An Open Letter To Major League Baseball
Apr 29, 2010 Political
Dear Major League Baseball,
You are the boys of summer playing a game that takes us back to our youth. You, along with hot dogs and apple pie, are touted as truly American (Chevrolet use to be there but is now only owned by America).
Don’t screw that up.
The state of Arizona passed an immigration law that cracks down on the people who enter this country and live here illegally. This has upset the illegals and a number of organizations who work to help them. It has upset people who are too ignorant to read the law and too uneducated to understand it. They are now pressuring you not to hold the 2011 All Star Game in Phoenix. Like politicians from other states, you should mind your own business.
This is not your fight. You are not a political organization and you should not bow down to those who are pressuring you to abandon plans for the Phoenix event. Would you pull out of San Francisco if those opposed to homosexuality pressured you to do so? Would you pull out of Texas because people opposed to concealed carry laws pressured you?
If your answer is no then you need to reject those demanding that you pull out of Phoenix. It is not your fight and if you bow to the pressure you will be expected to comply when other groups demand you avoid a state based on something that is not liked about it.
You should also remember that about 80% of the population opposes amnesty and wants tougher illegal immigration laws. Many of those 80% support teams by attending games, watching on TV, and buying your merchandise.
If you pull out of Phoenix to appease the pro illegal immigration forces you might very well upset a much larger portion of your supporters and if they turn from you it will be disastrous. It took a long time to get over your strike so don’t misplace the trust people put back in you by pulling out of Phoenix.
The cited article claims that Latinos account for 40% of the players in the baseball system (at all levels). This might very well be true but you should remember that any of those players who happen to be from other countries are here legally. They applied for and received permission to be here. They might have made it faster than those less skilled but they did it the right way. You know very well how tough it can be on a team when players do not have their papers, papers that the government can ask to see at any time, in order.
Don’t screw this up by bowing to the pressure over a political issue. Politics is not your business. In fact, you provide millions of people relief from the stress placed on them by the political process and every day life.
Maintain that position and you will be fine.
Pull out of Phoenix and we might be describing America as FOOTBALL, apple pie and hot dogs…
And you might very well open a Pandora’s Box that costs you dearly.
Regards,
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Tags: 2011, major league baseball, phoenix
Democratic Mayors Want Your Money
Nov 15, 2008 Political
…Or What’s In Your Wallet?
Democratic Mayors of three American Cities want part of the 700 billion dollar bailout money. Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, Shirley Franklin of Atlanta and Phil Gordon of Phoenix, ALL DEMOCRATS (a fact not reported in the story) have requested a portion of the taxpayer provided bailout money in order to help their failing cities. These Democrats have run their cities into the ground and now they want people from all over the country to save them. They have raised taxes to no avail (how many times have they been warned about raising taxes in a tough economy) and they have declared they will cut services. I don’t care what they do, they should NOT get one cent of federal taxpayer money.
These Mayors are leaders of cities that rely on their own tax structures and those of the state in which they reside. It is not the duty of taxpayers from all over this country to bailout cities that are not being run properly or efficiently. These cities are responsible for their own budgets and if they are unable to make ends meet then they need to cut their vast social programs and overinflated payrolls.
Perhaps places like Philadelphia can put their welfare recipients and others getting public assistance on alert. Let them know that they will be responsible for doing some of the work in the community in exchange for the benefits they receive. Make them shovel snow at schools and public buildings. Make them cut grass and pick up trash. Make them do the things that others are paid to do and get rid of that part of the payroll. How about we make people get jobs and get them off welfare so they won’t be standing in front of polling places with night sticks?
Maybe these Mayors can round up all the illegals and put them to work on chain gangs cleaning roads and painting buildings. The trash needs to be collected and the city has services that can be provided by those who “just want to work.” Once they have paid their debt for being here illegally we can ship them home and reduce the burden that ALL illegals cause on our economy.
Yes, illegals cost us billions of dollars and cities with Democrats generally allow illegals to live there and receive taxpayer money (though in fairness, Phoenix probably does better at control than others). Illegals suck the life out of our economy but these Democratic leaders continue to allow that problem to exist and they even make it easier for illegals to show up with their hands out.
The cities asking for help are run by Democrats. Tax and spend Democrats who have taxed people to death, spent all the money, and then decided that since they have tapped out the productive people in their cities it is time to go after the fruits of the labor of people from across the nation.
There is no way that American taxpayers should have bailed out Wall Street and there is no way that American taxpayers should baliout cities in other states. Let Pennsylvania bailout Philly, Georgia bailout Atlanta and Arizona can take care of Phoenix. The cities belong to them so let them deal with it.
I am tired of people walking around with their hands out expecting the American taxpayer, by way of government, to hand over money to cure their economic woes. These problems were created by their inability to manage money and finances and their fiscal irresponsibility. These problems are a result of Socialism where those making money are taxed to pay for those who are not. These are the kinds of things that happen when people (and cities) are not held accountable for their failures.
The answer to these cities is NO. You can’t have any money so go figure out how to cut expenses and live within a budget just like the rest of us are supposed to do.
To the people of those cities, elect some true conservatives and let them get your city back on track. Liberals will promise you the world and that they will tax some rich bogey man to get the money. In the end, you end up without while the politicians live high on the hog.
If the people you elected are panhandling from the federal government (and by extension your fellow citizens in other states) then you have the wrong people leading you.
Article:
Breitbart
Tags: atlanta, begging, deficit, philadelphia, phoenix, tax and spend, taxes