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ORANGE COUNTY (CALIFORNIA) NEWSPAPER; a must read)
Topic Started: Oct 8 2007, 12:58 PM (89 Views)
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Subject: ORANGE COUNTY (CALIFORNIA) NEWSPAPER (a must read)
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> 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.
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> NOT printed in the Orange County Paper.....
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> 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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> New Immigrants
> From: "David LaBonte"
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> 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" i t myself by sending it out on the Internet.
> Pass it along if you feel so inclined.
> Dave LaBonte (signed)
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> Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in
the Orange County Register:
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> Dear Editor:
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> 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
childr en 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
wer e 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
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> 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
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> 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!!
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> MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
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