An East Bakersfield, CA veteran is so fed up with illegal aliens destroying his community and his property that he has posted a sign in his front yard that says "Wetback Go Back". As you'll see in the news report below they put up a banner under the sign that says "racist sign", yet the fact is that the veteran is Hispanic. Slanted news coverage? They put the banner up written as a statement, not a question (i.e. "racist sign?")
As you'll see in the interview with David Garcia below there is nothing racist about the sign. He realizes that illegal aliens in his community are destroying its fabric and his property and he wants the law enforced. Sure wetback can be considered an insult to some, particularly illegal aliens, but it is not a statement against all Latinos, just the illegal ones.
Tipped by reader Lone Wolf.

Apparently President Eisenhower was also a racist when he implemented "Operation Wetback" in the 1950s.
Is it insensitive to point out freedom of speech allows us to say wetbacks go home LEGALLY? It is amazing that people are upset by rudeness but jumping the border is perfectly acceptable.
Perhaps the news report should focus on illegal aliens and not legal signage.
Posted by: ken pope at
December 9, 2007 04:58 AM