That was written in 1839 by a man by the name of John L Sullivan, (Sullivan , Nature of Futurity)1839
As the United States expanded and moved West , this was the rationalization that was used . Therfore , based on this same argument I say Manifest Destiny is again occuring but the proverbial shoe is on the other foot and it is too tight.
God is great and we are all His children.

Watching the demonstrators wave the Mexican flag, singing a bastardized altered version of the National Anthem in Spanish and knowing the architects of the protests and what they stand for (Communism, Socialism, & Radical take back the American Southwest organizations); not to mention the protest being held on May Day a former Communist Workers Party holiday; this will backfire on the illegal aliens. Notice I used the proper descriptive name “illegal alien” rather then the phony deceptive names the media would have you read.

I have zero problems with the Mexican people immigrating to this country as long as they do it legally! I have no problem with them wanting to work and even send money home to their struggling families. But in order to Be an Immigrant, they must put aside their Mexican background and they must assimilate into the American culture. They must become American! They must swear allegiance to the USA and they must learn the language. I believe in Amnesty for all illegals who work and pay taxes and who do not have criminal records (in either Mexico or America). I believe they should be given the opportunity to get back in line and wait their turn to become an American citizen. In the meantime, they need to get a temporary guest worker visa to continue to remain in the country. I believe that those who apply for the guest worker program should have their backgrounds examined. I believe that any employer who willfully hires illegal aliens should be fined and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I believe that all of the illegal aliens currently housed in American prisons should be deported to their countries of origin ASAP. I wish to see the diseased coyotes who traffic in human suffering be imprisoned.

Protesting is a reserved privilege for American citizens who can vote. All the protests have done is open the eyes of the American people to the enormity of the illegal alien problem. It has had the opposite intended effect! The more the illegals flaunt their presence the more the American public will become incensed and angered. The more the leadership behind these protests expresses itself the more we realize what they stand for. Americans are tired of paying taxes to print public documents in Spanish, we are tired of paying taxes to pay for free healthcare of illegal aliens. We are tired of paying taxes to fund the illegals welfare.

What did I do on May 1st while the protests were in full swing? I worked extra hours, then instead of driving straight home, I went shopping. I spent $5,482.00 on a new laptop, digital camera, and software! I then went out to eat with my wife and spent another $200.00 at a restaurant the doesn’t hire illegal kitchen help!

Even with all the debate about the illegal aliens and their demand for rights they did not earn; I am not worried about the future of America. These illegals are currently doing the jobs no one wants but demographically a new generation of Americans is up and coming and that generation is called Generation Y. They will be 100 million strong in number and almost all of them will be fully computer literate. This new generation will force out the illegal workers when they start entering the workforce in the next 5 years. Illegals won’t be able to get jobs anymore because the Americans will be hungry for work and will demand accountability from the employers to hire Americans first. When these young workers enter the job market they will take the low paying jobs currently being performed by the illegals. This will also take care of much of the outsourcing issues as of late. There will be huge demand for employment and American companies will have to absorb that demand back home. This workforce will be much more technically savvy so there will be less need for low paying tech jobs. History shows that when the job market is large and the economy is doing well, then immigrants will flow across the border to fill the need. But when the jobs dry up they return to their countries. It’s all supply and demand. It will all work out in the end.

The Great Black Split Over Immigration

In Los Angeles, where there were many Mexican and Mexican-American protesters, a few blacks held a mini-rally to promote their new black initiative, “The We Want to Work Campaign.” Activist Greg Butler in South Los Angeles told NPR, “We want you to show us where those jobs are that nobody wants. There are black men walking around who can’t find work.”
See full article here:
http://www.diversityinc.com/members/21273.cfm

overall there was a peaceful feeling during the protest. for the most part it was not the affluent politically conscious immigrants, it was the working people that would be working the factories, yards, corner carts etc. there were a small percentage of mid class hispanic university students and an even smaller amount of caucasians, asians and other non-hispanics. there were people as far as i can see on both directions of the street. lots of kids. lots of families. trumpets, drums, chants and really really funny signs.

in the protest there were people with many different agendas. some very anti-everything and some just stating the human side of this issue. but overall the protest was organized in response to some of the proposed solutions that include the criminalization or deportation of people that have been here for longer than i have. this people would become citizens if allowed but that is not the case. personally i would rather see the us doing production business with mexico rather than china but in reality mexico’s issues have to do more with their money being held up at the top by corruption.

so now that that’s out of the way, the awesome gallery app i’m using is called LightBox JS v2. It is a javascript app that uses Prototype and Scriptaculous. and involves absolutely no code on my part except adding a rel=”lightbox” parameter on my link tag.