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Satyr6406 -> RE: Oh Goody!!! (5/1/2007 1:30:04 PM)
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Hello, all!
My lady got this in an e-mail and she sent it to me, knowing I would find it interesting, even though she didn't see this post (She's about as political as I am diplomatic).
Lets try this experiment.
Put a bird feeder in your yard and fill it with bird seed. It doesn't take long before the birds learn that a free meal is in the offing. They come by the hundreds.
Now, empty the feeder. What happens? No more birds.
Take away the free medical care. Take away the free schooling. Take away the free welfare. Take away the jobs. What happens? No more illegals. WOW. Duh!!
I am going to repeat some things that have already been said, I'm sure but, I'd like to be heard.
Because of divorce, I have an "extended family" which gave me four sets of grandparents. I was very close with three of these families. If you grant me some license, these three families qualify me as a second-generation American. (The fourth "side" of my family makes me a native American, going back a few thousand years LOL!)
I had German, Irish and Italian grandparents. They were all born in their respective countries. They came to this country for varying reasons.
My grandfather (Borrmann) and his family saw the tides of war coming, right after the first world war and decided to get out of dodge. His brother fought for the German Army, during WWI and the American Army during WWII (The US Army made him a spy and sent him to go and re-inlist in the German Army and he had medals from both sides of WWII!!!)
They came to this country, for whatever reason to make a better life. That was the bottom line. They learned English. They worked hard. They paid their taxes. They saved their money. They moved to better neighborhoods, after they climbed out of their respective "ghettos" in which they originally assimilated. They became AMERICANS.
In the home, the traditions and values of the "old country" remained but, they were honored "co-laterally" with the new, American culture that the family had chosen. Let me say that, again: They chose to be here! My parents were taught to be Americans but, we were all taught to value from whence we had come.
The influx of immigrants, today, for the most part, are hard-working, good living, up-standing Americans (even the illegals don't wish to break any laws and want to maintain a "low profile" so that they don't get deported). But, as a few have stated; by swimming across a river, in the dead of night or by stowing away in a truck or however they got here, they broke the law. They demonstrated that they do not honor this country and what it stands for and what it can do for them.
These same law breakers (Criminals, for those of you, in Poughkeepsie) are taking to the streets, today to demand, in a loud voice: "I have invaded your country and now, I expect you to take care of me and mine because I am entitled!" Entitled, my Irish ass! They are entitled to a speedy trial and deportation!
The "Me Generation" attitude of the 70s has perverted the social climate in this country to make all the dregs of society somehow feel like they are, magically, a part of a society to which they have already demonstrated scorn and distain.
Our politicians don't help. President Carter rushed voting rights to Cubam refugees who had been in this country less than a year in the hopes that they would vote for someone who showed such kindness and "forward-thinking".
I live in a neighborhood (New Brunswick, New Jersey) which is largely made up of people from central and South America (Mostly central). These people, for the most part, are honest (caveat to follow), hard-working, law-abiding people who entered this country illegally. Case closed! They're great people except that their criminals and their actions have symbolically urinated all over the spirit of the laws in which they now wish to wrap themselves. I don't care what your political bent. I don't care how intelligent you may or may not be. This doesn't pass "the giggle test", if you use a little bit of common sense.
I come from immigrant stock. I honor my past and I love MY country. These criminals must be rounded up and deported so that we can honor our tradition of rewarding good behavior and punishing the bad.
Please, don't quote part of what I've said, here and try to argue the point with me. On this issue, you will NOT change my mind. These people are a cancer on our society just by the fact that the undercurrent of their very being here spits in the face of what's right and wrong.
One last note: Unless I have been mis-informed, ever since the horrible attacks of almost six years ago, laws are in the works to nullify the practice of pregnant women from other countries sneaking over here just so that their offspring will be American citizens and enjoy all those rights. I am not sure if any have been enacted but, I am almost positive that there have been SOME changes to the codes. (For example, when I was in law enforcement, if an illegal immigrant was on a boat, off the Florida cost, they were detained and deported back to Cuba. If they were able to stand up, in the water, they were considered to have "made it" and were welcomed. I believe that has been changed.)
Peace and comfort,
Michael
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