The Bean Trees

I just finished this great audio book today, The Bean Trees. The author is Barbara Kingsolver. You know, I have lots of feelings and opinions on all sorts of things bundled up inside of me. And sometimes all it takes is someone else's view to bring it to light or terms inside of me. And then in turn it helps me to express those opinions, kinda like the light bulb moment, "yeah, I feel that way too."

In this case it is refugees and "illegal aliens." First off, I just have to say that term is about the stupidest thing anyone has come up with. I'm the girl who actually went hundreds of miles out of the way to hit Roswell, NM in my travelling days. So anytime I hear aliens, I think UFO. (I have actually made this mistake [in conversations] on more than one occasion.) And realistically any of us who are not of Native American descent are immigrants. So who am I to judge you and when you decided to join this nation. We (the US) seem to want to share our views and force our ways on lots of other nations, but what about here, in our "own" lands (which we raped and stole away from the people it actually belongs too.) Who are we to judge.

We are all born on this earth, grown in a womb, and birthed. We all eat, shit, breath the same air. We all make garbage and hopefully want what's best for our children. We are all the same. No one can help being born or where they are born. But if they do they are persecuted for it? Called a derogatory name and cast back. I just don't understand. I know people have issues because "they" are "stealing" our jobs. Why don't you have an issue with the jobs being outsourced to China? I can't even get started on the China front, it would be opening up a whole other can of worms with their funding of genocide in Africa.

Stop wasting all that energy on people coming here to better themselves, and start protesting all the jobs lost to Asia. Stop buying stuff made in China. Try it for a week and see how hard it is. If you feel the need to bask in negativity to have a full life then why don't you try focusing that negativity to make a positive change for man kind.

I swear the hippies had it right, peace, love and rock-n-roll.