The inimitable TBogg takes note of this weekend’s immigration rally:
TBogg – “…a somewhat popular blogger” :
If this weekend’s organizers could get 500,000 people to turn out on Saturday for their march, imagine a one-day work stoppage. If all of my Hispanic employees and the Hispanics who make deliveries to us or provide other services didn’t come into work for a day, I’d be screwed. Now imagine if they all stayed home and didn’t buy anything for a day. They could bring California to its knees and you’d have business owners and factory owners and large contractors and the entire service industry screaming bloody murder. I still have fond memories of the stories of then Senator Pete Wilson getting a pissed-off phone call from a certain well-connected San Diego hotelier when one of her hotels was raided by la migra.
California? I think a few states would feel the pinch. I hope they do it. A colossal sickout: start in California and see if it gets any results. Then expand across the Southwest and Southeast.
This comment sums it up: Give it 50 years and the South American Union (or whatever they decide for a name) will be China’s biggest trading partner – they’re playing the long game.
Still looking for that Bush as Ché design . . . .