This is a very good letter to the editor. This woman made

some good points.

For some reason, people have difficulty structuring their

arguments when arguing against supporting the currently

proposed immigration revisions. This lady made the argument

pretty simple. NOT printed in the Orange County

Paper...................

Newspapers simply won't publish letters to the editor

which they either deem politically incorrect (read below) or

which does not agree with the philosophy they're pushing

on the public. This woman wrote a great letter to the editor

that should have been published; but, with your help it will

get published via cyberspace!

From: 'David LaBonte'

My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor

of the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I

decided to 'print' it myself by sending it out on

the Internet. Pass it along if you feel so inclined. Written

in response to a series of letters to the editor in the

Orange County Register:

Dear Editor:

So many letter writers have based their arguments on how

this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one,

suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because

the people now in question aren't being treated the same

as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of

entry.

Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to

people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not

willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer.

Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe

to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship

and stand in a long line in New York and be documented .

Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss

the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and

support their new country in good and bad times. They made

learning English a primary rule in their new American

households and some even changed their names to blend in

with their new home.

They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their

children a new life and did everything in their power to

help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was

handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws

to protect them. All they had were the skills and

craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a

future of prosperity.

Most of their children came of age when World War II broke

out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come

straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None

of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought

about what country their parents had come from. They were

Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of

Japan . They were defending the United States of America as

one people.

When we liberated France , no one in those villages were

looking for the French-American or the German American or

the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans.

And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not

one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking

up another country's flag and waving it to represent who

they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents

who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants

truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the

melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.

And here we are in 2008 with a new kind of immigrant who

wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to

achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one

that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being

faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's

not what being an American is all about. I believe that the

immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early

1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard

work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create

a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching

for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they

are being used as an example by those waving foreign country

flags.

And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of

Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are

voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking

about dismantling the United States just yet.

(signed) Rosemary LaBonte

KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL

THE RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS TO REMAIN COMPLACENT AND QUIET!!

LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN!!

I hope millions of people get to read this letter, lets keep it going!