It Has Been Said; "Well, Look At The Big Brain On The U.S.!"

So on May First of 2006, the immigrants of the United States organized a well publicized boycott.... which really is their right and right to express. It was supposed to (and did) shut down loads of functions in many areas of the United States.

I received an email sometime just before the boycott... I am unsure as to when exactly, but I do hope that it was actually BEFORE the scheduled boycott on May 1.

The email was a reactionary communique of sorts in regard to the scheduled boycott... but what I can't figure out is what the hell they were thinking? The action they called for actually would have (and probably did) support the effect of the boycott. The email asked that "in response to the scheduled boycott, that other people make an extra effort to go out and purchase things in an effort to 'make up for the effect of the boycott' and what 'they' were trying to take away" in some way.

I am still unsure as to the reasoning behind this ploy. All that going out and spending on that day would have achieved... especially in regard to consumption of perishables (which the production of was largely shut down that day), is to illustrate further the point of the immigrant population performing the boycott.

So maybe I am missing something here, but it seems to me that actually going out on that day and creating more demand for the products that are not being produced, firstly does nothing but insures and magnifies the need for those immigrant workers to return to their jobs and production.... then further, does nothing but place the brunt of the boycott onto the general population of non-immigrant people... probably the working class which were foolish enough to actually go out and promote a heightened, illusion of importance for those immigrants beyond the effect of their boycott.

Through going out and spending MORE on that day, you have essentially agreed to cover the cost of the overtime it will take for those places to get back up to speed with the production. YOU as the working class consumer have essentially lessened the burden of the corporations which were targeted to begin with. These are people that care no more for you than beyond consuming their product. THEY WANT YOU TO PURCHASE.

YOU PAID FOR THE OVERTIME TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION WHICH YOU ALSO HELPED TO AMPLIFY THROUGH ADDING TO THE DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ON THAT DAY.

If the idea in agreeing to go out and purchase more on that day was in an effort to disrupt the result in "numbers," then it is that all which has truly transpired was the purchase of such a small effect at a dear price.

Then of course there is the timing of the boycott itself being on May 1, which is already very close to the extremely popular May 5 in the consumer realm.

YOU ARE PAYING THEIR OVERTIME TO GET THINGS GOING AGAIN, AND THEN IN TWO MORE DAYS, YOU WILL BE HEAPING LOADS MORE MONEY IN THEIR DIRECTION THROUGH CONSUMING AS WELL.

It really is kind of funny. If it were that the idea was to make a statement to the immigrant population (mostly Hispanic), then I think it would have been a better ploy to simply skip the Cinco De Mayo party that happens every year. Laughably, the Fifth of May isn't even a Mexican Holiday in the real sense... but each and every Mexican establishment reaps huge profits as if it really were.

Kind of funny.

Bang Up Job, Fella's! Just a damn straight Bang Up Job!

I sincerely hope none of you have much access to sensitive things like nuclear reactors or toxic waste.....

...but then again, from a similar perspective, that could be a laugh riot in itself.

CHEERS! And Happy Cinco De Mayo!