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!
New ImmigrantsFrom: "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.
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 was 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 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
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
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If You Want to Be in America!
I just read a Post by my friend Mark at Me and My Drum about an employee at Target refusing to scan someones Bacon because she is a "Muslim" Mark says, get another job lady..LOL!
But seriously folks. I live in Arizona and I am white, I am the Minority it seems. I cannot understand why I am expected to learn spanish when I am not Hispanic! I do not understand why it is acceptable for anyone working in a Public place to speak any other language then English. It pisses me off no end when I try to talk to someone and either they don't understand what I am saying or I don't understand what they are saying.
Today for example, my phone rings, I was on another call, long distance from New Hampshire, cut that call short to answer the call waiting and I get this freaking spanish recording! Damn, I hate that!
This is America, if you are not born and raised here, or if you come here from another Country, legally or illegally, then you are supposed to conform to our language and customs. Not the other way around.
If you want to speak your native tongue, that's great, just do it at home with your friends or with your family. If you are employed then don't you think you could at least make the effort to speak English? Or, am I supposed to stand there and feel like an idiot while you roll your eyes because I don't understand you? I think not!
I, for one, am sick to death with being "Politically Correct!" I am sick of people coming here and expecting to be catered to. I am sick of going to the store or asking for directions and getting that look!
If you want to be here, then be here. Learn the Language and the customs. If you don't want to do that, then why the hell are you here in the first place? Go back to where you came from so that you can speak your language and observe your customs, stop trying to inflict it on us!
Mar 15, 2007
POEM - Illegal Immigrants
poor and broke,
Take bus,
see employment folk.
Nice man
treat me good in there,
Say I need
go see Welfare.
Welfare say,
"You come no more,
We send cash
right to your door."
Welfare checks,
they make you wealthy,
Medicaid
it keep you healthy!
By and by,
Got plenty money,
Thanks to you,
TAXPAYER dummy.
Write to friends
in motherland,
Tell them
'come, fast as you can'
They come in turbans
and Ford trucks,
I buy big house
with welfare bucks.
They come here,
we live together,
More welfare checks,
it gets better!
Fourteen families,
they moving in,
But neighbor's patience
wearing thin.
Finally , white guy
moves away,
..
I buy his house,
and then I say,
"Find more aliens
for house to rent."
In my yard
I put a tent.
S end for family
they just trash,
...
But they, too,
draw welfare cash!
Everything is
very good,
Soon we own
whole neighborhood.
We have hobby
it called breeding,
Welfare pay
for baby feeding.
Kids need dentist?
Wife need pills?
We get free!
We got no bills!
TAXPAYER crazy!
He pay all year,
To keep welfare
running here.
We think America
darn good place!
Too darn good
for white man race.
If they no like us,
they can scram,
Got lots of room
