Originally posted by yankeeirishman
I have to laugh and shake my head with a smile. So hypocritical...us I mean. We, Norte Americans guilty of the same thing we have blamed immigrants
for-illegal immigration. Or maybe it is the media; that powerful machine of intense hype and the demand for immediacy of acknowledgement.
Hypocrisy is never without its brother Convenience. After all, we say not to do something but, do it ourselves when it is beneficial.
The first sign is in the name-Baja California literally, "lower California." Baja California, as it is widely known depending on what side of the
border you are on is a small peninsula of Mexico protruding from the lower border of California. It is only connected to Mexico in the upper portion
of the peninsula just north of San Felipe.
Americans are swallowing up land by the acre faster than they are available. And guess what, many Americans are living there illegally. Tired of high
North American, property taxes they commute across the border and go to work then return home to a Mexican dream house where everything is cheaper and
the law is more relaxed. There is an expression that beauty can be dangerous.
Now, what we claim what illegal immigrants are doing to this country we are doing the same in Mexico. We are living in their land; buying in their
stores; working in their communities. But, since there is a lot of money involved that makes it ok; human greed.
It is interesting to note that there are more US citizens living in Baja California than any other foreign country.
This would make an interesting discussion. |