>I don't know that this is true. As I said earlier, the vast majority >of American's are American's by accident of birth. They didn't *do* >anything to become an American. I'm fine with that in the broad sense, >I'm going to say that we should make all citizenship conditional and >that you have to apply for it as an adult. But I also think that it >means that we, as a country, have a quite reasonable right to expect a >measure of commitment to the country, to ask for service to the >country as part of the bargain you get by winning the lottery and >being born American. > >Judah
I fully agree. As an immigrant I've been very surprised at the depth of ignorance many people here have about their own country. If everyone was required to pass the same tests as immigrants have to face I wonder how many would pass the current citizenship exam? Not many I expect. here are some sample questions I got from the immigration site: 1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. 2. What did Susan B. Anthony do? 3. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? 4. There were 13 original states. Name three. 5. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? 6. What does the judicial branch do? 7. Name your U.S. Representative. 8. Who makes federal laws? 9. What does the Constitution do? 10. What is the supreme law of the land? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279693 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
