...And America Shut Down

There was this movie that came out a while ago called "A Day Without a Mexican." It was about what would happen to America if all the Mexican immigrants suddenly disappeared. A cute little idea, and it got a very tired point across: those poor, lazy, defenseless middle-class Americans would be completely helpless without all their grapefruit pickers, gardeners, and fast food employees to do everything for them. Interesting.

I'm actually thinking about my own version. It'll be called "A Day Without a White Guy." All three branches of the federal government will shut down, along with the governments of nearly every state in the union, every American stock exchange will grind to a halt, the boards of directors of almost every major company will vanish, no tv shows will be made, most of the authors whose books are on the New York Times Bestseller list will disappear, trucking will all but completely stop, barely any trains will run, the majority of nuclear, biotech, chemical, electronic, pharmacuetical, medical, and theoretical research will all but cease, farming will shut down, and every tech syupport guy in the country will vanish. But our pools will be clean, dammit!

I hope you get the point. Everybody contributes to America's prosperity, not just one people group. We would find a way to continue working no matter who would disappear. Mexicans aren't better than caucasians aren't better than Arabs aren't better than blacks aren't better than Jews aren't better than asians. We are all, however, better than the French.