Nuestro Himno or Let’s Rewrite History?
April 30, 2006, 10:43 pm |
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By Andrew L. Jaffee
Though I oppose President Bush’s policies for illegal immigrants (e.g., the “guest worker” and amnesty provisions), at least Dubya has publicly condemned the Spanish rewrite of our national anthem. Presumably, scads of illegal immigrants will be parading through our streets tomorrow singing the “Nuestro Himno” — on May 1 no less, a communist holiday, coincidentally? (No coincidence when you consider the labor union involvement in all this “protesting.”) Think about it: Law-breakers will be openly “protesting” in our streets. Perhaps the fact that these illegals’ supporters have rewritten the national anthem has raised a little ire from Bush. From ABC News:
President Bush said Friday the national anthem should be sung in English not Spanish in a blunt rejection of a new Spanish-language version. He also expressed opposition to a national work stoppage called for Monday to dramatize the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy. …
Called “Nuestro Himno” “Our Anthem” the Spanish version rewrites some of the English version. For instance, the second stanza says, “My people keep fighting. It’s time to break the chains.”
“My people” is an obvious reference to Latinos. So now the U.S. anthem is for Latinos only? And the rest of us? Just what “chains” are these people in? Most illegals are from south of the border, and have chosen to break the law and enter the U.S. to find higher paying jobs. Is a better standard a living a form of “chain” (bondage)? Mobs are clamoring to enter the U.S. — 10,000 per day. The “cry” — or in this case “anthem” — of the illegals is in reality a demand for entitlements.
From CBS News:
“Nuestro Himno” uses lyrics based closely on the English-language original, said Kidron, who heads the record label Urban Box Office.
In the first verse, the references to bombs and rockets have been changed to “fierce combat.” However, the second stanza is almost all new, with phrases that Francis Scott Key never wrote, such as “we are equal, we are brothers.” …
A remix to be released in June will contain several lines in English that condemn U.S. immigration laws. Among them: “These kids have no parents, cause all of these mean laws … let’s not start a war with all these hard workers, they can’t help where they were born.”
They can help by obeying the law, and not forcing honest taxpayers to subsidize their education, emergency room visits, and all sorts of other services that illegals avail themselves of, even though they’re in “chains” supposedly. Note that most of the honest taxpayers came here legally, or are the descendents of people who came to the U.S. legally.
So tomorrow, illegal immigrant protestors plan to “‘close’ US cities” to intimidate local, state, and the federal government into throwing open our nation’s gates to a flood of foreigners seeking American economic prosperity. Illegals, who by definition are in the U.S. by circumventing legal immigration rules, are now trying to set the nation’s policies. These people do not pay taxes, nor have earned the benefits of our democracy. They do not and should not have the right to vote. They should not be allowed to influence policies agreed to by natural and naturalized citizens. Rather, the illegals seek to intimidate local, state and federal governments into accepting an open-door immigration policy. Such a policy will surely destroy our nation’s most cherished values of freedom and democracy.
It is time for the Third World to start dealing with its own problems (like corruption and overpopulation), and stop trying to dump those problems on the U.S.
LEGAL immigration has been the life-blood of this nation. Let’s keep it that way. Honesty is honorable; disregarding the law is a travesty.
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