Thursday, May 11, 2006
Mansoor's Legacy?
Mansoor's Legacy?
One of the interesting sidebars of the immigration situation
that our young jailer/mayor initiated last December has been the
apparent attempts by some blacks to provoke confrontation
between themselves and Latinos.
Ted Hayes, the ubiquitous "homeless activist", showed up at a Costa Mesa city council meeting, stood before the council at the speaker's podium and praised our mayor for his "courage". During his little speech he stated that the immigrants were taking jobs from "my people" - I assume meaning blacks - and went on to state that "his people" wouldn't do the jobs for "slave wages". The implication was clear. Following Hayes' remarks, at subsequent demonstrations in the past few weeks other black "leaders" echoed his comments. Fortunately, the Latinos have remained calm and peaceful during these events and didn't take the bait.
So, we have yet another reason to "thank" our young jailer/mayor. Will he be the flash point that ignites the race war that Charlie Manson tried to start in the late 1960s when his disciples went on their murderous rampage? How would that be for a legacy, Mr. Mayor?
I can only hope that, as the campaign season begins in the next couple months, cooler heads will prevail and that we will finally have the opportunity to hear voices of reason. So far, most of the rhetoric has come from the rabid right as they heaped praise on the mayor, stroked his growing ego and made him the poster boy for intolerance.
It's going to be a very interesting summer.
10:14 pm pdt
Ted Hayes, the ubiquitous "homeless activist", showed up at a Costa Mesa city council meeting, stood before the council at the speaker's podium and praised our mayor for his "courage". During his little speech he stated that the immigrants were taking jobs from "my people" - I assume meaning blacks - and went on to state that "his people" wouldn't do the jobs for "slave wages". The implication was clear. Following Hayes' remarks, at subsequent demonstrations in the past few weeks other black "leaders" echoed his comments. Fortunately, the Latinos have remained calm and peaceful during these events and didn't take the bait.
So, we have yet another reason to "thank" our young jailer/mayor. Will he be the flash point that ignites the race war that Charlie Manson tried to start in the late 1960s when his disciples went on their murderous rampage? How would that be for a legacy, Mr. Mayor?
I can only hope that, as the campaign season begins in the next couple months, cooler heads will prevail and that we will finally have the opportunity to hear voices of reason. So far, most of the rhetoric has come from the rabid right as they heaped praise on the mayor, stroked his growing ego and made him the poster boy for intolerance.
It's going to be a very interesting summer.
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