George Valens Bush

It's time for a story.

Once upon a time, there was the leader of a country. The country was a Great Power, and the leader saw himself as a Great Leader.

The country was such a great power that people from all over were clamoring to get in. Many times they would just walk in and settle. Not entirely legal, mind you, but the government of this great country wouldn't or coundn't do anything about it.

There was one particlar group just across the river from the Great Power, a very large group. They were restless and not entirely friendly. They didn't really want to join the Great Power, but they still wanted to come in. They were sneaking in anyway, but they wanted to make it all legal. The Great Leader needed more people, because there were some jobs his people just wouldn't do. So he let them in, and he hoped for the best.

But they revolted. Maybe they had a good reason, maybe they didn't. But they revolted. And they started ravaging the Great Power.

The Great Leader couldn't allow this, so he moved against them with a Great Army. They fought a Great Battle. The Great Leader and his Great Army were defeated. Handily. The Great Leader was killed. The Great Power was never great again.

The end.

Sound familiar? Well, the first part of it should sound familiar to just about everyone right about now. The entire story may only ring a bell for us Victor Davis Hanson-wannabes of the world. Because the whole story is true. It actually happened.

The "Great Leader" was the Emperor Valens. The "great power" was the Roman Empire, whose Great Army consisted of the Roman legions. The people who wanted to cross the river -- the Danube -- but not truly become a part of Rome were the Visigoths.

And the "Great Battle" was Adrianople in 378, which broke the back of the Roman Empire.

Do people ever learn? Not the Senate GOP and not George Bush, because with today's illegal immigration amnesty, the story is being repeated.

Right now, the Visigoths are being allowed to cross the Rio Grande and Tijuana Rivers by George Valens Bush. Not to join us or to become part of us. To do the jobs Americans just won't do. Well, not at those wages, anyway.

And we have the stirrings of a revolt. MEChA, La Raza, Aztlan.

Next stop is Adrianople. Or, as we know it, San Diego.