Harrisburg Zero: Rep. Ron Marsico
Pennsylvania is under siege!!!Not really, but you wouldn't know by listening to the nativist race-baiters at the capitol. Unfortunately, that group includes my representative, Ron Marsico, which can only lead me to one conclusion: Rep. Marsico deserves the newly renamed "Harrisburg Zero" award.
Defying the position of his own Catholic church, Rep. Ron recently sent around an e-mail in which he encouraged constituents to sign a petition on his website "to protect our citizens and their property (GASP!) from the clear and present dangers (AAAAAH!) of illegal immigration."
Legislation has been introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that will restore safety and security (YES! UUUH!) to our state's communities by eliminating all economic attractions and incentives (including but not limited to: public benefits, welfare, education and employment opportunities) for illegal immigrants, as well as encourage our federal government to secure our borders against unlawful invasion (GRAB THE KIDS AND RUN FOR THE BASEMENT!!!!).
Of course, this is absurd. To suggest that there is "an invasion" (of hard-working people who want to care for their families, mind you) is to use hyperbole just a notch short of Don Rumsfeld.
But the nativists at the capitol are desperate because they know that the government reform movement has not forgotten the pay raise debacle, and they know it is in the Republican ranks in which the grass-roots are most restless. So they throw this red-meat out there, which is always divisive, to try to placate the base. It didn't work with the Marriage Protection-From-What Amendment. After five months of that debate, 13 incumbent Republicans lost in the May primary.
Hopefully it won't work this time either.
And here's a snippet of what the Catholic bishops have to say:
some aspects of the migrant experience are far from the vision of the Kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed: many persons who seek to migrate are suffering, and, in some cases, tragically dying; human rights are abused; families are kept apart; and racist and xenophobic attitudes remain. (my bold)
And we have a new attraction for the Harrisburg Zero. You are on notice.
Let's remove Terrell Owens since he seems to be making a strong effort to implode the Cowboys' season before it even starts.
posted by Kinder Gentler Little Man @ 8:40 PM
1 Comments:
i see another famous Pennsylvania on your list in the photo, that of Louuuuuuuuu Bareltta. the ordiance that he passed which he said was ironclad has now gone through its second revision, this one adding 3 more pages to the ordiance, his only comment is, it has been a work in progress!!!
he does only Little Rick Santorum's dirty work.. all the while bringing the repetation of Hazleton down and down in the eyes of the rest of the nation.,,,,\
thank goodness his election is next year.... oh yea what he doenst tell you is how his administration misspent 1.5 million dollars of fire and police pensions..... and i thought Lou taught us that "illegal is illegal"!
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