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    email letter about illegals

    I got this letter via email from my sister with a request to forward to as many people as I could. I immediately thought of the power of ALIPAC so here it is. Please send it to as many people as you can!

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    The newspaper they are talking about is in Orlando FL.
    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 (CA)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 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. (signed) Dave LaBonte

    Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register:

    Dear Editor:
    &n bsp; 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 U nited 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 an d 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 kn ew 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 th at 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
    You are the Grayrider, you would not make peace with the bluecoats, you may go in peace

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    What a great letter Grayrider and it is so true,thanks for sharing it.

    Rawhide!

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    Absolutely beautiful letter.

    And another who understands the difference between a "melting pot" and a "smelting pot."

    Thank you for a nice start to the day.
    I don't care who you are, how you got here, what color you are, what language/dialect you speak... If you didn't get here legally then you don't belong here. Period.

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    Very good letter. One of the reasons they may not have published it is because of the length. Newspapers usually have a word length of 200-300 words. I have written some really controversial letters and gotten them published by keeping the word count down.
    RIP TinybobIdaho -- May God smile upon you in his domain forevermore.

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    That letter is really good we really need to get this letter circulating.
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    Great letter... I will be forwarding to others also. Thank you fro posting.
    Let's keep it rolling

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