[Carry_Okie]

Just call us Ishmael.

A Jew wrote that?

(long sigh)

What's he smoking, or will he be?

[DoughtyOne]

I noticed that too. You’re right to mention it.

This guy is blinded to what is really at play here.

[DoughtyOne]

I resent the fact this guy is trying to turn this into blatant bigotry if we don’t buy into being occupied by foreign nations.

I’m fed up with this nonsense. This is blatant agitprop.

[SJackson]

Well, I admit I like Paul Greenberg, how can you not like the originator of "Slick Willie". I've read the article a couple times, and really don't see how it applies to immigration other, perhaps than the mention of Fouad Ajami, the type of immigrant I'd welcome.

The Ishmael comment puzzles me. The article is clearly critical of Islam and the accomplishments of Arab Muslim culture in the middle east. He seems to pull it out of thin air, comparing Southerners who blame the problems of the South on Yankees of two centuries ago to Muslims who blame their problems on Jews. I'm not sure it's a legitimate comparison, he's at best talking about a small subset of Southerners who to my knowledge may talk conspiracies of sorts at a BBQ, but don't strap bombs on their children. My best guess, it might be an Arkansas thing.