BayouVixen's Blog

I watched o'Reilly last night and was surprised to learn that nearly one-third of the citizens of Mexico consider the United States to be an "enemy," according to new research from the Pew Foundation.

Here's a little tip for y'all, Presidente Calderon and buddies: we consider you guys to be an enemy, too.

The Pew Global Attitudes Survey tapped opinion in 24 countries and revealed that only 47 percent of Mexicans hold a favorable opinion of the U.S., down from 61 percent a decade ago. Most of them also doubt that either Democratic nominee Barack Obama nor Republican candidate John McCain will make a big difference in relations between our two countries, even though both candidates favor amnesty for the 40 million criminals who are here illegally.

Apparently our having given up more than 100,000 American manufacturing jobs through NAFTA, and the billions of dollars in food stamps, free health care, free education and even free housing given to Mexican invaders that American citizens can't get isn't friendly enough for Mexican citizens.

Mexican citizens kill 24 Americans every day in this country -- that's more than die on the battlefields of the Middle East. There is evidence that the government of Mexico is complicit in the human trafficking which funnels thousands of people across the border in violation of our laws every day. There is mounting evidence that Mexican government officials serving in consular capacities in this country are helping their citizens continue to evade our laws by providing fake identification.

Yet Mexico continues to make pronouncements that the backlash of average Americans to the illegal immigration problem is mean-spirited and a cause for concern, and we need to fix that.

Our government's reaction to all this? Well, according to Dubya, they're just trying to make a better life for themselves. Let's see -- they have our jobs, they're sucking up our tax money, they're replacing our culture .... and they think WE'RE mean???

Barring a major announcement by either of the two major-party candidates about a radical toughening of immigration policy in a future administration, word is that the scattered bands of patriots and minutemen around this country are planning some radical action of their own at some point this summer: closing the border by force of arms. I would assume that would make even more Mexicans consider us an "enemy," since that's pretty much an act of war.

Perhaps Mexico should consider a couple of numbers significant in its own history: 1836 and 1848. When they're ready to try for best-of-five, I'm sure we can oblige.