thx Nita E and Sarah R! New immigrants- lady speaks for all Americans

The New Immigrants-SHE SPEAKS FOR SO MANY OF
US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Begin forwarded message:


From: Rosemarie  





ORANGE COUNTY (CALIFORNIA) NEWSPAPER

New Immigrants 
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! 

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 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 alongside 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
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 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 

KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE RIGHTFUL
MAJORITY NEEDS ONLY TO REMAIN COMPLACENT AND QUIET!! LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN!!



I sincerely hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across the
nation!!

Saddened- A recycle which should be sent to everyone ... Thanks Nita E!

SADDENED, SENDING TO EVERYONE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject: : SADDENED, SENDING TO EVERYONE.         .     SADDENED, SENDING TO EVERYONE. PASS IT ON. SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS? THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER: Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington , DC . I got an unexpected history lesson. Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of 'the greatest war,' with their families. It was a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are engraved there. On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to read the words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor : 'Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.' One elderly woman read the words aloud: 'With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph.' But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry. 'Wait a minute,' she said, 'they left out the end of the quote. They left out the most important part. Roosevelt ended the message with 'so help us God.' Her husband said, 'You are probably right. We're not supposed to say things like that now.' 'I know I'm right,' she insisted. 'I remember the speech.' The two looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away. Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, 'Well, it has been over 50 years; she's probably forgotten.' But she had not forgotten. She was right.. I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading --- 'Flags of Our Fathers' by James Bradley. It's all about the battle at Iwo Jima .. I haven't gotten too far in the book. It's tough to read because it's a graphic description of the WWII battles in the Pacific. But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt 's speech to the nation ends in 'so help us God.' The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war! But they couldn't fool the people who were there. Roosevelt 's words are engraved on their hearts. Now I ask: 'WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY' Send this around to your friends. People need to know before everyone forgets.  People today are trying to change the history of America by leaving God out of it, but the truth is, God has been a part of this nation, since the beginning. He still wants to be...and He always will be!  If you agree, pass this on and God Bless YOU! If not, May God Forgive You!

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US Gives Uncounted Billions to UN; Obamacare Cuts Part-Timers' Pay; 'Smart Drilling' Fuels US Energy Boom Inbox x Newsmax.com 8:49 AM (13 minutes ago) to me Click here to view this email as a web page Insider Report from Newsmax.com Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. 'Smart Drilling' Fueling U.S. Oil and Gas Boom 2. Part-Time Workers Losing Pay Due to Obamacare 3. America's Real Contribution to U.N. Is Unknown 4. Hispanic High School Grads Top Whites in College Enrollment 5. Israel Could Use 'Gas for Peace' Strategy 6. Pew Poll: Poor Are Too Dependent on Government Special Sale: Get a Proud American Hat for only $2.99 1. 'Smart Drilling' Fueling U.S. Oil and Gas Boom The surge in U.S. oil and gas production in recent years is commonly attributed to improvements in hydraulic fracturing — fracking — in shale fields around the nation. But much of the credit should also go to advances in computer technology and fiber optics, which support the "smart drilling" that makes the search for oil and gas deposits much more accurate. In the past five years, technology has improved the productivity of the typical oil or gas rig on U.S. shale fields by 200 to 300 percent, Forbes.com reported. In just two years, oil production has risen five times as fast as wind power and 200 times as fast as solar. Globally, the cost to find and yield a new barrel of oil has risen from $6 a barrel in 1998 to $27 today. But in U.S. shale fields, the price has dropped to $7 to $15 a barrel. American oil production will soon surpass Saudi Arabia's output, according to the International Energy Agency. "Although horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing — fracking — have been widely reported as the reasons for the recent American oil and gas boom, neither of these is explanatory," Forbes observes. "In fact, the techniques are decades old. The boom emerged from smart drilling." At the core of smart drilling is seismic imaging, which is used to detect oil in the ground. The 3-D imaging benefits greatly from fiber optics, which allows oil companies to record and interpret far more data than previously possible. Modern computer analysis now quickly computes massive amounts of data that took the first 3-D seismic survey mainframe computer in the early 1970s two years to process. The end result: U.S. drilling success rates have risen from an average of barely 50 percent in 1972 to over 85 percent today. Editor's Note: ALERT: These 5 Things Activate Cancer In Your Body 2. Part-Time Workers Losing Pay Due to Obamacare Many part-time workers are getting slammed with a one-two punch from Obamacare — loss of pay and denial of access to employer-sponsored healthcare insurance. The healthcare reform legislation passed into law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time employees working at least 30 hours a week. Instead, a growing number of employers are cutting back part-timers' work hours to avoid paying for their insurance. An estimated 2.3 million workers nationwide are at risk of losing hours and therefore pay, according to research by the University of California-Berkeley cited by the Los Angeles Times. The Times offered as an example the city of Long Beach, Calif., which is limiting most of its 1,600 part-time workers to no more than 27 hours a week. Large restaurant chains and retailers are also beginning to cut back on employee hours, and colleges are reducing courses for part-time professors. According to the Times, the average annual premium for employee coverage was $6,540 in California last year, and family coverage was more than $16,000 a year. Nationwide, employee-only coverage cost $5,615 last year, and family coverage cost $15,745, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported. One consolation for part-time workers is that due to low salaries, many of them will qualify for government insurance or be eligible for discounted premiums on private policies beginning in January. On the other hand, it's expected that some businesses will drop health coverage entirely and instead pay a penalty of $2,000 per worker. Editor's Note: Protect Yourself From Obamacare Changes – Get the Survival Guide Now! 3. America's Real Contribution to U.N. Is Unknown How much money does the United States currently contribute to the United Nations and its various agencies? Surprisingly, no one knows for sure. The State Department does report on its spending at the United Nations, but it is only one of several federal agencies that give money to the world body each year. In its fiscal 2014 State and Foreign Operations budget proposal released in April, the Obama administration asked for $1.57 billion for contributions to international organizations, including $617.6 million for the U.N. operating budget — up from $568.8 million in fiscal 2012. But other agencies giving to the U.N. include the Departments of Labor, Energy, Agriculture, Defense, and Health and Human Services, CNS News reported. Fiscal 2007 legislation stipulated that the Office of Budget and Management (OMB) report all federal agencies' contributions, but the requirement expired in 2011. Now Republican Sens. Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Mike Lee of Utah, and others, are submitting legislation that would reinstate the requirement. "It's disturbing that no one, including our ambassador to the United Nations, knows exactly how much money we send the U.N. every year," Enzi said in a statement. "With a national debt exceeding $17 trillion, we need to be able to account for every dime we spend, including what we send to the U.N." The last OMB report to Congress on U.N. contributions was issued in June 2011 and covered fiscal 2010. It showed that State was just one of 17 government agencies giving money to U.N. organizations, funds, affiliates and other bodies, and the total expenditure that year was $7.69 billion — more than 10 times the amount requested for State in fiscal 2014. In addition to the billions being contributed to various bodies within the U.N. system, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N.'s operating budget, more than twice as much as the No. 2 contributor, Japan (10.8 percent). Other legislation likely to be introduced in Congress would change the way the United Nations is funded, allowing the United States to fund only those activities and agencies that are "efficient and in the national interest," according to CNS News. As the Insider Report disclosed earlier, the United States did cut off funding for the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after it voted in October 2011 to approve the Palestinian Authority's full membership in the agency. But that move was required by U.S. laws. Editor's Note: Bloomberg: We’re in the Throes of Currency War III (See Video) 4. Hispanic High School Grads Top Whites in College Enrollment For the first time, college enrollment rates for Hispanic high school graduates are higher than the rates for whites, a new report from the Pew Research Hispanic Center reveals. A record 69 percent of Hispanic graduates in the high school class of 2012 were enrolled in college in the October following their graduation, compared to 67 percent of their white counterparts. The figure was 63 percent for black high school graduates and 84 percent for Asians. As recently as 2000, only 49 percent of Hispanic high school graduates immediately enrolled in college the following fall. College enrollment has risen among all graduates since then, but it has risen the most among Hispanics. The Pew report also reveals that in 2000, about 28 percent of Hispanic students dropped out of high school, but just half as many, 14 percent, dropped out in 2011. "It is possible that the rise in high school completion and college enrollment by Latino youths has been driven, at least in part, by their declining fortunes in the job market," observe the report's authors, Richard Fry and Paul Taylor. "Since the onset of the recession at the end of 2007, unemployment among Latinos ages 16 to 24 has gone up by 7 percentage points, compared with a 5 percentage point rise among white youths. With jobs harder to find, more Latino youths may have chosen to stay in school longer." Another factor could be the importance that Latino families place on a college education, according to the report. In a 2009 Pew Hispanic Center survey, 88 percent of Latinos ages 16 and older agreed that a college degree is necessary to get ahead in life today, while another 2009 survey of all Americans ages 16 and older found that just 74 percent felt that way. But Hispanics are less likely than whites to be enrolled in college full time — in October 2011, 78 percent of Hispanic college students were enrolled full time, compared with 85 percent for whites. Latinos are also less likely than whites to complete a bachelor's degree. Census Bureau data show that in March 2012, 22 percent of whites ages 22 to 24 had at least a bachelor's degree, compared to 11 percent of their Hispanic counterparts. Editor's Note: 4 Easy Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp 5. Israel Could Use 'Gas for Peace' Strategy The discovery of huge natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea could make Israel a gas exporter and improve ties with neighboring countries in need of energy resources. "Some Israeli leaders have suggested the country should adopt a 'gas for peace' strategy, offering its energy resources to neighbors at discounted prices to cement peace ties," the Jerusalem Post reported. Israel was once totally dependent on fuel imports, but it is now expected to be an exporter by the end of the decade. The Tamar field, 50 miles west of Haifa in waters 5,600 feet deep, came on line in March with an estimated 10 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, and can meet Israel's needs for decades. The even larger Leviathan field, discovered in 2010 — which is 80 miles west of Haifa in waters 4,900 feet deep — is expected to begin production in 2016 and is estimated to hold 19 tcf. It may also contain 600 million barrels of oil. "Gas gives you much more power than you had," Israel's Energy Minister Silvan Shalom said in an interview with Reuters. "It is very helpful in the geopolitical arena. It is a tool we can use in a sensitive and very clever way to enable us to develop relations and to have better relations with many other countries." A committee in Israel last year suggested that about 50 percent of Israel's gas resources should be offered for export once a 25-year supply for the domestic market was secured, the Post disclosed. After the gas fields were discovered, Lebanon argued that they extend into Lebanese waters. But in August 2010, Lebanon told the United Nations that it considered the Tamar and Leviathan fields to be outside Lebanese territory. Editor's Note: Could Inflation Rob Americans Blind? 6. Pew Poll: Poor Are Too Dependent on Government The overwhelming majority of Americans agree that poor people are too dependent on government assistance, a poll reveals — and poll results differ very little according to income. Overall, 71 percent of respondents in a Pew Research Center survey agree with the statement: "Poor people have become too dependent on government assistance programs." Somewhat surprisingly, 68 percent of respondents earning less than $30,000 a year agree — more than the 65 percent of those earning at least $100,000 a year. Among respondents earning between $30,000 and $100,000, 77 percent agree. One in five Americans — more than 67 million — depend on Washington for assistance, according to the Heritage Foundation's 2012 Index of Dependence on Government. Pew also asked respondents about this statement: "Many people today think they can get ahead without working hard and making sacrifices." Among the lower earners, 53 percent agree, compared to 56 percent of the highest earners. Overall, 54 percent agree. Less than six in 10 respondents earning $100,000 or more think that "being successful in a career is very important to me." But 69 percent of those earning under $30,000 say success is very important. The income groups do differ sharply when it comes to marriage, Pew found. About half of those earning under $30,000 think that "the present institution of marriage is becoming obsolete." Just 25 percent of respondents earning at least $100,000 feel that way. The Pew surveys were among several polls cited in a new report from the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank and publisher. Editor's Note: 3 Little-known Secrets for a Healthy Digestive Tract Note: Newsmax magazine is now available on the iPad. Find us in the App Store. 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Things you may or may not know about SamKat

Things you may or may not care to know ...

As a kid I had fights.  Let me confess something.  When I and my adversary(ies) lined up with my fist and theirs raised for combat, I always became nervous.  I remained so until, when I threw the first hit, it eased my nervousness.  I  neither won nor lost all of my fights nor did I particularly enjoy them, but I felt the "manly art of self-defense" was the "fight" part of my "fight or flight" response as a male.  Getting hit can certainly be painful.  I am sickened to see females fight.  At eighty now, I see so many younger men in the gym that I would not want to mess with because of their conditioning.

I also read that men normally look at other men as potential fighting adversaries and men look at women as potential love-mates.  Sexuality, as I see it.  I also read that rapists have a "woman-hate" psyche, often caused by non-parentable mothers.  I am truly sorry that there appear to be so many of those type mothers.  I had a great mother, as most men will normally agree they have.  For that I am most thankful.  I also believe that my dad was not given to fighting, but would do all he could to protect those of us in his large nuclear family.  Sadly, so many male and female young are raised by unwed or deserted single women today. 

Dad always worked two jobs, railroading and refrigeration repair along with a few catalog shoe sales on the side.   I am sure that he kept the Boston Shoe catalog mainly to keep shoes on the ten of us kids.  Incidentally, Mom told my wife, Jeanie, that I was the hardest to keep wearable shoes on.  Was my dad  unique, I don't think so much, except that being raised in America from a long ago European-descent legacy, the decency urge was so ingrained.  We always had kids around our house, and the difference in age between Ted, born in 1925, and Sandy, born in 1948, can attest.

Jeanie and I love seeing kids of all types, animal types as well, in pictures or in person.  We have two sons, Jay and Jeff, who along with their wives, have given us three wonderful granddaughters and two equally wonderful step-grandsons. 

Thanks Dad and Mom Kegley!

I feel average, if maybe a little above average like the great president George W. Bush was so condescended upon as being so by his adversaries in the political world. 

I am also an estate or garage sale addict.  I drive around this Columbus, Ohio area and suburbs and I am purely amazed at the things I can buy for a dollar or two.  I am even more amazed at the afluent edifices, many are simply palaces, our fairly near neighbors live in.

Being a University of Kentucky basketball (and all UK sports) fan before obtaining my Metallurgical Engineering degree there and since, has been so wonderfully entertaining to Jeanie and me throughout our lives.  We simply love the Wildcats!

Maybe you didn't know these things about SamKat, but there I said it and the old Indian saying is: "Two things you can't take back- the sped arrow and the spoken word."  It is much more difficult to retract the written word.

Most politicically aware liberals don't like to have anything except maybe liberal entertainers, or the rich of ill-gotten gain, they have said or written repeated for fear of self-incrimination as these current obama-chosen so-called leaders attest.

SamKat is Tea Party, not Republican.  I will never understand insane or islamic jihadist in their lust to kill Americans or Chrisitans.  Love, and not hate, should be part of all humans' lives.  God wants that!
I know that I mainly appreciate the most wonderful humanity of Jesus Christ, the son of our living God.  

I like to write and maybe somebody down the line of the future will say:  Hey! This guy had some interesting things to say, even if he was just an ordinary human.

Maybe you didn't know or care, but believe me, I do.  I am not proselytizing, but I am happy  for those of our family and friends who know and proclaim the risen Christ!  And ... God made nothing more interesting than people.

SamKat

SamKat editorial for www.skegley.blogspot.com

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SAM-KAT,
        I LITTERLY LOVED READING THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT HAS JUST ABOUT ALL OF MY BELIEFS.
THANKS,
JOHN

Rowdy Conservatism ... Thx Jeff W!

13 hours ago

We are Americans! ... Thanks good friend, Sonny H! I fully believe!

Enjoy this video.

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Breaking News ... thx Nana and Marge R!

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Breaking News Can you imagine? They've already built the Obama Presidential Library... ...and its already full of everything he knows!

Dogs Know ... thanks Nana and Marge R!

Sent: 5/25/2013 10:04:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
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Subject: GREAT ONE!!! Dogs Know

Read all the way to the bottom, folks. LOL   Dogs Know Have you ever heard that a dog 'knows' when an earthquake is about to hit? Have you ever heard that a dog can 'sense' when a tornado is stirring up, even 20 miles away? Do you remember hearing that before the December tsunami struck Southeast Asia , Dogs started running frantically away from the seashore, at breakneck speed? Do you know that dogs can detect cancer and other serious illnesses and danger of fire? Somehow they always know when they can 'go for a ride' before you even ask. How do those dogs and cats get home from hundreds of miles away? I'm a firm believer that animals - and especially cats and dogs - have keen insights into the Truth. And you can't tell me that dogs can't sense a potentially terrible disaster well in advance. Simply said, a dog just KNOWS when something isn't right... When impending doom is upon us. They'll always try to warn us! We should have listened.