> 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
> OrangeCountyPaper………………
>
> Newspapers simply won’t publish letters to the editor which they either
> deem politically incorrect (read below) or which do 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!
>
>
>
> 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. Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in
> the OrangeCountyRegister:
>
> 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 Libertybecause the people now in question aren’t being
> treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Islandand 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 birthplace 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, Franceand 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 Americaas
> 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 Francesaw 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 2008 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 Statesjust
> yet.
>
> (signed) Rosemary LaBonte
>
We at trailerparkjokes,com support you,a well written letter indeed.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Paul // Mar 6, 2009 at 11:06 am
Rosemary LaBonte You are full of shit…
This is a bunch of closed minded, self-entitled, ignorant Bullshit. Get you head out of your ass. Look around you the clubs these so called Red White and Blue American immigrants, My Great grandparents and Grandparents, of the early 1900’s created are still with us, not as strong, but still here, The German club, BK club, The Deloretto, The PNA, ZB Falcons. Hello these were Ethnic clubs! How did you get to join? You had to be German, Polish, Irish, Italian, Hungarian or what ever nationality to join these clubs. NOT AMERICAN. They formed these clubs to protect themselves form closed minded people, to keep a sense of nationality.
You try to make it sound as if the last names were changed so they could be more american. They were changed because they were scared and hungry and needed work which was withheld from them because they were immigrants. So they changed there names form Mnichowski to Michaels as was the case with my Great Grandfather and his brother. One was able to keep his name the other could not. Pollock’s could not get a job. Let us not forget the Irish of Boston and New York they lived in the ghettoes the lowest of the low. The Italians, WOP’s ” WITHOUT PAPERS”. Dose that mean illegal?
Do not turn our ancestors into saints they were not. They were bigots, liars, cheats, thieves, adulators, loving, caring, heroes, parents, sisters, brothers, Just like we are.
The difference between them and us, You and me, is if we are not careful we will believe the bullshit and become like the people who made our Great Grandparents and Grandparents second class citizens, tried to hold them down.
May the true spirit of the united states, The People protect our country.
Paul Guzman
2 Dadd // Mar 8, 2009 at 1:46 am
Gee paul
To much…bad childhood?
they have drugs now you know for the uncalmed.
The original article has many good points.
yours had a couple.
So if we were such pricks then why did they come here?
why would you want to go somewhere only to be treated like crap have to change your name,and go to designated clubs.
so since the original author cant say it i will say it,that crap they taught you in school was much differant than the real history books so kiss my ass.
we speak one language/
we sport one flag.
when you came here there werent any minority rules.
if you were a prick you wouldnt get hired…no body owed you anything…you got off the ship out into a new jungle..so dont give me your shit.
you probably celebrated every day of black history month didnt you.
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