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!

KEEP THIS MOVING

 

that sounds right to me

 

we need him back @ the head of our country

 

Kinda tough to do, he was from a government that didn't waste tax-payers money. O wait, there was NO income tax back then.

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BTW, should ONLY be English in this country. Thats what we started with in 1776.

 

yup

 

Good thing the English can fight better than the French. Or the Spanish. Or the Native Americans. They were all here before the English were. They were pushed out. Kind of like whats happening now huh? Sucks when the shoe is on the other foot don't it?

Also the Words are correct but the date is wrong. He said this in a letter in 1919 NOT while he was president. Maybe he was too much of a chicken and too interested in his own political advancement to say these out loud while there was a chance he could still be president again? Course he did fail in getting reelected so who knows.


Also he says nothing about restricting immigration just making sure they follow the language and laws. Are you advocating that the borders be opened?


But I'm sorry, Was that too much history for you?

 

No I'm use to lib **** and put you on auto ignore, but it must bother you to go to all the work thinking we suposed to think you have all the answers and follow you down the obama road.

 

I feel the same way...

If you can post your opinion, he can post his.

If you aren't prepared to hear something that differs from what you think, don't post.

 

Thats the Part you don't seem to understand. It is WORK to think for yourself. It is WORK to find the answers to your questions by yourself. It is WORK to weed out all the disinformation that is so prevalent in the world. That WORK is made more WORK by people who keep spreading lies and misinformation. Liberals do it through the "news media". Conservatives do it through emails like these. You think one is any better than the other? They both deserve each other as far as I'm concerned.


Nope doesn't bother me a bit. I thoroughly enjoy myself doing it.



So why don't you come up with a rebuttal? All you have done is call me names(none of which are true) and make assumptions about my beliefs(also not true). Rather than dispute my claims you ignore them entirely. Funny I think Libs do the same thing. They call Conservatives names like Racist, Gun Loving Maniacs, Rednecks, Homophobes and Religion Blinded Idiots. Conservatives call the Liberals Bleeding Hearts, Tree Huggers, Queers, Obama Loving idiots.

Both sides have degenerated into a sandbox name calling rather than disputing the way things are. You think that helps?

I can't tell who is right and who is wrong. All I know is I want nothing to do with either of them.

So quit making an *** out of Ume. He doesn't appreciate it.