I'm Just Tired

... of these ignorant folks! In case you didn't know, this is America and in America, white folks don't pick fruit or clean toilets. That's why we had slavery and that is why we now have virtually free labor coming across the border from Mexico.

Karl Rove was quoted telling a group of conservatives he supports President Bush’s immigration policies because “I don’t want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas.” ABC reports: “The White House does not deny that Rove made the remark but claims it has been taken out of context. … Rove was not insulting those people in those jobs, the White House explained, he was, according to Perino, saying that every parent wants their child to have a high-skilled, high-wage job.”

Somebody has to be a grunt. But, it has to stop being exclusively people of color. All black and brown people are asking for is equal opportunity for the good and bad. Those other folks think they are too good to do the bad.