Burning Atlanta

Just keep telling the truth, D.A.

For the amnesty-again, open-borders lobby, the all-too-rare enforcement actions for these crimes represent an intolerable setback.

Which brings up a new "coalition" here in Cobb whose members say is aimed at fighting "racism," "injustice" and which will strive to "spread acceptance, "harmony" and to promote "public safety."

It seems that these folks, most merely the usual suspects in the well-funded open borders/illegal alien lobby, are concerned with "civil liberties."

The groups (and their leaders) involved in this new coalition include the Nation of Islam (headed nationally by the Rev. Louis Farrakhan), the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (Gerardo E. "Jerry" Gonzalez), the New Order National Human Rights Organization (Gerald Rose), the Cobb Immigrant Alliance (Rich Pellegrino), the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (Mexican citizen and former Atlanta Mexican Consul General Teodoro Maus), the Cobb Southern Christian Leadership Conference (the Rev. Dwight Graves), the Family Life Restoration Center (Luther Washington Jr.) and according to an MDJ editorial, the National Council of La Raza (Janet Murguía).

For the readers who do not understand Spanish, a translation: The last group mentioned above translates as "The National Council of the Race."

The organizers are calling their little endeavor a "civil rights" organization and have named it the "Cobb United for Change Coalition."

Let me state the obvious for any reader who may not see what is coming: Media-starved, easily duped, self-appointed "leaders" in our community will soon find themselves howling in support of illegal aliens in the name of "civil rights."

The sickening comparison will be to the noble struggle for equality under the law endured by black Americans in their own country.

The fact that by definition civil rights in America are the non-political rights guaranteed to United States citizens by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress will not be a part of their mindless talking points.

There is no civil right - or human right - to be an illegal alien in the United States.

A clue to the agenda of "change": A part of a recent press statement - unwittingly proving that enforcement works - from Jerry Gonzalez of the Atlanta-based nonprofit Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials on its Website (www.GALEO.org) attacking state Sen. Chip Rogers (R-north Cobb), Cobb Chairman Sam Olens and Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren: "Public safety is being jeopardized by local policy makers … we need comprehensive immigration reform … Cobb County Sheriff must sever its relationship with ICE for the sake of enhancing public safety for all in Cobb County."

Sound familiar?

Sound like change you can believe in?