Yeah, yeah: Call it a Posting Boycott. And speaking of Boycotts ...

Though not in solidarity with illegal immigrants.

Solidarity with the ongoing challenges of life.

Logged over 700 miles from Friday to this morning and went absolutely nowhere, but every gasoline-saturated mile was unavoidable. Fortunately the gas price has dropped considerably from last Thursday's $2.79 per to a slightly more tolerable $2.59 (although last night we saw $2.56 in Shawnee, Okla.) Hate to think what summer vacation might cost if the formerly unthinkable happens and we have $100/barrel oil. That should translate into at least $4 per gallon unleaded, and probably more like $5.

Might have to open that pool in the backyard after all. With higher electric rates we've been mulling keeping the lid on this summer.

Naturally the big news of the day is the Immigrant Protest being staged in virtually every city in the land. The goal, the newsies keep insisting, is to show us how much of our economic lives are dependent upon foreign workers, especially those who do not have green cards or citizenship.

Goals are one thing. Results are another. Our prediction is that America, being its schizophrenic self these days, will be split right down the middle. On one side will be the patriotic, somewhat conservative minded folks who don't necessarily dislike hispanics but who intensely dislike having our borders violated, our wages undercut, and our culture dissed. On the other side, the usual suspects: the squishy, touchy-feeley "can't we all just get along," "America is inherently racist, dontcha know," and "Don't criminalize illegal immigrants" crowd. You know, your typical Algore voter.

End result: a lot of building anger. Anger at the government for getting us into this mess, especially toward a Congress that cannot seem to agree on anything and thus does almost nothing. Anger at the businesses and corporations that have been winking at the immigration laws and employing large numbers of illegal workers to keep wage pressures down. Anger at the President for his near tone-deaf approach to relations with Mexico. Also, anger at the government from the lefties (who always seem angry with the government anyway, so maybe that's no big deal).

What we would hate to see is militancy among the masses. There is a report this morning that Latinos in SoCal are being encouraged to arm themselves. The Oklahomilist cannot even begin to describe what a Bad Idea this is. Once there is violence, once you light a match to a situation that is saturated with the aerosol of unhappiness and anger, there is no telling how many people will be hurt.

We have no quarrel with hispanics who want to live in the United States. Come, legally. We need you, especially if you are God-fearing and hard-working (as the vast majority are). Hell, we need your presence to offset the goofy, amoral lefties among the old Anglo citizenry.

But those whose main wish is to turn the Southwestern USA into Mexico Norte can expect to be opposed, sooner or later, and it will not be pretty. We do not want Mexican law or Mexican crime. (U.S. crime is quite sufficiemente, gracias.) We do not want Mexican restrictions on economic liberty, or its official hostility to the Church. We do not want its increasingly lax approach to recreational drug use.

We fear that many activitists for today's boycott (and tomorrow's reconquista) badly underestimate the odds of their success. There is a quite real possibility of backlash. We cite, for example, this column in the Salem, Oregon Statesman-Journal. If female health care workers on the Left Coast are becoming angry, the cause is lost.

The attempting hijacking of the "Star Spangled Banner" also does not sit well. Renaming it "Our Hymn" ("Nuestra Himno") and having it totally in Spanish displays exactly the kind of non-assimulation attitude that is at the heart of the illegal immigration crisis.

There are also indications - additional reasons for rising disgust - that the May Day Boycott is being coordinated with groups in Mexico, if not the Mexican government itself. Check out what's happening today down south as there is a Union Rally against "Gringo" products.

MEXICO CITY - A demonstration by thousands of Mexican workers Friday to promote union solidarity turned into a protest against America's vast influence on the nation's economy, with many protesters saying they will take part in a boycott of all things "gringo" on Monday.

Waving signs saying "Don't Buy Gringo Products. Long Live the Boycott," about 3,000 workers with Mexico's state-owned electrical utility blocked traffic on a major highway and then marched two miles to a colonial plaza in the city's center.

The proposed boycott — known as the "Nothing Gringo" campaign — is timed to coincide with Monday's "Day Without Immigrants" protest in the U.S. aimed at pushing forward a proposal for immigration reform including legalization for many of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants.

In Mexico, the boycott has also turned into a rallying cry for groups opposed to U.S. economic influence south of the American border.

Maybe we should do a reverse NAFTA. We'll quit trying to change your country and culture with our people and our businesses, if you'll withdraw yours from our country.