Anybody who has barely glanced at the TV or a newspaper in recent weeks knows of the revival of the ever-so-perennial hot-button issue of immigration. Since I am a Mormon Democrat of mixed heritage (including Spanish-Mexican ancestry) people tend to think I have something to say on the issue - this is the idea coming from them...I've learned that I can stay out of trouble if I quit touting the fact that I'm a MoDem.
Well, I usually do have an opinion on the issue - but it creates such a headache that I would just rather say this: If we build a wall on the U.S./Mexico border can we please do the same thing at the California state line? Can I iterate and reiterate how I hate that Californians perpetually invade this state and try to turn it into...California? Can we deport the Califrnians back to California? Probably not - I'm sure we'll just offer them amnesty with lower taxes to boot. The $700k they just gleaned off the sale of their home in San Jose will be able to net them at least two homes here - one to live in and one to "invest" in, maybe even with tenants already locked in. Then after a year and a half, Joe California will run for the Arizona State Legislature, because he feels that he knows the issues well enough to be a voice for all Calif...ahem...Arizonans. His Orange County upbringing makes him a fine suited candidate in this very red state, yet he couldn't tell you who the first Governor of Arizona was, or where Ajo, Maverick, Kayenta, Tacna, Hillside, or Clifton are (then again, many Arizonan's can't tell you that either). But he knows the great state of Maricopa, and that's all that matters to Joe California.
Is it safe to say that the rhetoric is killing me? There's nobody in the Midwest, Californ-I-A-ans, why don't you go there? Because the more you continue to bag your carpet here, the more I will ardently pray for California to break off into the Pacific Ocean.
Ironically, today is the day that President Franklin Pierce approved the Gadsden Purchace in 1854, forming the current southern borders of New Mexico and Arizona. My ancestors just so happened to have settled that little swath of land, and officially, Ronquillos have been in Arizona for the past 152 years, although the first ancestors settled the San Pedro Valley 30 years before the Gadsden Purchase.
I feel I've earned a small right to complain, and that right has just passed me by...
9 comments:
He's BAAAACCK!! Hey John! I totally agree with you with this ever-so controversial issue of immigration rights in Arizona. Ridiculous! I could not have said it better myself! :) --ST
You actually make me want to go back to California...
Like the bumber sticker, "Welcome to Arizona. Now go home!"
If I've succeeded in making one Californian go back, then I've made a difference!
(And Anonymous - please know I'm being sarcastic)
Very clever comparison, Mr. Ronk. And quite funny, too...
I, too, hope Anonymous realizes that you were speaking satirically...
Have you ever seen the Arizona post card with the car from another state smashed under the big saugaro? That is pne of my favorites. I have to agree with you about the whole Californians in AZ issue...it gave me a good laugh. And just so you know, I do know where Ajo is, seeing as how I am an AZ native and my Dad fed us AZ triva in our youth.
And a good father he is for doing so, EoE!!
Hilarious title, dude. Very creative, as always...
effin' californians.
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