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Outsider Asst. Admin User is Offline Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 4203 Karma: 27 applaud / smite Location: North Carolina 32274 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:44 pm    Post subject: Todays immigrants vs. the first · Quote I received this in my email today from a friend of mine and Mrs. O's And since I don't have a great many contacts in my address book to forward it to I'll pass it on through other avenues such as forums like this one 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! New Immigrants 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 soinclined. Dave LaBonte (signed) 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 Statue of Liber ty, 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 P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!! KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING!! I hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across the nation!!  Ever onward!!  MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA                     (peg m) _________________ <table border="0" bordercolor="#F6FCFD" width="1" bgcolor="#F6FCFD"> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> </td> </tr>Commanding Officer M.S.T. Alpha company <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table>
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afsp90_02 Chairman Joint Chiefs User is Offline Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 11253 Karma: 14 applaud / smite Location: North Carolina 28875 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:04 am    Post subject: · Quote Don't know how I missed this thread from November 29th but... I agree completely and not to beat a dead horse here but we all, other than American Indians, came here from somewhere mostly Europe and unless you came from England you HAD to learn the language and get a job! They did not change all the road signs, major newspapers, advertisements/commercials, job applications, etc., to read in German, Russian, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Spanish as well as English... How stupid and confusing would that be. Our adopted OFFICIAL language is English. Granted our version of English is slightly different from "The Kings/Queens English, in the same way that Germans, Austrians and Swiss speak their own versions of German, but we all understand one another. We are a melting pot of nations, races & religions we are Americans we have our own culture, we do on occasion take inspiration from the "old countries" for our cultural makeup but we are uniquely American and as a people we need to remain American. Not German-Americans, French-Americans, African-Americans but "Americans" and as such we need to speak a common language. Our forefathers actually took a vote when they set about building our Nation and they voted on a national language and English was that language. Let me finish with this, I bare no ill will towards any foreigner who wishes to come here LEGALLY as my family did and also as long as they learn to speak English and find gainful employment. But if these said foreigners are not willing to adhere to these three simple rules they need to stay where they are. _________________ Administrator Forum Chairman Joint Chiefs [Staff CO] Commanding Officer[CO] Forum awards comity Moderator Staff Company staff officer M.S.T. Bravo CO.
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