"Where did all the hate come from?" asks friend of Norway's murderer

Peter Svaar, a former classmate and companion of Anders Breivik, tells BBC Mundo of his shock at discovering the identity of Oslo's author of the massacre.  Svaar, a journalist, had spent years in high school and college, studying and camping with his friend, Anders.  The were very similar in many ways.  But what caused one to join the corp of journalism, while the other fomented hatred toward outsiders, joining anti-immigration organizations living in fear of what lies outside his comfort zone, scheming and intricately planning the outburst of his inner torment?

Translated below from Spanish into English

Odio

No era un hombre muy diferente de mí. Teníamos la misma edad, estudiamos en los mismos lugares.

"Todavía no puedo entender el origen de todo ese odio"

A ninguno de nosotros nos ha faltado nada material ni hemos sido víctimas de alguna injusticia social importante, en este país que tiene un amplio estado de bienestar.
Por supuesto, nunca he pasado años delante de mi computadora investigando recetas de bombas o visitando sitios web de la extrema derecha.
Y, lo que es más importante, nunca he sentido el tipo de ira o de odio que él debió haber tenido en su interior.
Todavía no puedo entender el origen de todo ese odio.
La mayoría de la gente ahora lo considera un monstruo.
Pero yo aún recuerdo su sonrisa y sus bromas.
Recuerdo cómo Anders a veces se le acercaba a uno por detrás y, en tono de broma, le gritaba "kra!" en el oído, sólo para darle un buen susto.
Era su saludo habitual en el patio de la escuela en esos años.

Translated to English by Immigration Reform Issues:

HATRED
He was not unlike me.  We were the same age.  We studied in the same places.  "Still I cannot understand the source of all that hatred?"
None of us lacked anything in the way of material goods, nor were we victims of some social important injustice, in this country which has such a widespread state of well-being.
Of course, I have not spent years in from of my computer investigating bomb making recipes, or visiting extreme right wing websites.
And, most importantly, I have not felt the type of anger and hatred that he must have had inside.  Still, I can't understand the origin of all this hatred.  Most people now consider him a monster.  But I still remember the smile and his jokes.  I remember how Anders used to come up behind one of us, and in a joking voice, would cry "kra" [growl] in our ear, just to give us a good scare.
That was his usual greeting on the playground in those years.

Source:  BBC Mundo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2011/07/110730_noruega_oslo_ataques_anders_breivik_infancia_amigo_mt.shtml

Do Latinos still support Obama and his immigration efforts?

Latinos supported Obama in 2008 by 60% after an inspiring speech that sounded like music to them.

But the magic of the moment fizzled soon after President Obama was elected. The party favors, orchestra, and minstrels soon disappeared and the defiant and catchy melody turned grave and bewildered.

While there were a few well-meaning efforts to address immigration reform in the House and Senate under Democratic leadership, no progress was made. Outside Washington, DC, between President Obama's first day in office and the end of June 2011, one million immigrants and families have been detained, deported, or fired from their place of work. In addition, the well-oiled enforcement machine led by ICE in collaboration with local police departments under the rubric of the wrongly-named "Secure Communities," I-9 audits, and 287(g) agreements, just to name a few, is running full speed ahead.
Understandably, when the president argued once again at this year's NCLR conference that he is unable to do much on his own unless Republicans acquiesce and change our broken immigration laws, the chorus of "yes, you can" politely and in crescendo interrupted him.
During his speech, President Obama went to great pains to remind listeners that his administration is "keeping our promises." The audience must have nodded that when it came to the economy, gay and lesbian rights, and women's issues, the president has indeed delivered. But when President Obama pivoted to immigration reform, he blamed Republicans for the impasse, chided those who call on him to use his executive authority to alleviate the suffering of immigrant families, and committed to keep up the fight while encouraging the community to "keep the heat on me and Democrats." Lastly the Pied Piper in Chief, dressed in a most charming outfit, conceded he knows "very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause" and he made an appeal we have heard once before: "Let's be honest. I need a dance partner, and the floor's empty."
It must not be an easy for President Obama to be at a party and not have a partner he can enjoy the music with. Although his political advisors are telling the president he has Latinos in the bag in 2012, the jury is by far out deliberating whether or not this president means it when he says he will fight the fight with us on the moral and practical issue of immigration reform. Does he meant it when he says we will not be stepped upon again? Thousands and thousands, millions even, of families throughout the United States are suffering on a daily basis the failure of this administration and this Congress to update our immigration laws. In the absence of real reform, immigrant communities everywhere have endured two and a half years of sustained torture led by none other than another "friend" of the community, Secretary Janet Napolitano, and face an increasing chorus of legislatures approving anti-immigrant, discriminatory, and unconstitutional laws. This song's tune is not for dancing.
Thus, the president must have surely felt the heat even while he read his speech at the NCLR conference. If he did, he kept his composure and was as eloquent and convincing as he was in 2008. But President Obama, Republicans and Democrats should recognize that we have danced together quite a lot during the past two years and a half and our feet are getting tired. Not tired enough to stop our fight for justice and changes in immigration laws so that they accurately reflect our nation's compassion, values, and interest. Not tired enough not to register millions more and switch the tune at the ballot box if this one does not suit us. Certainly we are not tired enough to remind our national elected leaders that even the most avid dancer can trip if he is not careful.

Source:  Jorge-Mario Cabrera,   The Huffington Post:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jorgemario-cabrera/obama-immigration-policy-and-latino-vote_b_910328.html

When we stop believing in the democratic process: Hatred of others.

How did the Norway anti-immigration disaster get started?  Here is what the perpetrator said when asked:

How did you first get involved in your current activities?
When I was around 16-17 years old, I joined the Progressive Party's youth organization [FPU], which was anti-immigration and pro–free market. Every journalist in the country considered the party's members to be racist because of their anti-immigration platform. The Progress Party was under constant attack from every media organization, from NGOs and all other political parties. They were called racists and Nazis and were generally labeled "fascist pigs." The Progress Party appealed to me because I had seen the hypocrisy in society, and I knew even then that they were the only party that opposed multiculturalism.
Around 2000, I realized that the democratic struggle against the Islamization of Europe, and European multiculturalism, was lost. It is simply not possible to compete with democratic regimes that import millions of voters. Forty years of dialogue with the cultural Marxists/multiculturalists had ended up as a disaster. It would now only take 50 to 70 years before we, Europeans, were the minority. So I decided to explore alternative forms of opposition. But the biggest problem then was that there were no options for me at all. There was no known armed culturally conservative, or Christian, anti-jihad movement.


Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2084895,00.html#ixzz1TAjILuTs

Change takes courage, Mr. President

Washington State families affected by our broken immigration system.

I hate all crackers.

The crackers are taking all our jobs and eating all our corn.  We need a fence to keep them out.

Well maybe we should make it against the law for crackers to come here.