Well...Monday has come and gone

...Was your life affected by the Illegal's Boycott? Until about 7:00pm pdt yesterday I thought not. However this is dinner time for me and I drove to my favorite Mexican food joint only to find a "Closed" sign in the windows. I gather from all the hype that this was supposed to cause me to reflect on how much I depend on that Super Deluxe Burrito, to reflect on the oppression of these fine people who run a business in my town by employing undocumented workers and paying them under the table. It was probably suppose to make me sympathetic to their plight... Only it didn't. Not only was I supremely annoyed that I could not get my food, but also absolutely enraged at the nerve of these people to close the doors of their business to spite me. This truly did not hit home for me until that moment, but in my town especially (a small afluent white neighborhood) these people have been living off of us and our afluence for over 3 decades, taking advantage of a very lucrative location relative to our industry and proximity to the beaches, making money hand over fist. They live in beautiful homes, drive expensive cars and send their children to our schools. Yet they have the gall to count themselves among those who would make a mockery of the very freedom that has allowed them such a life to begin with. These are not poor migrant workers, these are successful business men. This week I am going to approach the owner of this establishment and confront him regarding his closure on Monday. I am going to remind him that I spend approx. $3,000.00 per year in his place. Then I am going to inform him that I am boycotting him and his joint for one year. I am also going to tell everyone I know who will listen to do the same. This will be a sacrifice for me as they have really, really good salsa. But I have to stand on principle.