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April 28, 2006
Standing Clear While Your Opponents Self-Destruct
Some members of the pro-illegal immigration lobby continue to saw through the tree branch upon which they are sitting:
British music producer Adam Kidron says he just wanted to honor the millions of immigrants seeking a better life in the U.S. when he came up with the idea of a Spanish-language version of the national anthem.The initial version of "Nuestro Himno," or "Our Anthem" comes out Friday and features artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce and Olga Tanon.
Some Internet bloggers and others are infuriated by the thought of "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung in a language other than English, and the version of the song has already been the target of a fierce backlash.
"British music producer Adam Kidron says he just wanted to honor the millions of immigrants ..." Now, that's funny. Of course it's obvious to a child that Kidron is seeking to create a sensational fracas, but I don't think he's got a good handle on the big picture. And since when do British music producers give a hoot about immigration to the US, legal or otherwise? As they would say in England, "Pull the other one, Kidron."
"The Star Spangled Banner" in Spanish? I think I've got a great idea for their next move: reissue the American flag in red, white and green.
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It turns out the song's producer Adam Kidron is not Hispanic at all. Indeed, he's from a very interesting family. He was born in England, where his father, Michael Kidron, was a famous Marxist theoretician and his uncle, the late "Tony Cliff," was the leader of the largest Trotskyite party in Britain, the Socialist Workers Party or SWP.
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2006/04/who-is-adam-kidron-man-behind-nuestro.html
Posted by: Steve Sailer at April 30, 2006 10:01 PM
Ah, "Trotskyite" has such a fashionable ring to it, don't you think?
Posted by: Jeff at May 1, 2006 11:22 AM
