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Subject: Letter to Orange County Ca. newspaper
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ORANGE COUnty CALIForNIA NEWSPAPER-New Immigrants
This is a very good letter to the editor. This woman made some good points..
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!
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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 theOrange 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 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!!
>
>
If you see someone without a smile today,
give him one of yours!
I recieved this email and thought it was a good one and wanted to share. Marv
Subject: Letter to Orange County Ca. newspaper
>
>
ORANGE COUnty CALIForNIA NEWSPAPER-New Immigrants
This is a very good letter to the editor. This woman made some good points..
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 theOrange 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 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!!
>
>
If you see someone without a smile today,
give him one of yours!
I recieved this email and thought it was a good one and wanted to share. Marv
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