Letter to the Editor

The following comes from ..In a Handbasket.  Rosemary LaBonte wrote a letter about immigration to the OC Register and it wasn't published.  So, they took it online.  Heck, they might get more traffic this way anyway.  Read on:




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 ... continue reading here.

~ G

Arizona Immigration Bill

If we're going to debate, defend, or decry it, we should at least know what's in it.  Here's the Arizona Immigration Bill.  (Thanks to Reaganite Republican for pointing it out.)

I just read the bill.  As I see it, Arizona is taking steps to enforce federal law by strengthening its state laws.  They are a state in a republic and have every right to do so.  I don't see elements within the law that are a slippery slope to other laws or that this law lends itself to civil rights violations any more than any other law.

What do you think?

~ G

Dan's Common Sense

There's a new blogger worth reading - Dan's Common Sense.  He says what I'm thinking in a very clear, logical way.  His latest post is about the new Arizona immigration law.  Here's a snippet, then go to his blog, read it, and become a follower.

Protection of the States

Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution states:

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

On Friday, April 23, 2010, Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona signed into state law the toughest illegal alien law in the nation and was immediately berated by President Obama for doing so. The state of Arizona, acting well within its rights as a sovereign state, took action to control its borders and protect its citizens from invasion and domestic violence caused by illegal aliens from Mexico. For a state to take such action is shocking, not because it was done, but because the Federal Government failed to carry out its Constitutional responsibilities.

What is wrong with the United States Government when it cannot or will not act even ... click here to read more.