Texas ranks at bottom among border states on standards for Mexican history (cry me a rio)

http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/060606/sta_060606058.shtml ^ | Tuesday, June 6, 2006 | Associated Press

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"It's a sad commentary that Texas, a border state, that's history is so intertwined with Mexico and Latin America, ranks so low on the scale," said Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Mercedes.

Hey Ruben, how many of the illegals invaders that come here do you think have a fraction of a clue about U.S. History other than crying up a river over how we "stole" their land. (PS To the winner go the spoils)

This sounds like a set-up to get Americans to begin tailoring our society to illegals! Next it'll be how Texans, Americans, whatever, don't know a second language, and of course Spanish will be the one that we should all know. Then they'll have "Mexican Home-Ec" classes, and who knows what else.

Let's get our students understanding American History before we start worrying about the history of one of today's most corrupt and next-to-worthless nations on the planet. When you sole resource is your people and even then primarily as unskilled labor, it's simply not good.

[NoTaxTexas]

Of all people, Krazy Kinky Friedman makes good sense about immigration:

Here's what Kinky told the Texarkana Gazette about the illegal Mexican alien problem:

"Mexico is not a poor country...all of these politicians are afraid of offending Hispanics. I want the border off the evening news until we get something resolved."

Kinky's been saying that Mexico ain't poor for better than a year now. Here's a another story out of the Kilgore News Herald, where Kinky says "Mexico is not a poor country."

Here's some other interesting stuff out of that story:

"He proposes auctioning Texas sports funding to the highest bidder -- Nike or Coca Cola or Adidas or some other corporation that would like the opportunity to “get their hooks into the athletes while they’re still young.”

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“I am going to see non-denominational prayer and the Ten Commandments put back in the schools.”

Friedman said the Ten Commandments might have to be called the ten rules or something similar but they need to be back in the schools. “They say this is part of my wussification campaign but, as my spiritual advisor Billy Jo Schafer says, “If you don’t love Jesus, go to hell.”

One of Friedman’s most unusual ideas addresses border security.

He proposes creating what he calls the Five Mexican Generals plan. As he lays it out, the border with Mexico would be divided into five pieces with a Mexican general responsible for each. A $1 million trust fund would be created for each general.

“When I talk about the five Mexican generals, people think I’m joking but I’m dead serious,” said Friedman. “I will divide the border into five jurisdictions, assigning one Mexican general to each and providing a trust fund for that general. Every time a person crosses illegally, we subtract $5,000 from the trust fund.”