Posted on 01/16/2002 8:35:17 AM PST by Servant of the Nine
Is any of Beaufort?
I got a better idea...make it a prerequisite to their bitching about them!
That's exactly what these new age racists want though. They don't even believe in right and wrong.
From what I can tell .. many are afraid to touch the subject because they don't want to sound uncaring
But this is a road IMO that the taxpayers should not go down ...
There was one women who had called into the show .. she was orginally from another country but came to america when she married her husband .. a few years later he was killed in Vietnam .. she was a widow with a small son .. she told a story of how she had to learn english .. scrub floors and put herself thru nursing school ..
She went on to say that life is not always fair .. but that if you work hard you can pull yourself up and do things to make things a little better
I still remember watching my mother when I was a kid .. it wasn't easy for her .. but she did it
This is an editorial written by an American citizen, published in a local newspaper. He did quite a job; didn't he?IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, MUST ADAPT I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the "politically correct" crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to America. Our population is almost entirely comprised of descendants of immigrants. However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of America being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Americans, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom. We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of Our society, learn the language!
"In God We Trust" is our national motto.
This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture. If Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from.
This is OUR COUNTRY, our land, and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives every citizen the right to express his opinion and we will allow you every opportunity to do so. But, once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you to take advantage of one other great American freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.
The money they are getting from the government is in place of their right to sue The Airlines, the airports and various State and Local governments and the Federal Government for negligence in allowing the hijacking.
The lawsuits would have bankrupted the airlines and the government would have lost in court and ended up paying the money anyway. This way lawyers don't get 1/3 of it.
So9
As Americans, protecting and defending ourselves and our nation is our responsibility. Ours. We must stop letting the government render us ineffective with their own ineffective "security" measures that rob us of our freedoms and rights and means of self-defense.
I'm not sure that is correct. Assuming the survivors of the victims could bring suit against the government for negligence in allowing the hijacking, would they have necessarily won? Can I successfully sue local government if a convicted arsonist escapes from jail and burns my home? The state government if a psycho driver on State Route 1 runs me down? The federal government for crimes against me or my property by an illegal alien?
There were a couple of Afghani women who had talked about this with one of the news correspondents in Afghanistan recently; I forget who it was though. They had been taken as wives at very early ages and against their will. Their husbands were gone, they didn't know if they were dead or alive but they said that they could never hope for any kind of life now because they would be outcast.
Unlike here, women who lose their husbands in these oppressive countries can't just go out and make a new life for themselves, and many of them never even chose the one they have. The women have little choice about anything. It really is sad.
I am reminded often throughout this awful time of what scripture says about recognizing the spirit of Satan and the Spirit of God by their fruits. The fruits born of these Islamic nations is chaos and barbarism. There is never peace or even contentment. There is little sense of safety and security. In many ways we are so blessed but we take that so much for granted. I think September 11th changed that in the minds of many people. I pray it doesn't take another act of war of immense proportions to wake up some of the others who can see no farthur than the next PC argument in their political agenda.
I am sorry Darlin' but that is a crock.
"In God We Trust" was a slogan put on money during the Civil War as a propaganda ploy.
This country was founded by people who whose leaders were almost all Deists rather than Christians and deliberately put into the constitution the First Amendment to limit Government control of Religion, but equally to prevent Religion gaining control of the Government.
This country was established and survived quite nicely for 'Four Score and Seven Years' without being overtly Christian or even 'God Fearing' and has gone downhill morally and ethically ever since people began to practice public religiosity rather than private religion.
So9
The important part was to keep the aviation disaster lawyers like Greta van Sustern from getting richer off of the disaster
So9
I have a lovely friend, a very serious person of German birth. She married an American GI about 10 years after WWII and moved to the US. About 12 years ago she became a naturalized citizen and was so excited about it. When I asked what took her so long she said, for years she had had a problem renouncing all allegiance to her former homeland. Then on a trip back to Germany to visit family she became aware the fact that she no longer referred to Americans as "they" but as "we". She said she knew then that it was time.
Then who the heck built all those churches? There is scarcely a civil war battle that does not have "(fill in the blank) Church" as a prominent landmark.
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