You Gotta Be Kiddin' Me

I don't know how this slipped past me at the time. I am on watch at all times you understand, but it did.

Cicero lawmaker's hat in Mexico race

Cicero, for those not in the know is a Chicago suburb.

If state Sen. Martin Sandoval succeeds in his next election Saturday, he will serve in Mexico City as well as Springfield.Sandoval is running for a seat on an advisory council created by Mexico President Vicente Fox in 2002 to incorporate Mexicans living in the United States into his government's policymaking.Sandoval would be the first elected official in the U.S. to serve on the advisory council. That raises the peculiar prospect of the Cicero Democrat offering policy advice in an official capacity to Mexican Cabinet members while creating laws in Illinois.The possibility has some
observers praising his vision while others blast his judgment, calling the potential moonlighting arrangement a conflict of interest.

Here's a little tidbit from the constituition--
“No Title of Nobility, shall be granted by the United States; And No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

Gzesh, a former legal adviser to the Mexican Embassy, noted that Sandoval is already having an impact in Mexico. When he promotes legislation that helps a Mexican immigrant in Cicero get health insurance, for example, that means more money that can go to his relatives back home.

Is that the object of an American legislator? Making sure enough money is funneled to other countries?

Wait a minute, Home? Shouldn't America be home? If this ain't home -- bub-bye, see ya, don't let the swinging door hit you in your narrow ass.

Susan Gzesh, director of the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago, said Mexican families already think of themselves as having feet in both countries. Now that the two nations are already entwined culturally and economically, Sandoval's efforts make sense as a way to promote political integration, she said.

And that's the problem in a nutshell, isn't it?

Look, I'm an American. Not ashamed to say it. I have no beef with anyone who comes here legally and does the right thing. It seems to me though that our whole system has been turned on it's head to benefit people in other countries. I got the love, but they need to figure it out for themselves.

I'm sure this asshat doesn't see a problem with this, it might be because he's not actually an American. An American's first question wouldn't be, what's the best thing for Mexico, or, how can I best serve illegal aliens in my district, or even, what country and whose citizens do I serve?

If this doesn't make you crazy angry don't be surprised when you don't recognize your country anymore.

It is your country after all.

H/T Robert Vasquez (we love you Bob, give'em hell!)


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