05-01-2010, 02:52 PM
Blackdiamond Wrote:I totally agree with you. We cannot let this happen again. I have always believed that SOMEONE in the USA knew what was going on, regarding the Holocaust and did nothing about it. It makes my heart ache. I don't know why, but I have always been interested in what happened back then. You watch WT, this Arizona thing is going to cause a big disturbance------REALLY BIG--and it scares me. I was talking to a dear friend of mine who's Mexican, and he said he agrees that if you live here you should speak English, but the Arizona thing is horrific.
BD,
I am pleased we agree here.
YES, what is occurring in Arizona is absolutely terrifying. So much how it all started under Hitler, and history does repeat itself.
Now I am a strong believer in the Rule of Just Law, and I do believe that those who come to our country should do so legally. FACT is that many have not because our government allowed this to be. So we need to develop a plan which President Obama and the Democratic Party has to allow for those who are not here legally to become legal through a series of steps towards naturalization and becoming a PART of our diverse society.
This makes sense, as it does no one any good to "hide in the shadows." Illegal persons here are being abused by greedy employers, they are being exploited by greedy landlords, all kinds of ill comes from this. The solution is not to "go after" with anger and hatred those who came here for a better life, albeit it not as they really should have done legally, BUT THEY ARE HERE so LET's CONSTRUCTIVELY and HUMANELY deal with this issue!!
And we need to control our borders, every nation has that right and also that need for security! For the $10 BILLION a month we are spending in Iraq and another $10 BILLION a month we are spending in Afghanistan for FUTILE WARFARE, we could be securing our borders here and improvoing the quality of life for ALL Americans and helping those here become Americans through support, quality education and bringing them into our society rather than DEMONIZING them!!
BUT there are the EXTREME right-wing HATERS who don't want to BUILD UP and AFFIRM LIFE, they want IT all for THEMSELVES and THEIR "EINZIG RICHTEGE WEG!"! So WHO will They "go after" next??
I say ENOUGH HATRED, let's reach out and HELP ! This is The American Way, after all, affirming ALL as contributors to our diverse and great nation , with gifts and talents to share!!! This will not make us weaker, but STRONGER!!
And truly better be that "city on a hill" as first referenced in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:14, which later Puritan/Pilgrim John Winthrop idealized what this new experiment in governance could someday be. Winthrop did so in his sermon circa 1630 titled "A Model for Christian Charity" preached to those who would organize the original Massachusetts Bay Colony in this, The NEW World.
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