I WONDER ABOUT 3 THINGS IN THIS WORLD

1. COWS
2. THE CONSTITUTION
3. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

COWS

Isn’t it just amazing that our government can track a cow born in
Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in
the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their
stalls, but they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens
wandering around our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow.

THE CONSTITUTION

They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq . Why don’t
we just give them ours? It was written and approved by a lot of
really smart guys; it’s worked for over 200 years; and, we’re not using
it anymore.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a
courthouse… You cannot post: “Thou Shall Not Steal,” “Thou Shall
Not Commit Adultery” and “Thou Shall Not Lie” in a building full of
lawyers, judges and politicians: It creates a hostile work
environment.

This is an interesting look at a highly contentious subject…… Please read and pass on if you feel like it. It was e-mail to us here at OL, and left the names intact, since these folks were sending it to a newspaper anyhow. I want to give her credit for her fine brain and reasoning power. Well done, folks!

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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 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!

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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.

Dave LaBonte (signed)

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 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 was 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

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Bravo, Rosemary, Bravo!!!

I am probably dreaming, but I want my government to consider me when making decisions about the United States. I want them to wonder if my life will be better or worse if amnesty is granted to millions of people who broke the law to come into this country. I want them to be sure it isn’t worse. I wasn’t born in the United States. My mother was an English war bride. who brought my brother and I over on the first ship of English war brides after WWII. In order to be able to board the ship, my mother had to go to several offices to get the necessary papers. I was young when she started the quest for paperwork and even though my father was a U.S. serviceman, she had to go through all the paperwork.

I’m definitely not against anyone legally coming to this country. It is a melting pot and it’s what this country was founded on. When my mother arrived here, she didn’t have a language barrier, but I’m sure as my grandparents had to learn to speak English when they arrived here from Poland, my mother would have also. Many of the holidays are different in England then they are here. But my mother would celebrate the holidays of this country. She’d tell us about the English holidays. She celebrated Thanksgiving – thankful her new country’s history. She was here for ten years and then she became a citizen of the U.S. We have a very special place in our hearts for England. But, we have a loyalty and a love for the United States.

But now millions of people may receive amnesty for their crime of sneaking into this country. A reward for doing wrong? I would get in more trouble for speeding – and would pay a bigger fine than someone else is punished for – for sneaking in to the U.S. They knew when they came here that it was illegal. They come here, they don’t learn the language, they keep their own traditions, they get financial aid and medical. We hear of our Veterans’ hospitals being overcrowded and without the proper care for our troops who have put their lives on the line for us. I wonder sometimes how hard it must be for soldiers coming home only to be in a country where English is becoming the second language.

It would be so different accepting these people if they were honest and if they would come to learn about the U.S. instead of expecting it to change for them. I’m writing this and I’m amazed.

I don’t like going out shopping and running errands all day and not hearing one person speak English. I’m the one in the foreign country. How horrible it is that I can be at the bank, the market, anyplace – and I can’t understand one word that anyone is saying? A friend of mine had two instances last week where the employees of the places she was shopping at couldn’t speak English. She said it was a lucky thing she learned Spanish in high school so she could speak to them. I think it’s sad that she feels that she’s lucky she knows Spanish – I think she would have been lucky to have them speak to her in English.

It’s said that Mexicans are taking the jobs that those in the U.S. don’t want. They work as cheap labor – even though statistics say that this isn’t really true. I haven’t heard anyone say that now it’s harder for someone who speaks English only to get a job because most jobs now require Spanish also. I imagine that about 75% of the jobs that were once available – aren’t now unless you’re bilingual. I guess it isn’t being said because English isn’t considered the first language. Yesterday was Memorial Day. How many illegal aliens took time during the day to honor our dead? To honor all of the men and women who have given their lives for our freedom? Would they raise an American flag?

Even if one little thing were changed – let it be that anyone who wants to live in our big beautiful country – must learn English. But, we’ve given them no incentive – everything is in Spanish.

Last week in the market, the man in front of me in line was going on and on about amnesty. I noticed one of the ladies from the pharmacy walk by and gave him a “look”. She had taken his remarks personally. This isn’t about everyone. It’s about those who sneak across the borders – whether from Canada or Mexico. I live in SoCal, so there are more illegal Mexicans here. It’s about those who have no desire to work to make this a better country. It’s about those who don’t want to grow with the two cultures but who want to keep theirs – and no others. It’s about those who wave the flag of Mexico while living off the taxpayers of the United States.

I don’t want any American soldier to come home and be in a bank where no one else speaks English. Or where another country’s flag is waved in his/her face. Where Cinco de Mayo is celebrated and Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veterans’ Day are ignored.

Plan A:

Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants. That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down.

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Plan B:

Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, ship him to Iraq, and hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo.

Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military. Give him a soldier’s pay while he’s there and tax him on it. After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot. This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves. If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo. Problem solved.

If you think this is a good solution to both the problems, send it to your friends. And to Washington.

I didn’t write this, but I agree:

I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with
seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the
continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds
started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and
next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the
patio tile, the chairs, the table…everywhere. Then some of the birds
turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I
had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and
loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of
the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.
After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore. I took
down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned
up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the
patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be…quiet, serene and
no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now lets see…our government gives out free food, subsidized housing,
free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an
automatic citizen. Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands.
Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services, small apartments
are housing 5 families, you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an
emergency room doctor, your child’s 2nd grade class is behind other
schools because over half the class doesn’t speak English. Corn Flakes
now come in a bilingual box; I have to press “one” to hear my bank talk
to me in English, and people waving flags other than “Old Glory” are
squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free
liberties.

Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.

Bravo.