating and dehumanization of immigrants that has become so acceptable in mainstream national and local media. Let us change the tide of the discourse together by showing Lexington WE WILL NOT TOLERATE HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY! Feel free to bring a sign showing your support for a diverse and hate-free Lexington.

Please pass the information on to anyone who may be interested!


Now you won’t be seeing any public service announcements from me for the other side, but to be fair if you want to see the other side of issue in Lexington look at the Kfire web site.

The guy that does this site is Doug Roy, that’s his smiling face on the website.

My real problem with Doug Roy, other than I think he is totally wrong on the issue of immigration, is that he and I agree on a couple of other issues. I would really like to blast this guy for being a total idiot, but I can’t.

Here are some of Roy’s opinions:

On George Bush’s war in Iran:

If you still buy the cover stories about Iraqi freedom, WMD and the evil dictator Saddam Hussein, you're still struggling to put dots together to make the picture work. Good luck.

If the truth were told, those missions were indeed accomplished back in 2003. The real mission is continuing to be accomplished: oil under control and buddies making billions.


On big Tobacco:

This year, more than 4,000 Fayette County residents will die untimely and painful deaths from smoking-related illnesses. If that number could be decreased even a little over the next few years because of the smoking ban, would it be worth it?

But some of us are worried that a few
businesses will lose money. Saving lives or saving a few businesses: What's your priority?

I just wish he was a little more prone to dialog than demagoguery on the immigration issue.