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Date Posted: 08:49:23 04/24/06 Mon
Author: Pot
Subject: Re: What Teddy said...
In reply to: Marv 's message, "What Teddy said..." on 18:40:01 04/23/06 Sun

>Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an
>AMERICAN in 1907.
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>"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!

Agree with Teddy 100%. Now, if we can get Lott and those other polly weinies to get off this "comprehensive" immigration reform crap, we'll be OK.

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