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Subject: Fwd: TAKING DOWN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

  Orange  County  California  Newspaper  

   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  Paper.................. 

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  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 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,  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 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 an other 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 the y 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  

KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING.  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!!  
  
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