American Way of Life

Will we still be the Country of choice and still be America if we continue to make the changes forced on us by the people from other countries that came to live in America because it is the Country of Choice???????? Think about it........

All I have to say is, when will they do something about MY RIGHTS? I celebrate Christmas, but because it isn't celebrated by everyone, we can no longer say Merry Christmas. Now it has to be Season's Greetings. It's not Christmas vacation, it's Winter Break. Isn't it amazing how this winter break ALWAYS occurs over the Christmas holiday?? We've gone so far the other way, bent over backwards to not offend anyone, that I am now being offended. But it seems that no one has a problem with that.

After hearing that the state of Florida changed its opinion and let a Muslim woman have her picture on her driver's license with her face covered this is an editorial written by an American citizen, published in a Tampa newspaper. He did quite a job; didn't he? Read on, please!

IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, MUST ADAPT. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the "politically correct" crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to America. Our population is almost entirely made up of descendants of immigrants. However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of America being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Americans, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.

We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language!

"In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.

If Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. This is OUR COUNTRY, our land, and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives every! citizen the right to express his opinion and we will allow you every opportunity to do so. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great American freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.

Two years after al Qaeda's assault on America, two years after the Bush-Cheney-Ashcroft axis of absurdity has spent untold billions of our tax dollars to lock down America, do you feel safer? Or, do you feel taken?
Personally, it's not foreign terrorists who scare me. Yes, they can do some bodily harm to us, but they can't take our liberties from us, they can't militarize our society, they can't dim the light of America's democratic beacon, they can't force our people into imperialistic wars to make the world safe for Halliburton, they can't change the essential principles of liberty, justice, and egalitarianism that undergird our nation. But our leaders can... and they are.
What scares me are the homegrown zealots now in high office who are using a veil of patriotism to impose a police-state mentality on our Land of the Free. The BushiteS have had two years to work their will, and it's now time for us to speak bluntly: These people are NUTS! They're also dangerous.
They've shoved us into an undefined and endless war, blindsided us with the scurrilous Patriot Act, opened everything from our bank accounts to our library records to their Orwellian prying, perverted the priorities of our public spending, and insisted that they can operate in
secrecy and above the law – all in the name of stopping terrorism,which actually made a greater threat to us than ever.
The emperor has no clothes. In fact, he's buck naked and butt ugly, and we can no longer be silent in the face of what adds up to a wholesale assault on the true America. Sam Adams, the leader of the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party, alerted us to this danger a couple of centuries ago: "If ever a time should come when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
Now is that time.

They can do "SOME bodily harm to us", Some?! Since Presidnet Bush has formed the Homeland Security and everything else, there has not been one single attack on American main land since 9/11. Of course I feel safer.

I'm not sure what time you are talking about, this is a time of war. It is actually what it seems, we ARE fighting terrorism, like it or not. I'd rather not worry about getting blown up and just live my every day life. In World War II, temporary provisions such as the ones in place now were imposed, and after we won we took them away. of course the war on terrorism wont go away in a few years, this will go on for a long time, but President Bush has no plans on keeping such provisions for nearly that long (in fact, the bill ends it's power on Dec. 31, 2005)

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