February 5, 2004
"You want to pick on immigrants? Then pick on Willie!"
Posted by pete at February 5, 2004 7:11 AMCall me soft on the issue, if you must, but I think we should let these guys in already:
MIAMI (Reuters) - A group of Cubans who tried to sail to the United States in a 1959 Buick car fashioned into a boat were intercepted at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard, relatives in Cuba and Cuban exiles said on Wednesday.
[Four of the eleven people on board] had already tried last July to reach Florida in a vessel made from a 1951 Chevy truck, only to be picked up by the Coast Guard and sent home.
"They sealed the doors and added a double bottom, steel plates for a bow and a propeller," said Eduardo Perez, cousin of Luis Grass, at his home in the Havana suburb of Diezmero.
We could get them a guest spot on Monster Garage, for starters, and cameo roles in some Miller Lite commercials. Then there's the talk show circuit, a spot guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live, and the inevitable slide into alcohol and pill-fueled depression.
Who are we to deny these people their shot at the American Dream?
You know, if Q is going to help Cuban emigres get their car across the ocean, you'd think he could throw in a few torpedoes to take care of those pesky Coast Guard cutters.
We need to admit these people for the sole reason that their vehicle would make a rockin' entry in the Art Car Parade.
The part that I like best is that the Cubans took the time and effort to paint the prow a matching color to the rest of the Buick.
That's attention to detail and pride in craftsmanship that we should be proud to welcome to America.