By Terry Orr
(Wonderful
email to share.
Thanks
Bruce)
For some reason, people have difficulty structuring their arguments
when arguing against supporting the currently proposed immigration revisions.
This lady made the argument pretty simple.
NOT printed in the Orange County
Paper ..
Newspapers simply won't publish letters to
the editor which they either deem politically incorrect (read below) or which
does not agree with the philosophy they're pushing on the public. This woman
wrote a great letter to the editor that should have been published; but, with
your help, it will get published via cyberspace!
From: "David LaBonte 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. 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 alongside 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 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
Statue 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
KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE
RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS TO REMAIN COMPLACENT AND QUIET!! LET THIS NEVER
HAPPEN!!
I sincerely hope this letter gets read by millions of people
all across the nation!!
Monday, August 4,
2014
National Psychic Day
National Chocolate
Chip Day
Single Working Women’s
Day
Social Security Day
Assistance Dog Day
