Where fiction becomes truth
You perhaps remember the famous cover story in The Onion, the satirical newspaper, at the inauguration of George W. Bush in 2001? "Our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is over" How true the satire became.
So again today. This is from The Onion, still ....
Illegal Immigrants Returning To Mexico For American Jobs
MEXICO CITY—As dozens of major American corporations continue to move their manufacturing operations to Mexico, waves of job-seeking Mexican immigrants to the United States have begun making the deadly journey back across the border in search of better-paying Mexican-based American jobs.
"I came to this country seeking the job I sought when I first left this country," said Anuncio Reyes, 22, an undocumented worker who recrossed the U.S. border into Mexico last month, three years after leaving Mexico for the United States to work as an agricultural day laborer. "I spent everything I had to get back here. Yes, it was dangerous, and I miss my home. But as much as I love America, I have to go where the best American jobs are."




Comments
Hmmmm...maybe I should just look upon the thousands of Mexicans living around me as being here for training. In a couple more years they'll all go back to Mexico in their new Chevy trucks ready to work for all the new American factories that are moving there.
It's sorta like when the US trained Osama and his troops to fight in Afghanistan. But unlike Osama, I bet if my neighbors decides to get a little revenge on me, they'll just put a dead mouse in a Whirlpool dishwasher heading my way. They don't strike me as the violent types.
And with Mexico legalizing all drugs....you can bet a whole lot of the current white workforce at Whirlpool in Fort Smith just had second thoughts about not moving to Mexico. President Fox just added a big incentive for American workers to move south of the border......
Is Americans moving backwards??
Posted by: Deathbyinches | May 3, 2006 01:35 PM
'undocumented worker'
Is that an illegal alien?
Posted by: Anonymous | May 3, 2006 01:42 PM
Next, all Mexican-haters should give back the land their ancestors stole from the Native Americans and move back to Europe.
I'm hoping in my lifetime to see Texas, Arizona, California and New Mexico become part of Mexico. If we didn't want Mexicans here, we shouldn't have taken their land away by force.
Posted by: Roland | May 3, 2006 02:26 PM
Aztland all the way. I wouldn't mind going back to Ireland. I'm just afraid that they will use your reasoning and say that the Celts were there first.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 3, 2006 03:00 PM
"Next, all Mexican-haters should give back the land their ancestors stole from the Native Americans and move back to Europe." Roland
Well, the "native Americans"were not native to America. My ancestors didn't steal land from anybody that I know of. My Irish ancestors had their land stole from them before they came here. My Blackfoot ancestors had their land stole from them on the high plains. Dang! Roland's simplistic formula just doesn't seem reasonable or workable in the real world.
Posted by: Gaylord | May 3, 2006 03:42 PM
Let me see. Someone born in Ireland is considered a 'native'. A 'native' American is an Indian. What do you call a person born in the US who isn't an Indian----a 'native' Euro. Do we have someone of the politcally correct persuasion in the audience to answer this question?
Posted by: Anonymous | May 3, 2006 03:42 PM
Roland said: "..I'm hoping in my lifetime to see Texas, Arizona, California and New Mexico become part of Mexico. If we didn't want Mexicans here, we shouldn't have taken their land away by force."
Nothing is owed Mexico. I believe we need to learn from the Mexicans and follow their immigration laws. If we protected our southern border like they do, we would have a wall, and we would enforce our borders. If you sneak into Mexico, you are imprisoned as a criminal. The same should be done for Mexicans sneaking into the US. If you want to come to the US, do it legally or don't come.
Posted by: George | May 3, 2006 03:51 PM
George, the guys that frequent the AT, with some exceptions, can't handle your kind of truth. However, you hit the nail on its liberal head. Most of them would change their little pin-headed minds if they spent some time in a Mexican jail.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 3, 2006 04:00 PM
Jeez, these bickering bozos just don't get it. If you're a poor working stiff, it doesn't matter whether you're black, white, or brown...or Mexican or American...or Mexican-American. All this flag-waving/national anthem crap is so silly and pointless. Wake up and smell the coffee, will ya? We're all in the same boat now--a rat-infested, leaky vessel that has been provided us courtesy of those whose only allegiance is to their own massive wealth and status. Alice Walton doesn't give a damn about "patriotism and Christianity," but it serves her best interests that YOU do--all the better to manipulate your simple little minds with. Go ahead, send your kids to 'Camp War Eagle,' fools.
Posted by: A Shit Sandwich Is A Shit Sandwich, No Matter How You Slice It | May 3, 2006 05:20 PM
Colbert's Verbal Assassination Of Busheviks And Their Steno Pool
Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Before I begin, I've been asked to make an announcement. Whoever parked 14 black bullet proof S.U.V.'S out front, could you please move them. They are blocking in 14 other black bulletproof S.U.V.'S and they need to get out.
Wow, wow, what an honor. The White House Correspondents' Dinner. To just sit here, at the same table with my hero, George W. Bush, to be this close to the man. I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You know what, I'm a pretty sound sleeper, that may not be enough. Somebody shoot me in the face.
Is he really not here tonight? The one guy who could have helped. By the way, before I get started, if anybody needs anything at their tables, speak slowly and clearly on into your table numbers and somebody from the N.S.A. will be right over with a cocktail.
Mr. Smith, ladies and gentlemen of the press corps, Mr. President and Madame first lady, my name is Stephen Colbert and it's my privilege tonight to celebrate our president. He's no so different, he and I. We get it. We're not brain backs on the nerd patrol. We're not members of the fact (police). We go straight from the gut, right sir? That's where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. I know some of you are going to say I did look it up, and that's not true. That's but you looked it up in a book.
Next time look it up in your gut. I did. My gut tells me that's how our nervous system works. Every night on my show, the Colbert report, I speak straight from the gut, ok? I give people the truth, unfiltered by rational argument. I call it the no fact zone. Fox News, I own the copyright on that term.
I'm a simple man with a simple mind, with a simple set of beliefs that I live by. Number one, I believe in America. I believe it exists.
My gut tells me I live there. I feel that it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and I strongly believe it has 50 states. And I cannot wait to see how "the Washington Post" spins that one tomorrow. I believe in democracy. I believe democracy is our greatest export. At least until China figures out a way to stamp it out in plastic for three cents a unit.
In fact, ambassador, welcome, your great country makes our happy meals possible. I said it's a celebration. I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least. And by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.
I believe in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. I believe it is possible - I saw this guy do it once in Cirque du Soleil. It was magical. And though I am a committed Christian, I believe that everyone has the right to their own religion, be it Hindu, Jewish or Muslim. I believe in all infinite paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior.
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it's yogurt. But I refuse to believe it's not butter. Most of all I believe in this president.
Now, I know there's some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias.
So, Mr. President, pay no attention to the people that say the glass is half full. 32% means the glass - it's important to set up your jokes properly, sir. Sir pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it.
The last third is usually backwash. Folks, my point is that I don't believe this is a low point in this presidency. I believe it is just a lull, before a comeback.
I mean, it's like the movie "Rocky." The president is Rocky and Apollo Creed is everything else in the world. It's the 10th round. He's bloodied, his corner man, Mick, who in this case would be the Vice President, and he's yelling cut me, dick, cut me, and every time he falls he says stay down! Does he stay down? No. Like Rocky he gets back up and in the end he - actually loses in the first movie.
Ok. It doesn't matter. The point is the heart-warming story of a man who was repeatedly punched in the face. So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't.
I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world.
Now, there may be an energy crisis. This president has a very forward-thinking energy policy. Why do you think he's down on the ranch cutting that brush all the time? He's trying to create an alternative energy source. By 2008 we will have a mesquite powered car.
And I just like the guy. He's a good joe. Obviously loves his wife, calls her his better half. And polls show America agrees. She's a true lady and a wonderful woman. But I just have one beef, ma'am.
I'm sorry, but this reading initiative. I've never been a fan of books. I don't trust them. They're all fact, no heart. I mean, they're elitist telling us what is or isn't true, what did or didn't happen. What's Britannica to tell me the Panama Canal was built in 1914. If I want to say it was built in 1941, that's my right as an American. I'm with the president, let history decide what did or did not happen.
The greatest thing about this man is he's steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday, that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday. Events can change, this man's beliefs never will. And as excited as I am to be here with the president, I am appalled to be surrounded by the liberal media that is destroying America, with the exception of Fox News. Fox News gives you both sides of every story, the President's side and the Vice President's side.
But the rest of you, what are you thinking, reporting on N.S.A. wiretapping or secret prisons in Eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason, they're superdepressing.
And if that's your goal, well, misery accomplished. Over the last five years you people were so good over tax cuts, W.M.D. intelligence, the affect of global warming. We Americans didn't want to know, and you had the courtesy not to try to find out. Those were good times, as far as we knew.
But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works. The President makes decisions, he's the decider. The Press Secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know, fiction.
Because really, what incentive do these people have to answer your questions, after all? I mean, nothing satisfies you. Everybody asks for personnel changes. So the White House has personnel changes. Then you write they're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg.
Now, it's not all bad guys out there. Some heroes, Buckley, Kim Schieffer. By the way, Mr. President, thank you for agreeing to be to my show. I was just as shocked as everyone here is I promise you. How is Tuesday for you? I've got Frank Rich, but we can bump him. And I mean bump him. I know a guy. Say the word.
See who we've got here tonight. General Mowsly, Air Force Chief of Staff. General Peter Pace. They still support Rumsfeld. You guys aren't retired yet, right? Right, they still support Rumsfeld. Look, by the way, I've got a theory about how to handle these retired generals causing all this trouble, don't let them retire. C'mon, we've got a stop loss program, let's use it on these guys. If you're strong enough to go on one of those pundit shows, you can stand on a bank of computers and order men into battle. C'mon.
Jesse Jackson is here. I had him on the show. Very interesting and challenging interview. You can ask him anything, but he's going to say what he wants at the pace that he wants.
It's like boxing a glacier. Enjoy that metaphor, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is.
Justice Scalia's here. May I be the first to say welcome, sir. You look fantastic. How are you?
John McCain is here. John McCain John McCain. What a maverick. Somebody find out what fork he used on his salad, because I guarantee you wasn't a salad fork. He could have used a spoon. There's no predicting him. So wonderful to see you coming back into the republican fold. I have a summerhouse in South Carolina, look me up when you go to speak at Bob Jones University. So glad you've seen the light.
Mayor Nagin is here from New Orleans, the chocolate city. Yeah, give it up. Mayor Nagin, I would like to welcome you to Washington, D.C., The chocolate city with a marshmallow center. And a graham cracker crust of corruption. It's a mallomar is what I'm describing, a seasonal cookie.
Joe Wilson is here, the most famous husband since Desi Arnez. And of course he brought along his lovely wife Valerie Plame. Oh, my god! Oh, what have I said. I am sorry, Mr. President, I meant to say he brought along his lovely wife, Joe Wilson's wife. Pat Fitzgerald is not here tonight? Dodged a bullet.
And we can't forget man of the hour, new Press Secretary, Tony Snow. Secret service name, Snow Job. What a hero, took the second toughest job in government, next to, of course, the ambassador to Iraq. Got some big shoes to fill, Tony. Scott McClellan could say nothing like nobody else. McClellan, eager to retire. Really felt like he needed to spend more time with Andrew Card's children. Mr. President, I wish you hadn't made the decision to quickly, sir. I was vying for the job. I think I would have made a fabulous press secretary.
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