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To: Canticle_of_Deborah; St.Chuck
My mother is an immigrant from Europe.

Listen newbie. My relatives fought and bled in every war from the War of Spanish Succession up through Vietnam so that you would have a country to come to here. You've got a country here because we came over the sea when there was nothing in the 1600 and 1700's, cleared land, built roads and homes and mines and railroads and spaceports, fought wars, founded a country, served the country in war and peace in the military and in elected public service. We've been here long enough that we have towns and mountains and the like named for our family - because we founded them or discovered them.

So its a little galling to hear some johnny-come-lately rabble barely off the boat accusing ME of not loving MY country. MY country because MY family did not immigrate here - MY family helped to found it and build it. YOUR family was allowed to come over here because people like MY family were gracious enough to allow you in to what is OURS. Got it? Don't forget it.

138 posted on 01/23/2004 9:46:45 AM PST by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: Hermann the Cherusker
Listen newbie.

Very funny. That's my maternal side. My father's side traces back through the Civil War to the Revolutionary War and beyond. My ancestors fought in all major wars on both sides of the Atlantic.

Your attempt at patriotism is amusing, but too little too late.

141 posted on 01/23/2004 11:00:39 AM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
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