What Next for Vanity Plates?
Submitted by Gene Patterson on March 20, 2006 - 10:05pm
Politics are a fact of life, but I thought not on license plates. That changed recently when the Courts said the state can make and sell plates with the "Choose Life" statement on them.
Sandra Clark, editor of the Halls News, has a good idea:
In allowing the state to create a “Choose Life†license plate, the courts have OK’d political statements on plates. All it takes is 50 votes in the House and 17 in the Senate. Will we now see plates that are pro-lottery, pro-lobbyist and pro-tax? Plates that say Arabs stink or Mexicans go home? Let’s put politics back on bumper stickers and make license plates that help the Department of Safety identify vehicle owners.
I agree with her.
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I think as a citizen I
I think as a citizen I should have the right to express myself. I personally would like a "MEXICANS GO HOME" bumper sticker. I'm sick to death of illegal Mexicans in this country violating this country's sovereignty by violating its immigration laws and trying to influence our government's policies to the detriment of the American citizenry.
The statements by the current and past President of Mexico that "Mexico does not end at the Border" and that "Where there are Mexicans there is Mexico" is nothing more than a declaration of WAR. They are using their invading masses to obtain control of the U.S. and Americans should not allow it.
Don't tell my that I am prejudiced. I am a U.S. naturalized citizen who came here LEGALLY with my parents. I am deeply hurt and insulted that these trespassers should be considered on a par with immigrants who came to the United States legally and thereby respected this country's laws and its sovereignty.
Calling illegal aliens "immigrants" is like comparing someone who has broken into your house someone who has knocked on your door, identified himself, given proof that they are not criminals, stated openly his wish to become part of your household and asked for and waited to be given permission to come in.
When someone breaks into your house, you call the police to have him removed. It is called breaking and entering. You call the police and have him removed. You do NOT serve him food, add him to your healthcare insurance, move him into your children's bedroom, give him your children's allowance (because he'll do the chores for less) and consider him your family member.
MEXICANS GO HOME should be a good licence plate for all Americans who want to defend the U.S. from this underhanded invasion by Mexico.