Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 19, 2007

What high horse did you ride in on? You're absolutely wack! We wonthe day! Listen up, Jethro, we stood up for ourselves and the USA and sent a potent and powerful message that it will no longer be business as usual.

The atmosphere is changing. Illegal immigration will no longer be tolerated. We're finished being taken advantage of. We're finished being insulted by the same people who are sponging off us and having our flag messed with.

We're tired of their arrogance, their rude behavior, their ridiculous sense of entitlement and their demand for "rights." We're tired of them calling citizens of European decent "trespassers" and comparing us to Nazis. We're sick of it, and now they darn well know it. So do our politicians.

If I were an illegal, I'd start packing up the old '81 Corolla for a road trip south. Real soon. This is only the tip of the iceberg. You can call us all the names you want.
Name withheld by requestG’ahead, call him a Nazi:When, oh, when, will the liberals stop applying labels to make things seem like something they're not. Like a "pro-immigrant rally." What a crock of crap! It was and will always be remembered as a pro-illegal immigrant rally!

There is not a red-blooded American, redneck or otherwise, who will not stand up and support legal immigration into these United States of America! What we are sick and tired of is illegal immigrants trying to sway what is the law!

If I am in violation of federal law, I will go to prison for it. These lawbreaking illegal immigrants want us to turn our heads again and again until they are the majority in this country, and we will have no country!

Case in point. I was at a 4th of July celebration, a celebration of America's independence, and a Latino DJ from an R&B radio station was on the loudspeaker screaming for Latinos in the crowd to yell and scream for pride in the Red White and Green!

Are you fuckin' kidding me?! I am not alone in feelings of rage at this sort of bullshit! So you can call me any name you like. Redneck. Nazi. Bigot. Racist. White supremacist. It just doesn't matter. I am an American! My grandfather immigrated to this country from Germany and my grandmother from Norway.

They quickly enrolled in classes to learn English and immersed themselves in Americana. There is a damn good reason for making immigrants jump through some hoops to become citizens of the greatest nation on Earth. It instills pride in America. It forces one to learn of our cherished history and how we came to be.

This mass amnesty that you are so sad to see die a quick and timely death is just not good for America. I am glad that another knee-jerk reaction by this pathetic excuse for a Congress has failed to be acted upon. There needs to be honest debate in this country about immigration reform, but it should not ever include allowing 12 million lawbreakers to simply have their way, well, just because.

Please, please, please stop calling them immigrants. If you or I did the same thing they are doing in Mexico, we would be locked up and perhaps never released. This has got to stop! The answer is not just letting them in just because they want in!
Name withheld by requestRape "our" women? Whaaa?:You suck. Yes, let's applaud illegal immigration and the utter ruin of our sovereign English-speaking nation. All of us as taxpaying legal citizens love paying for these criminals who invade our country, rape our women, murder the innocent, and suck away free health care, et al. Think before you write, asshole!
Name withheld by requestOh, Lemons believes it!: Stephen Lemons is a bigot, a hack, and a hypocrite. Trust me, I know. Don't engage him. The fat, disgusting piece of shit doesn't believe half the garbage he writes. It's just for shock value, people. Nothing more.

He needs to worry less about matters such as this, and worry more about mixing in a salad every once in a while. Oh, and a shower once or twice a week.
Name withheld by requestRAMBLIN' MEN

Dream on, furious one: Maybe when you've got a little more than a few months of work experience under your belt, you'll realize that snarky remarks and pretentious references aren't enough to disguise the hackery of poor writing ("A 'Dreamy' Display," Matthew Neff, June 28).
Ed Fury, via the InternetThe Canyon’s a ho!: Interesting. However, I must take issue with your snide comments regarding the Grand Canyon.

What did the Grand Canyon ever do to you? Now, I'm not one to jump to conclusions regarding the sordid past of a complete stranger, but I'm willing to bet that the Grand Canyon has never once: A) Killed your father.

B) Engaged in a long-term relationship with you then unexpectedly stopped calling, leaving you confused and heartbroken only to find out later that it has been talking about you behind your back about what a disappointing lover you are.

C) Straight-up raped you.

D) All of the above.

Poor Grand Canyon. Stop the hate.
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