tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post7731733365454495060..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Immigration blame gameGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-80346763802567758442012-06-11T12:17:10.163-04:002012-06-11T12:17:10.163-04:00"Those politicians, judges, and voters who pa..."Those politicians, judges, and voters who pass law after law trying to stop Mexicans from asserting themselves in this country, are like King Canute commanding the tide to stop" - Gustavo Arellano - Phoenix New Times<br /><br />History of England : Before England "ruled the waves" "Cnut the Great" ( King Canute ) tried to stop the tides.<br /><br />Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler, tells how Cnut set his throne by the sea shore and commanded the tide to halt and not wet his feet and robes. Yet "continuing to rise as usual [the tide] dashed over his feet and legs without respect to his royal person. <br /><br /><br />Cnut the Great in Wikipedia :<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great<br /><br />**********Defensores de Democraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990488344886411353noreply@blogger.com