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That's not the racist part. The racist part is that Swine Flu is bring brought into the US on the backs of those dirty, sweaty Mexicans.
When the fact is so far, it's been brought over by Americans going into Mexico, getting sick, then spreading it around.
According to Beck, Malkin, and their ilk, somehow being brown and poor means you're swarming with disease, so BE AFRAID! BE AFRAID OF THE BROWN PERSON, THEY MIGHT CARRY THE PLAGUE! RUUUUNNNN!
It's once again fear of "the other." Most Americans don't argue that immigration controls should be stricter because of economic reasons (ie: businesses like illegal immigration because it allows them to get around minimum wage laws, which hurts US workers). But it scapegoating a people with "OMG THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US ALL JUST BY STANDING AROUND US!" is untrue - and racism.
About Swine Flu
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
2 comments:
There's a valid legal argument to be made against illegal immigration...
But I've *never* seen a pundit speaking out against it who didn't come across as a bloody Klansman.
Better Health Care
Conservative should insist that some money from the stimulus package is used to reduce medical bureaucracy.
Part of the $20 billion ‘earmarked’ to improve health information http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/world/slot3_20090126.html?_r=1 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY should be used to create my proposed high tech medical communication system.
My proposed system will generate information that is not currently available; information that will improve health care and can be used to reduce medical bureaucracy.
Conservatives can accept this government program because no one will be forced to use it; it will not disrupt the existing health care system or increase costs.
My proposed system will do everything currently proposed health care programs do and much more.
If you want to know more about my idea, go to:
www.greatday1.com/2.html
where Joe Miller presents his
CONSERVATIVE HEALTH CARE CONCEPT.
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