Very Interesting..........

[Paul Simpson]

Subject: [Fwd: Letter To The Editor]

> My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC
> Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print"
> it myself by sending it out on the Internet. Pass it along if you feel
> so inclined.
>
>
> (signed)
> Dave LaBonte
>
>
> Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange
> County Register:
>
>
> Dear Editor:
>
> So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is
> made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear
> down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't
> being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry.
>
> Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr.
> Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of
> immigrant any longer.
>
> Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to
> the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long
> line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their
> hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the
> laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made
> learning English a primary rule in their new American households and
> some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.
>
> They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a
> new life and did everything in their power to help their children
> assimilate into one culture Nothing was handed to them. No free
> lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were
> the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.
>
> Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My
> father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from
> Germany, Italy, France and Japan. None of these 1st generation
> Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had
> come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan.
>
> They were defending the United States of America as one people.
>
>
> When we liberated France, no one in those villages were looking for
> the French-American or the German American or the Irish American. The
> people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that
> represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have
> thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to
> represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here.
>
> These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They
> stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.
>
> And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the
> same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing
> with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card
> and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry,
> that's not what being an American is all about.
>
> I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early
> 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and
> sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has
> become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think
> they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those
> waving foreign country flags.
>
> And for that suggestion about taking down the Statute of Liberty, it
> happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the
> immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.
>
>
> (signed)
> Rosemary LaBonte

[Mike in AZ]

My grandparents were in that same group of early 1900 immigrants. There are very few things that stir me up.... this subject is one of them.

Thanks for taking the time to share it. I couldn't have said it better.

The fact that the Register didn't print it..... hah.

Nicely written and very well pointed.

Mike

[Boosted]

[scoots]

[hunelmea]

In my humble opinion, the majority of Americans think and feel the same as this Lady. However, we sit around our kitchen tables, at car shows, etc. complaining, but never really doing anything to remedy what we are complaining about.

That old saying that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease", has never been more evident than now. It's time that the majority got off of their duffs and made themselves heard.

Don't send emails to your governing officials, mayors, governors senators, congressmen, etc. That's too easy and will be overlooked. Write letters on real paper to these pewople. They will get results.

The most important thing "YOU" can do is VOTE!! This is a most precious right and most ignore it. The vote is more powerful than any military weapon ever devised and yet a sizeable portion of Americans fail to understand how important it is to vote your choice.

Sorry for the rambling, but some things must be said to be heard.

Hugo Whitten, a proud American who still gets chills every time The Star Spangled Banner is palyed and I see that Grand Old Flag!!

[George Cash]

Super Letter, I wish it could get printed in some major magazines and National Newspapers. I'm sure it would be well received by the vast majority of "Americans"

[WOW_FCTR]

I liked this letter

[Charlie®]

I agree with this letter! My great grandparents were immigrants, but the legal kind. It pisses me off to no end to see the type of "immigrants" we get today. MANY of them are NOT immigrants. They are illegals. That means they are criminals and we SHOULD treat them as such.





Charlie®