You may have already seen, or heard John and Ken talking about, a recent New York Times article on illegal immigration that included a photo of a toothless supporter of our nation's immigration laws, along with his flag, and photos of other people you won't see on "America's Next Top Model."

The purpose of the photos was to make you think that anyone who supports enforcement of the law must be some kind of "white trash," "trailer trash," or other hygeine-challenged, misguided soul who simply doesn't know any better.  How could anything that "those people" support be reasonable, after all?

 

Not to be outdone, today the L.A. Times features a fairly long article on illegal immigration.  Well, kind of.  The article does not address any statistics on, say, the effects of illegal immigration on crime, the economy, schools, hospital emergency rooms, etc.

The L.A. Times clearly has an agenda.  I, for one, am nonetheless surprised at how low its editors have stooped -- and how little they think of their readers' intellect -- to publish a propaganda profile like this one.

 

Let me say this to the L.A. Times:  Believe it or not, our nation's current immigration laws were enacted by Congress and signed into law by a President, and were not simply implemented through a vote by the studio audience of "Hee Haw."  Furthermore, a few of the people who oppose repeal of those laws actually hold jobs, floss regularly, and have successfully completed the sixth grade or beyond.  So stop insulting our intelligence.  If you're going to engage in propaganda, go for something a least a tad more subtle, would you?  Or at least more original than a slavish imitation of the New York Times?  Crude caricatures are so "last week!"