We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
Adam Freedman ·
May 17, 2011 at 4:23pm
This past Sunday, Carlos Santana lashed out at the people of Arizona and Georgia for their "cruel" immigration laws. The occasion was the Atlanta Braves' fifth annual Civil Rights Game, at which Santana was being presented with an award.
Santana said that both states should be "ashamed" of themselves. But wait, since Georgia and Arizona are merely trying to enforce federal immigration law, doesn't that mean all Americans should be ashamed of ourselves? The oddest part of Santana's rant was his explanation that "we" are not going to steal "your" jobs, because "you're not going to change sheets and clean toilets." Good heavens, who else could get away with such a caricature of Latino immigrants?
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Oct '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
Santana is a classic Latino version of Thomas Sowell's "race hustler".
Aug '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
The cognitive disconnect and illogical conundrums of the 'progressives' corrodes and enfeebles the mind. There will be a day of reckoning, when the feedback loop reverb in people like Santana blows their minds like a cheap guitar amp.
May '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
I'll bet I clean my toilet more often than Carlos cleans his.
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Yes. And how absurd for a rich man who has lived in the US for 50 years to claim solidarity ("we") with poor hispanic migrants.
May '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
Just another reason to avoid Santana's concerts. Who wants to pay money to get berated?
On a similar note, as much I enjoy(ed) Roger Waters' music, I see no reason to pay him to tell me how unfair it is that those pesky Israelis insist on having "The Wall" to defend themselves from those poor, downtrodden palestinians who have a right to visit from Nablus in order to blow up Israelis.
Mar '11
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
Santana's amp only goes up to 9.
May '10
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Really. What an insult to working people, regardless of ethnicity.
Carlos should turn his Che T-shirt inside out and stick to playing the guitar.
Oct '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
Apparently he's never heard of teenagers. While there is merit to the "Americans won't do these jobs" argument in some cases, changing sheets and cleaning toilets do not fall into that category.
Aug '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
John McLaughlin for Mayor !
hey ! safecount just jumped on my line !
raise the rates for the rich or the ricoch
Edited on May 17, 2011 at 5:50pmMay '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
Broken link, Adam.
Did you mean this?
Funny how Santana doesn't get upset about Fidel's thugs murdering anyone who tries to escape his socialist paradise.
Edited on May 17, 2011 at 9:13pmAug '10
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
Santana's comments are just more evidence (on top of a mountain of existing evidence) that, while performing artists are a wonderful diversion in life, they should never be allowed to voice their opinions in public on any matter other than the arts. As a group, they are not nearly as smart as they think they are.
In return for their absolute silence on matters political and social, they can continue to live their pampered and lavish lifestyles.
Or, is this too Draconian?
May '11
Re: We've Got to Change Our Evil Ways, Apparently
The left's embrace of "immigration reform" is nothing more than a hyper-cynical attempt to expand their voting base. I don't know of a single conservative that is against LEGAL immigration. Everone realizes that immigration, if properly managed is a real positive for our society. I am certainly not going to be lectured by boneheads like Carlos Santana who are quick to embrace the opportunities provided to him by this country while criticizing the very people who are responsible for his success.
Songwriter had it exactly right. When Elvis Presley was asked what he thought of the Vietnam War he said that he was an entertainer and that his opinion didn't matter more than anyone else's. How did we get from this to the limosine liberal culture we've got today?