On this date in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived at its permanent spot at Ellis Island in NY. A gift from the French, before they became cowardly, pretentious pricks, to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence or possibly the Magna Carta. Although, and I may be wrong, but the Declaration of Independence wasn't written in 1785. Wasn't it 1776? I'm pretty positive something important happened in 1776. That was the year that Crispus Attucks rode through downtown Boston announcing to all who would listen, "Give me liberty or give me death". I believe he received death.

Remember the good old days when immigrants sailed into NY harbor, were herded off the ship, de-loused, beaten and thrown into crowded refugee camps until they could find a slum to live in? Then, depending on your nationality and whatever decade you arrived, no one would give you a job and if they did give you one, your friendly co-workers would rob you when you got payed because you didn't speak English. My Grandfather who was from Northern Italy did get a job because he looked German. He worked for Thomas Edison in West Orange, NJ. My Grandfather was a very intelligent man, specifically in science and math. One day, he invented the lightbulb. When he showed it to Thomas Edison, Edison gave him a dollar and told him to get back to work. That is how Thomas Edison "invented" electricity. He stole the invention from my Grandfather. Luckily, my grandfather was in the mob and proceeded to lay a beating on Edison, prompting Edison to give him a cut of the lucrative NY/NJ Electricity cartel.

Those were the good old days when you could treat people who were different than you like crap. Now, 12 million Beaners run across the border and we want to make them legal and give them benefits and welfare because they broke the law.

My Grandfather's rolling over in his grave.

PS - this post is not "racist". My point is, that through the history of the country, waves of different nationalities would arrive here and were treated badly for a few generations because they were different. Think of it as a kind of hazing. But for a half a century. Then they became the ruling class. The Germans got treated like crap by the English, the Irish got treated like crap by the Germans, the Italians got treated like crap by the Irish and so on. It was a rite of passage. You had to go through it to be accepted.

Except the American Indians and the Blacks. They got completely screwed. But, you got to break some eggs...or skulls, as it were.