Friday

Assimilating Teddy


I saw this shirt online and I thought it was not only hilarious but also very appropriate. The idea mentioned, while most liberals would consider it "hate speech," is actually not a message of hate but of acceptance and tolerance. The goal is not racism but is becoming one nation under God. It invites others into our culture in the hopes that they will assimilate to it and become one strong family of Americans. Theodore Roosevelt puts it best:


"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 man's becoming in very fact 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, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...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

What a great message and yet it is so sad to see how far we have strayed from those simple principles. Immigration does not unite America into a stronger "melting pot" because there is not "melting" taking place. Just a bunch of individuals who insist on living their own way with their own culture while having all the benefits (enter welfare) of being an American. The goal is not unity but division and as long as the liberals support it (who ironically are also all about division) and block the conservatives from making any progress on the issue, the debate will rage on with no end in sight.

It seems like the best idea the liberals came up with is from Bill Maher. In his book, "Does Anybody Have a Problem With That?", Maher suggests giving the illegals New Mexico because, after all, it already has the words Mexico in it. While most conservatives, including myself, think of Bill as an idiotic SOB, that idea might just have to work if things keep going at the rate they are now. Or we could just go with the many Republican plans that call for immediate action and all for the most part seem pretty good. But for the love of God, let's do something about it!

Also, If you like that t-shirt above (a design by KLIF's Greg Knapp), you can order it from this link: www.cafepress.com/gkexperience

Here is hoping for newer and better ideas,

"The Bear"

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