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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 268763" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">New Immigrants</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">From: 'David LaBonte'</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">of the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">decided to 'print' it myself by sending it out on the Internet.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Pass it along if you feel so inclined.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Dave LaBonte (signed)</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">the Orange County Register :</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc">Dear Editor:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>So many letter writers have based their arguments on how</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one,</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>the people now in question aren't being treated the same</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>of entry.</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>to people like Mr. Lujan wh y today's American is not willing</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>come to the United States , people had to get off a ship and</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>ground.</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>new country in good and bad times. They made learning</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>English a primary rule in their new American households</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>and some even changed their names to blend in with their</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>new home. They had waved good bye to their birth place</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>to give their children a new life and did everything in their</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>power to help their children assimilate into one culture.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare,</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>no labor laws to protech them. All they had were the </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>trade for a future of prosperity.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>Most of their children came of age when World War II</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>broke out. My father fought along side men whose</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>parents had come straight over from Germany , Italy ,</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>France and Japan None of these 1st generation</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>Americans ever gave any thought about what country</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>their parents had come from. They were Americans</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>They were defending the United States of America</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>as one</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>people.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>When we liberated France, no one in those villages</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>were looking for the French-American or the German</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>American or the Irish American. The people of France</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>represented one country. Not one of those immigrant</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>sons would have thought about picking up another</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>country's flag and waving it to represent who they were.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>And here we are in 2007 with a new kind of immigrant</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules,</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>being faithful to their mother country.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil,</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>create a land that has become a beacon for those legally</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>that they are being used as an example by those waving</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>foreign country flags.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>And for that suggestion ab out taking down the Statue of</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>Liberty, it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>about dismantling the United States just yet.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>(signed) Rosemary LaBonte</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="color: #cc33cc"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!!</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING!!</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>I hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>the nation!!</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>Ever onward!!</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong>MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 268763, member: 1246"] [B][SIZE=4][FONT=Century Gothic]New Immigrants 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. Dave LaBonte (signed) Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register : [COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc]Dear Editor:[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4][FONT='Century Gothic'][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]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 wh y 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[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]power to help their children assimilate into one culture. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B] Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare,[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]no labor laws to protech them. All they had were the [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]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.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]They were defending the United States of America[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]as one[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][COLOR=#cc33cc][COLOR=#cc33cc][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]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 2007 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 ab out 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 [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][FONT='Century Gothic'][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=4][FONT='Century Gothic'][B]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[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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