Document Title:A WELL WRITTEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR Poster:Inchman Orginal Source (if known):Rosemary LaBonte Humor Rating:Very insightful document
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A WELL WRITTEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR (WHO WOULD NOT PRINT IT)
I don't think I could have said it any better.
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:
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
parent s 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 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 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