Our Grandparents
This was written by Rosemary LaBonte to the editors of a California newspaper in response to an article written by Ernie Lujan who suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the immigrants of today aren’t being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry. The paper never printed this response, so her husband sent it out via internet.
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. Â
They had waved goodbye 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 alongside 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, 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 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.
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!
The voters need to become MORE INFORMED about what these officials in BOTH parties are REALLY DOING. The sad fact – though it MAY be changing – is that polls asking how folks feel about Congress as a body come out mostly NEGATIVE. BUT, when asked about THEIR guy – assuming they even know who he is – they get comments like “He’s doing a good job”. Probably because THEIR GUY waved to him from the back seat of a rag top during the Fourth of July Parade.
If WHAT YOUR GUY is doing is not a priority with you, because how HE votes impacts ALL OF US, please do us a favor and DON’T VOTE!
THE place that I trust MOST for that information is
www.thenewamerican.com/freedom-index
There are other congressional scoring sites BUT you need to know that MANY of them send out email alerts to Congress ADVISING THEM IF A PARTICULAR VOTE IS GOING INTO THE SCORE. Can you imagine how much vote jockeying goes on among party leaders to keep a favored RINO from a conservative/Constitutionally aware district on the right side of an issue so he can “be there” for them on the UNSCORED (and Constitution trashing) votes?
THE NEW AMERICAN FREEDOM INDEX USES THE SAME 3 PART TEST THE LATE CONGRESSMAN LARRY McDONALD DID:
Larry often said that some 70% of the bills he saw failed #1.
1. IS IT CONSTITUTIONAL?
2. DO WE NEED IT?
3. CAN WE AFFORD IT?
Lets clarify some things.
Inf the formation of the Nation, only White folk were invited to immigrate here and become Citizens. Nobody else was allowed. When all those Irish, German, English, French etc. came here it was all one family, one Race, different tribes of Israel. As it should be in any Covenant land. Those that try to turn that into something ugly have an agenda or are just plain ignorant.
Also the blind loyalty to Country is what happened in WWII. They were not defending the United States, they were killing brothers (for the most part). Let’s not pretend we actually won anything from that horror show either. The results are all around us today as communism/Marxism has taken over this country right now. We made the world safe for Marxism. It’s certainly nothing to be proud of.
Other than that a pretty good article.