Hellcity Hooligans Men's Roller Derby ([info]bunkertor) wrote,
@ 2007-06-26 09:23:00
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Good Policy
"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


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[info]odogonefishin
2007-06-26 01:46 pm UTC (link)
100 year old words of wisdom

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[info]ldykatrina
2007-06-26 02:01 pm UTC (link)
was just talking about this (sorta) this weekend.
If you imigrate to the USA become a citizen, speak english or go away.
:)

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[info]djdysfunction
2007-06-26 02:09 pm UTC (link)
Word

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[info]woodchuck665
2007-06-26 02:58 pm UTC (link)
TR may have been our greatest president.

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[info]moonofdarkness
2007-06-26 07:52 pm UTC (link)
I'm not trying to get into a flame war or anything, but I'd like to vote my dissention. Particularly "we have room for but one flag." While I agree that America is a county on its own, we are also made up of people from countries all over the world. Growing up in Colorado, I saw the German glag at the Weinacht Markt, the Mexican flag on Cinco de Mayo, the Israelli flag on Tu B'shvat as we planted trees. If we squashed down every form of culture we have in America, there would be no Americans, as other cultures ARE our cultures. There would androids, and that wouldn't be very fun, now would it?

Not saying anything about immigration, only about the flag line.

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