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From: MARIE FULLER
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:34 AM
Subject: : Worth the Read!
Worth the read…
Orange County California Newspaper
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 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 2008 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
PLEASE 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!!
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