Saturday Forum
A New York Reader Learns The
True Story Behind A Killing In A Massachusetts Public
Housing Complex; etc.
From:
Matthew
Richer [e-mail
him]
A Boston police officer I went to high school with told
me that the murder victim in a public housing shooting,
Alberto Duarte, was an illegal alien—something the
local media omitted, as you will see in this story.
[Dad
Slain Trying To Save `Sis`, by Jessica
Fargen (e-mail
her) and Michelle McPhee, Boston Herald, July
28, 2006.]
Indeed, the
Boston Herald story does not mention that many
illegals in Massachusetts live in public housing. Since
the Boston area is one of the most
expensive housing markets in the country, citizens
apparently
must therefore subsidize the illegal population.
Moreover, Duarte leaves three young
anchor babies that will no doubt be further
dependent on state government.
Boston has traditionally had a small, almost
non-existent Hispanic population. Growing up there
during the 1980s and 1990s, I saw zero Hispanics
on the MTA.
Now you see them huddled together on the subway speaking
Spanish to each other and wearing their "
colors."
Predictably, Boston`s
crime rate has skyrocketed in recent years. But no
one ever mentions the most obvious factor: Hispanic
immigration—publicly
subsidized, of course.
Richer`s previous
letter about illegal aliens on Cape Cod is
here.
And read "Sarah`s" letter about aliens in California
public housing
here.
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A Washington State Reader Goes
Home To Iowa; Finds Mexico
From: Carrie Miller
A few
weeks ago I went back to my hometown of
Denison, Iowa to visit relatives. I dropped by
Wal-Mart, saw an
Iowa State flag hanging on the wall opposite the
registers and wanted to buy one.
What I
found was not Iowa or American flags even though it was
around
Independence Day but Mexican flags…piles and piles
of
Mexican flags.
Taquerias
have
replaced local restaurants. Signs of the
invasion were
everywhere: Spanish signs in store fronts and
Spanish speakers on all corners.
We
dropped by
KFC—the cashier barely spoke English. Can you
believe it? In small town
Iowa, the birthplace of one of our American icons,
Donna Reed!
I was mortified to see that, in
less than a decade, illegal immigrants had overrun the
county that my grandfather settled more than 150 years
ago.
My family came from
Scandinavian and English stock; my earliest
ancestors arrived here in 1628, and none arrived later
than 1880.
And
it`s not the
farmers bringing illegal aliens in. Corn and
soybeans don`t need migrant farmers – it`s almost all
done by machine. It`s the
meat packing plants and other big business luring
Mexicans to places they didn`t even know existed.
Locals used to
work those plants; it`s not their fault that the
owners don`t want to pay them a fair wage. Denison was
a good town with good people. By bringing in illegal
aliens, big business is pounding the final nail in the
Midwest farmer`s coffin.
All
assimilated quickly because, as my grandmother told me,
"We`re in America."
Miller, recalling the
six years she lived in
Russia,
said, "I
learned the language,
assimilated to the culture, and absolutely abided by the
law since the Russian police can stop you in the street
and
ask for your visa.
If they hear you speaking a different language and they
get the notion, they`ll
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A Washington State Reader and
Former Marine Says Gen. Peter Pace Would Make A Good
Joan Crawford
From:
Robin Corkery: [e-mail
him]
Re: Joe Guzzardi`s Column
Italian-American, Marine Readers Give Gen. Peter Pace A
Piece Of Their Mind
Those who saw
Gen. Pace at his confirmation hearing for Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs will remember that he also had to
choke back tears on that occasion too. He reminded me of
Joan Crawford.
Nowadays all generals and admirals who get a third star
or higher are merely
politicians in uniform.
The danger is that the military may wind up elevating
officers who are more attuned to gratifying the
demagoguery of Senators than they are at military
strategizing.
As a
Marine (1960-1963), my fear is that this could lead
to a situation in which a shrewd general might maneuver
the military into a position from which they would be an
effective
Praetorian guard but a indifferent defender of
America.
Corkery`s previous
letters to VDARE.COM are
here.
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A New Jersey Democrat Reader
Says Hispanic Noise Pollution Is Ruining Her
Neighborhood
From:
Danusha Goska [e-mail
her]
Paterson, New Jersey is struggling. Its textile jobs
left decades ago.
Artists` Housing is part of generous and ethical
government attempts to revive Paterson. Two apartment
buildings offer affordable housing to low-income
writers, photographers, painters, singers, and
musicians. Residents are diverse: black, white,
Hispanic, etc.
In an otherwise tough city, Artists` Housing is part of
a
National Historic Landmark District. This district
includes two senior citizen residences, a museum, a
grade school, and the
Great Falls Park, site of the second highest
waterfalls east of the Mississippi.
Two Hispanic-owned businesses have, for years, broadcast
without a license very loud music in defiance of civil
law and neighborliness. "Music" is a euphemism.
The noise pollution, directly related to illness and
crime, coming from these businesses is offensive and
deafening.
As a teacher, I worry about my Hispanic and Black
students who
lag other ethnic groups academically. How can
minority schoolchildren living within earshot of this
racket study?
Also, the noisy businesses attract
crime. There have been public urination contests,
drug deals and fistfights in a neighborhood that is
otherwise quiet and law-abiding.
Artists` Housing residents have contacted the
local police and gone to city hall. Organized
efforts to fight these businesses have had limited
effectiveness.
I contacted the proprietor of Cianci Street Mini-Mart,
one of the two offending businesses, directly to ask him
to reduce the noise.
The Cianci Street Mini-Mart owner insists that his gang
of loiterers represent Hispanic culture and is,
therefore, above criticism.
He wasted no time in cursing me out. He called me an
expletive-deleted "gringa" and shouted
that if I wanted to live like a "white person," I
should "go live in Wayne," a nearby town.
After that, I called the
Paterson`s mayor, Jose Torres. Mayor Torres` office
would not take my call. [Vdare.com
note: and they don`t seen to do email, either. You
can
ask them why here.]
At a loss, I wrote to
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez because he
recently made history by becoming New Jersey`s first
Hispanic Senator and because we are both
Democrats.
I do not believe in the stereotypical worldview
expressed by the Cianci Street Mini-Mart proprietor. Nor
do I believe that Hispanics are, by nature, producers of
noise pollution or that "gringas"
need to put up with the clamor or
go live with "white people."
This is why I contacted Senator Menendez. As a
Hispanic-American and a role model for my students,
Menendez is uniquely situated to address a problem that
Mayor Torres won`t even hear.
I will keep VDARE.COM posted on my efforts.
Goska`s previous letter about her experience with
National Public Radio can be read
here.
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A Garden State Reader Solves The
Energy Crisis
From: Living In New Jersey
Energy crisis? No way! Put
twenty million illegals on treadmills or hamster
wheels and let`s generate some electricity.
Read previous letters
from "Living in New Jersey" about Lewis, the
attack cat confined to house arrest, and about how to
keep deported aliens from re-entering the U.S.
here
and
here.
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A New York Reader Says
"Workforce Housing" Not Intended For Americans
From: [Name
Withheld]
A while ago, I wrote to VDARE.COM about the push for
so-called "workforce housing" on Long Island.
My suspicions about the link
to affordable housing and immigration, in this case
nurses from abroad, were confirmed when I
read that the
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside (contact
them) is building 22 brand-new 2-bedroom apartments
and doling them out to nursing recruits for a year at
below market price. [Housing
Deal Attracts Nurses From Abroad, Newsday,
July 16, 2006]
May I ask why workforce
housing/affordable housing is not available to American
citizens?
The writer lives in
Mineola, Long Island and is a healthcare technology
consultant.
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An
Arkansas Reader Is Caught Between Tyson Chicken and
WalMart
From: [Name
Withheld]
I look forward to
the great columns on VDARE.COM. You`re
all fighting the good fight.
Just a thought on "Italian-American,"
"Greek-American,"
or any other hyphenated Americans.
It`s my feeling
that we are all Americans and that years ago the media
tried to force differences on us.
Here in Springdale,
the northwest corner of Arkansas, we are literally being
overrun by aliens.
Springdale, of
course, is the home of
Tyson Foods, fifteen miles away from Bentonville,
WalMart`s home.
Incidentally,
WalMart does its in-store commercials in Spanish in my
neck of the woods and had some stores decorated with
Mexican flags.
I suggested that
was a terrible affront to our American service people
fighting and dying to protect our country and
Old Glory.
They removed the
Mexican flags… for now.
Keep up the
terrific work.
The writer was born in Philadelphia, graduated from
Temple University
and lived in California, New Mexico and Arizona before
moving to Arkansas.
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