Friday, September 16: Bussing Stunts
Sadly, we're not talking about Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in 'Speed'
Recently, Texas governor Greg Abbott and Florida governor Ron Desantis have taken great pleasure in relocating newly-arrived undocumented immigrants to what they refer to as “sanctuary destinations”. Their publicity stunts are not intended to be effective immigration policy in any way, but simply a method to draw irate attention to what they consider America’s greatest problem. Desantis recently packed immigrants onto two chartered flights from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, where the confused immigrants were shepherded onto the street without direction or advice as to what their new lives might look like. Abbott has a whole operation dedicated to bussing undocumented migrants up to New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, and other cities he considers liberal bastions.
"States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden administration’s open border policies."
-Unnamed aide of governor Desantis with a love for run-on sentences
The sad reality is that part of this country shares an arbitrarily-drawn border with another country, and through a long history of exploitative trade agreements, imperialism, and discrimination, other countries have been robbed of opportunity. When asylum-seekers are forced to cross the border or desperate workers pay exorbitant amounts of money to be snuck across, it’s not to exploit this country or take advantage of its benevolence (lol), it’s simply to survive. But as long as there has been a country called America there have been confused white people willing to kill for what they think is their birthright.
In the early 1960’s, with this country in the midst of a growing civil rights movement, a group of white supremacists used the same recipe of one part racism, two parts ignorance, and a ton of spite to try and get back at liberals in the north. The Reverse Freedom Rides were a trick played by racist politicians to relocate the most vulnerable people across the Mason-Dixon line and into the backyard of the political enemy. Sound familiar?
Side Items
Mass grave uncovered: Ukrainian police and forensic experts are examining what appears to be a mass grave left behind by Russian soldiers as they vacated the city of Izium. Initial reports suggest there were hundreds of bodies found buried together, some with their hands tied or rope around their necks. Ukraine claims Russia committed war crimes, Russia claims the enemy is simply making up accusations to gain sympathy, and the death count keeps climbing. This is what’s meant when they say nobody wins in war, it’s not a zero sum game, everybody loses
A legend retires: Roger Federer (A man with “er” making up half his name) announced his intention to retire yesterday. The epitome of suave, the Swiss player somehow managed to live in the public eye for decades without a scandal that immediately comes to mind. He seems to be the rare athlete/celebrity who didn’t exploit other people with his talents and fame. On the complete other end of that spectrum…
A scumbag forever: Brett Favre was never winning any popularity contests in my book, but now he’s also losing the support of his beloved whites! Recent revelations show that Favre (almost definitely) defrauded the state of Mississippi out of millions of dollars intended for the states’ most desperate citizens. Where was this money going? Apparently Favre wanted to build a new volleyball stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter plays. The amount of thought that went into planning this crime is pitiful, like a child denying drawing on the wall while still holding the Crayola in his grubby hand