"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in
good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be
treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to
discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.
But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and
nothing but an American...
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man
who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red
flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much
as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have
room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have
room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American
people."
--Theodore Roosevelt, 1919
So, almost a hundred years ago, people in charge of our country understood what it meant to be an American. One country, one language, one flag. Anyone who says they are here to take anything away from us is declaring war. The people who say they are here to take back parts of the United States and make it part of Mexico is committing grievous crimes against our country. Sedition is still a capital offence, and should be punished by death. We fought a civil war against our own people over their attempts to do such. So I ask, why do we allow people today to say these things?We always hear that the criminal immigration crowd is coming here to make their lives better for them and their families. But then if this is truth, why are some of them wanting to make our country more like the one they ran away from? Not only make it more like, they want to make it a part of. My confusion grows at this point. If life sucked so bad there, why come here and make it like, well, there?
If they actually accomplished their goal, wouldn't it make sense that after a short time, they would run away again? This makes me think that this would be like the Jews escaping the German forces showing up elsewhere and saying they want to install the Third Reich into power. They haven't and never will, but what I hear in the news, this is what the Mexicans are saying.
Now, perhaps it isn't about escaping corrupt government. Perhaps it really isn't about escaping poverty. Perhaps it isn't about finding a better life. Maybe, just maybe it is about theft. Theft of our jobs, land, homes, business', and medical care. Truly throughout history, theft on this scale is war. When Saddam took Kuwait, that was an act of war. When the Germans took Poland, that was an act of war. We can even go back to World War 1 to examine this. When the Germans took part of France because at one time it was part of Germany, it was war.
If you believe and support this retaking of our lands, lets go all out. France should come and take over Canada again, plus whatever else they once had control over. It would solve the post Katrina problems because the French would own New Orleans. We can give up the upper east coast to Britain. I am sure they would love that. Russia can have Alaska back as well in all of this, even though we bought it fair and square from them when Seward made the deal. But under that line of thought, Mexico should return to Spain, as well as most of South America. But what if we go even further back in time.
Rome should be re-established and given back all of of their lands, but this would only last until the kingdoms which pre-dated them are re-established, so it would leave their hands at that point. So lets get to work. Oh, if we follow this model, the Inca's, Mayans and Aztec's would enslave the people of their lands. Hmmm, perhaps we should get to work building a temple and altar for blood offerings again.
People, history is full of wars. Borders move all the time. We now have more countries in our world than anytime before this. If we went back to the beginning and gave back everything to people who didn't like the way it changed, we will never be done.
Today in Africa, there are wars being fought by kids. I do not mean the western idea of kids which include people until their mid-twenties. I mean children of the ages 16 and down. Would you want your 11 year old son shooting your neighbors? Perhaps the other side, do you want your daughter of 10 being claimed against her will to be a mans fifteenth wife being raped at will? Now if you wonder what happens to those who complain, or even cry about this, they either cut off their arms and legs, or just have the 11 year old soldiers hack them up in front of the newly kidnapped kids to show them what happens if the resist.
I am sure someone somewhere says that this is because someone wronged them, and it is ok.
Our country was created to go in a different and never before tried direction. It gave unquestioned rights to our people. After slavery was abolished, we still had to tweak the system. Even as long ago as the 1990's we are still trying to get things right for our citizens. Oh, what, who? Our American Citizens.
So clarify something for me. Are these illegal immigrants citizens? No, because they are illegally here. So why do we even allow them the rights and protections of our own people? Because our country is better then where they came from. So again, why do they want to take our lands and make it part of a place that sucked so bad? Maybe because we are being flooded with uneducated fools.
Our country is going to have to make a choice. If we want to maintain our freedoms, we need to control our borders. If we want to maintain our liberties, we need to have accountable citizens. Without borders and citizens, we are a lawless wasteland in which war lords will rise.
Maybe I am wrong. Maybe I should be moving into the really nice house down the street from me and claim it as mine. I will send you all the bills, and if you do not pay them, I will blame you for allowing me to have moved into the house in the first place. If you disagree with me on illegal immigrants, send me your address, because me and my family are moving in the next day! Then we will see how you feel about this issue.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Look who's moving in! By the way, do you have a hot tub?
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