Posted on 02/08/2006 11:30:43 PM PST by Exton1
"No loyal citizen of the United States should be denied the democratic right to exercise the responsibilities of his citizenship, regardless of his ancestry. The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry."
(Excerpt) Read more at absoluteastronomy.com ...
Good thing he never went to a St. Patrick's Day Parade, or the Feast of St. Anthony, or Stueben Day...
Schumer and the rest of the Democraps should do a little reading.
President Roosevelt appointed nine Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States which, depending on your point of view, either puts him in a tie with George Washington, or one behind him. Washington appointed ten Justices, but appointed John Rutledge (John Rutledge: john rutledge (september 1739-july 18, 1800) was governor of south carolina,...
twice, and Rutledge's nomination was rejected by the Senate the second time. Rutledge had been serving on the court in the meantime, however. Between the appointment of Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge was a u.s. educator and jurist....
in 1943 and Roosevelt's death in 1945, eight of the nine Supreme Court Justices were Roosevelt appointees Thus, Roosevelt almost became the second president to appoint the entire Supreme Court.
Absolutely nothing wrong with having pride in your ethnicity and honoring the cultural traditions of your ancestral home--provided you're an American first and foremost. This is the part of the equation that's been forgotten.
As usual, FDR was a great speaker. FDR never had any problem with Americanism running rampant in his administration, though. He brought dedicated people to work for him in the most sensitive areas of our government, like Harry Dexter White, Alger Hiss, Duncan Lee, Lauchlin Currie, Harry Hopkins, Joseph Davies, Harold Ickes, Henry Wallace, etc. Yep, that's a bunch of dedicated folks, all right, as in 'dedicated to helping the Soviets.'
Amen!
Right! It's why people who call themselves African-Americans should decide whether they want to be Africans or Americans.
"Are you a beliving American? Are you a Practicing American? Are you an apostate American? Are you an American convert?"
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