I'm a second generation American…

…and it's not at all certain that Grandpa Dale boarded the boat from the ould sod with all the papers he might have hoped for. That's where my Dixie roots come from. He landed in New Orleans where, for a variety of reasons, Irish immigrants weren't as closely scrutinized as they might be at other ports. Worked for Harry, anyway.

Knowing that, it's hard for me to get very self-righteous about the status of more recent arrivals. I know it's complicated, and I don't really have a solution sorted out, but this guy pretty well sums up my starting point...



Helmet tip to The General.