my first rant

so here i am doing something i never thought about doing before. perhaps i will tire of it and scrap the whole thing, but then again, maybe not. whatever the case may be i suppose i shall begin my first rant.

if one thing has me irked right now i must say the issue and debate over immigration is near the top of my list. unless your ancestors were forced onto a reservation i have news for you people. you are descended from immigrants so you should get over yourselves! years ago it was the irish who were blamed for all the jobs going to immigrants. it has been every group of europeans thus far who blamed one another for one thing or another. now suddenly because the people seeking freedom are not caucassion it is a big deal to you people!?!
that being said i do think the whole legality is a problem. when you have people who don't pay taxes and need to use programs funded by taxes there is an issue. however looking at the hassle and hurdles to gain legal immigration status leads me to believe that a person would be more than a little overwhelmed by the process.
some say the solution is to build fences and station armed guards. others say that preventing people from setting foot on our soil is the key. my thought is not to shut out and isolate, but rather to rework the immigration process so that it is less confusing. if you have people who do not understand the culture or language you are going to have some difficulty regardless of the simplicity of the process. however by making the whole thing less intimidating the door will be open to create legal, tax-paying citizens who can contribute to our immigration-based society.
the nest issue regarding immigration would have to be language. once again i say unless your ancestors were driven to a reservation or wiped out by mass genocide, you cannot say that the language of your ancestors is the language of this land. english, while a widespread language throughout the world, is not the first language of this nation. it is true that english is the most common, but spanish is quickly closing the gap. in canada children learn both english and french as a mandatory part of their education. canadians are not ashamed to admit they have enough people who speak both. they understand the need to keep the communication lines open. the hispanic population in this country is growing to become a leading mass. with this in mind i suggest a mandatory spanish education alongside the traditional english. in some states and counties such as florida where i live the policies are already forming due to the growing population. oddly enough one could even argue that we as a nation do not speak actual english. we have changed the language into a dialect based on english much like creole to french and cantonese or mandarin to chinese.
the bottom line is as long as we stay true to our roots there will always be immigrants. we should accept that as reality and stop spouting off hatred. hate does no person any good. we need to work at fixing the problem by reinventing the process and educating our children to be accepting, not tolerant, but accepting. i have a problem with calling it tolerance. a person tolerates what they dislike because they have no real choice. a person who accepts something knows that while they may not agree with or understand something, it is still unique to this world and has it's place therein.