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San Francisco puts Non-Citizen Voting Rights on November Ballot

The City of San Francisco continues to prove why America should force it to secede from the Union. With each additional crazy idea spewed forth by the people who live in and run that morally-devoid city, I am convinced that we need large fences around it in the spirit of the Berlin Wall to keep the rest of us safe and out of harm's way of the lunatics who inhabit and/or work for the City of San Francisco.

We already know that Mayor Gavin “Any-Twosome Newsom” (Unfortunately, I cannot take credit for that creative moniker. A listener to the Michael Savage radio talk show brainstormed it.) has created a firestorm by taking the law into his own hands and has snubbed California's voters by issuing marriage licenses to and performing marriage ceremonies for gay couples.

This time, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is pushing the envelope by attacking the very foundation upon which every country is based ... citizenship. They have decided to place a measure on the November ballot that would allow non-citizens to vote in local school board elections. Did you hear that?!? They want to let non-citizens vote! Not only that, but the measure would also allow ( !! politically-correct alert !! ) “undocumented immigrants”, otherwise more aptly known as illegal aliens, to vote.

To be sure, much of the civics and history education I received has fallen by the wayside, but I do recall very clearly from fundamental civics and history lessons in junior high school and high school that one of the privileges of citizenship was the ability to shape our country by having a voice in electing its leaders. In fact, voting is one of the primary privileges of citizenship. Now the SF Board of Supervisors wants to let non-citizens and illegal aliens vote? I'm feeling rather sick. Please excuse me while I race to the ladies room to vomit ...

... Whew. That was a close call.

This asinine (that's been my catch word for the last several days) attempt at devaluing American citizenship has got to be stopped cold. Yes, I realize that there are already other cities in the U.S. that allow non-citizens to vote in school board elections. But just because it is already being done elsewhere does not make it right.

Proponent of the measure, Carlo Petroni, is the founder of Movement for Immigrant Rights. (Actually, Movement for Immigrant Rights is a translation of the Spanish name the organization has chosen for itself. I refuse to print the Spanish-language name here because I believe English should be the official language of the United States.) In Petroni's words, “It's important because it integrates residents of the city who are disenfranchised in the decision-making process in schools.”

Well, paaaaardon me Mr. Petroni, but perhaps you had better pull out a dictionary before spouting off at the mouth like that. Look up the definition of 'disenfranchise.' Go ahead, I'll give you a minute.

*Jeopardy music plays in the background.*

What did you find Mr. Petroni? What's that? You don't want to tell us? That's OK. I'll tell everyone for you since the cat seems to have got your tongue. Here we have it folks, straight from the Webster's II New College Dictionary, ISBN 0-395-96215-5, Copyright © 2001.

dis·en·fran·chise vt. -chised, -chis·ing, -chis·es. To disfranchise.

Then, the definition of 'disfranchise' ...

dis·fran·chise vt. -chised, -chis·ing, -chis·es. 1. To deprive (an individual) of a right of citizenship, esp. of the right to vote. 2. To deprive (e.g., a corporation) of a franchise or privilege. - dis·fran'chise'ment

So, are the non-citizens and illegal aliens of San Francisco really being disenfranchised as Mr. Petroni claims? No. As non-citizens, they never had the right to vote in the first place! So Mr. Petroni's claim that they are being denied one of their basic rights (simply because they reside in San Francisco, whether legally or illegally) is nothing but hogwash and a lie. But then again, that's exactly what Liberals do. They spout off at the mouth with falsities, and in many cases, outright lies, that they hope will sink into our subconscious mind without question. Well, Mr. Petroni, I have news for you. I question. And I have found fault with your argument. And I will never agree to your idiotic claims at any time that we should give illegal aliens and non-citizens the right to vote.

Beyond the ethical and fundamental reasons of why non-citizens are not allowed to vote, there is the ever present human desire to always have what is just beyond our reach. Let's say we were to give non-citizens and illegal aliens the right to vote in SF School Board elections. *shudder* Would it end there? Not on your life. Pretty soon, activist groups would be pushing to allow them to vote in other city elections, then state elections, and finally, national elections, all in the name of “disenfranchisement of these poor, poor, pitiful non-citizens who live here but have no say in how our country works.” It all comes back to the old adage of “Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile.” Or, in other words, devalue American citizenship to give them the right to vote in school board elections today and tomorrow they'll expect you to devalue American citizenship even more so they can vote in every election just like a true citizen.

I have absolutely no faith in the people of San Francisco, but that's all I can do at this point ... have faith that they will see through the insanity of this measure and nip it in the bud.

If you want to read the entire story, in all its gory glory, please visit the San Jose Mercury News website. Registration is required, but if you need a good blood-boiling session today, I would recommend it. Plus, you are bound to find more hilarious examples of the SF Bay Area's blatant Leftist views and illogical manner of thinking by scanning the pages of the Mercury News.