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After the beating I took on a previous thread, I refuse to go into detail! I personally agree with this e-mail but, that's just me and my opinion! What does everyone else think? No harm, no foul!!!

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
> >>
> >>
> >> "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes
> >> here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us,
> he
> >> shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an
> >> outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or
> >> birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's
> becoming
> >> in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be
> no
> >> divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but
> >> something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but
> one
> >> flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and
> >> that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole
> loyalty
> >> and that is a loyalty to the American people."
> >>
> >> Theodore Roosevelt 1907
> >> Every American citizen needs to read this!

Born in Italy, Moved to the US.

I'm an immigrant which considers both of my countries, to be my home countries, and on a scale of loyalty I am more loyal to the US then most people born and raised here.

So for lack of a better statement, Teddy can screw off.

After the beating I took on a previous thread, I refuse to go into detail! I personally agree with this e-mail but, that's just me and my opinion! What does everyone else think? No harm, no foul!!!
Oh, come now, it wasn't that sound a beating. You're still walking and somewhat coherent.

So for lack of a better statement, Teddy can screw off.

I share the same sentiments.

Wow. Almost word-for-word, the creed of the French Fifth Republic. :eek:

Maybe, a lot of mexicans who come to the US looking for work- and lets be clear, its mexicans you are talking about here, not 'immigrants' in general -, take one look at the useless fat tubs of lard that can't even mow their own lawns, and decide they'd rather stay mexican.

Just speculating.

Actually he didn't write that while President. Those comments were taken from a letter he wrote I think around 1919.....

Good ol' Snopes. I knew they would have something.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/troosevelt.asp

NEW YORK, Jan. 6. — What was the last public statement by Col. Roosevelt was read last night at an "All-American concert" here under the auspices of the American Defense society, of which he was honorary president.

"I cannot be with you and so all I can do is to wish you Godspeed," it read. "There may be no sagging back in the fight for Americanism merely because the war is over.

"There are plenty of persons who have already made the assertion that they believe the American people have a short memory and that they intend to revive all the foreign associations which more directly interfere with the complete Americanization of our people. Our principle in this matter should be absolutely simple.

"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here does in good faith become an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with every one else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed or birthplace or origin. But this is predicated upon the man’s becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American.

"If he tries to keep segregated with men of his own origin and separated from the rest of America, then he isn't doing his part as an American.

"We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile. We have room for but one language here and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, and American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house; and we have room for but one soul [sic] loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people."5

I say we tear down all flagpoles so we don't have room for any flags.

I say we tear down all flagpoles so we don't have room for any flags.
But what would we burn?

But what would we burn?

Effigies and marijuana.

An Unedited E-mail From My Father

Crap. I thought this was going to be some drunken, profanity-laced private e-mail from a father who is bitterly disappointed and ashamed of his kid.

Effigies and marijuana.
Meh, works for me.

Crap. I thought this was going to be some drunken, profanity-laced private e-mail from a father who is bitterly disappointed and ashamed of his kid.
Me too

Me too

Me five.

Me five.

Me square root of negative one.

Wow. Almost word-for-word, the creed of the French Fifth Republic. :eek:

And?