This Land Is [Not] Your Land

I am soooo sick and tired of hearing from (Illegal) Immigration activists that this place that we call home is Mexican land. Quite simply put, it's not.

Short History Lesson

• American Indians held the North American continent- after they stole it from the Wooly Mammoths.
• Spanish came along and swiped the land from the American Indians, taking a good deal of modern day Latin America (minus Brazil) and the American South West.
• The Mexicans fought for independence from Spain. The Mexican War of Independence lasted from 1810-1821.
• The Mexicans held the Southwest for 20 years until the "Imperialistic Americans" came along and stole it from the Mexicans. The Mexican-American War lasted from 1846–1848.
• The Americans have occupied the Southwest ever since, and have allowed immigrants to come (in accordance with the rule of law).

Now that history is established, can I make another bold assertion. Mexico held the land for 20 years. And the people who are protesting in the streets did not live here in the 19th Century! They came over within the past century or so. Let us be real! Sorry, but you guys who hold up the signs that say This is our land, not your land! are wrong. Of course, they then make the caveat that I am a racist "cracker."

You and your descendants were not here before the Whites. We beat you in a war and took the land. Just like you beat the Spanish, who beat the Indians, who beat the Mammoths.

¡Ay, caramba! Learn some history.