Teddy had it so right! Not Kennedy, but Roosevelt!

040506 | Theodore Roosevelt

[Icelander]

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

"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

[clawrence3]

I have no problem with this, but Teddy also said there should be "UNLIMITED" legal immigration - you agree with that?

[Icelander]

 

Aztlan Arising: 700,000+ March in Los Angeles

 

"La Gran Marcha" surpasses all expectations

by
Ernesto Cienfuegos
La Voz de Aztlan

 

LA GRAN MARCHA- March 25, 2006 -In foreground is LA City Hall.

Los Angeles, Alta California - March 26, 2006 - (ACN) Yesterday's march and rally for immigrant rights in downtown Los Angeles is the largest in the city's history. Never has the "City of Angels" seen so many demonstrators filling the streets of the city's center. The sleeping giant has finally awaken giving rise to a new immigrant civil rights movement of unprecedented proportions.

The leadership of the various participating groups demonstrated extraordinary organizational skills. Much credit goes to the over 700,000 marchers, that included entire families, for their superb orderly behavior. There was not one act of violence even though the vile "Minutemen Vigilantes" had made threats against "La Gran Marcha" on their websites.

The size of the pro-immigrant march and rally surprised the world and the nation. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department made a statement on Thursday, to the local media, that they expected between 10,000 to 15,000 to participate in the march. What a surprise they received on Saturday! The LAPD is now reporting that over 500,000 participated but the true number is actually over 700,000. AnswerLA.org, an organization with a lot of experience in organizing mass marches and rallies, estimate that over 1 million participated. The Aztlan Research Institute, however, utilizing sophisticated crowd counting methodologies, estimates a figure of over 700,000.

 

Seventeen year old Anabel Chavarria reflects the exuberance felt by the marchers

What does the immense success of "La Gran Marcha" mean to Mexicanos and other Latinos? It simply means that we now have the numbers, the political will and the organizational skills to direct our own destinies and not be subservient to the White and Jewish power structures. It means that we can now undertake bigger and more significant mass actions to achieve total political and economic liberation like that being proposed by Juan José Gutiérrez, President of Movimiento Latino USA. Juan José Gutiérrez is proposing that the coalition that organized "La Gran Marcha" meet in Arizona or Texas on April 8 to "organize a mass boycott (huelga) against the economy of the USA" to take place on May 5 or 19.

A major reason for the great success of "La Gran Marcha" was the strong participation of labor unions and the Catholic Church. This same alliance contributed to the success of Lech Walesa's "Solidarity Movement" in the Republic of Poland. This can be done in Aztlan as well. If the racist "Sensenbrenner Legislation" passes the US Senate, there is no doubt that a massive civil disobedience movement will emerge. Eventually labor union power can merge with the immigrant civil rights and "Immigrant Sanctuary" movements to enable us to either form a new political party or to do heavy duty reforming of the existing Democratic Party. The next and final steps would follow and that is to elect our own governors of all the states within Aztlan.

 

Thousands of students walkout of LAUSD high schools on Friday March 24.

The great success of "La Gran Marcha" also means that the time has come to organize and politicize our great number of youths that are just festering in many of our school districts. The walkouts in Los Angeles of thousands of Mexican and Latino students from Huntington Park, South Gate, Southeast, Jordan, Montebello, Garfield and Roosevelt High Schools on Friday, one day before "La Gran Marcha", only shows that they are now ready to be mobilized and advised on how they can improve their educations. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villagairosa, a Los Angeles Unified School District victim himself before he turned his life around, is already undertaking a bold moved to wrestle control of the district from a Jewish dominated school board and a White superintendent that are just fleecing the schools of much needed funds. School board Jews like Julie Korenstein, Marlene Canter, David Tokofsky, Jon Lauritzen and Mike Lansing are just enriching themselves and their cronies through crooked deals involving school construction projects, and contracts with so called consultants and vendors. The LAUSD is the second largest in the nation, next to New York, with a multi-billion dollar annual budget. It has an overwhelming Mexican and Latino student population. Jews have their own private schools so why are 5 Jews out of 7 school board members interested in governing the school district? The answer is all too obvious. La Voz de Aztlan has interviewed LAUSD teachers that complained that they have to buy, with their own money, pencils, paper and other school supplies that the district should provide. Something has to be done and Mayor Villaraigosa is on the right track

We thank the many marchers for the sacrifice they made on Saturday. Many came from as far as San Diego and San Francisco. They came in on buses, trains, trucks, RV's , motorcycles and autos. Some came the night before and slept in their vehicles. Entire families arrived from Fresno, San Jose and Coachella. One family of eight included a grandmother, father, mother, daughters, and sons. One section in the march consisted of at least 20 on wheel chairs. They all came to Los Angeles and made history. This great city will never be the same!

[KevinDavis]

Charge!!!

[clawrence3]

How does that answer my question?

[veracious]

Bump for Teddy, he was a good one in many areas, including immigration.

[clawrence3]

Teddy also said there should be "UNLIMITED" legal immigration - you agree with that?

[CowboyJay]

"I have no problem with this, but Teddy also said there should be "UNLIMITED" legal immigration - you agree with that?"

Why not provide the full quote, in-context, rather than your personal interpretation.

[clawrence3]

Because I've provided it a dozen times on these threads already - I suspect you've seen the full quote too - if the person I posted this to asks, I will certainly look for it again.

[Butcher Kilroy]

"After passing through the crucible of naturalization, we are no longer Germans, we are Americans. Our attachment to America cannot be measured by the length of our residence here. We are Americans from the moment we touch American shore until we are laid in American graves. We will fight for America whenever necessary. America, first, last, and all the time. America against Germany! America against the World! America right or wrong! Always America. We are Americans."

-TR April 1894. An Appeal for 100 percent Americanism.

[CowboyJay]

"Because I've provided it a dozen times on these threads already - I suspect you've seen the full quote too - if the person I posted this to asks, I will certainly look for it again."

I took the time to dig through the last several hundred of your posts, and was not able to locate it.

[clawrence3]

So?

[clawrence3]

Teddy also said there should be "UNLIMITED" legal immigration - you agree with that?

[Butcher Kilroy]

"It is our boast that we admit the immigrant to full fellowship and equality with the native-born. In return we demand that he shall share our undivided allegiance to the one flag which floats over all of us."
-TR 1917

"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or to leave the country."

"English should be the only language taught or used in the public schools."
-TR 1918

If thats what TR meant by "UNLIMITED" immigration, then yes I do.

[Patriot Hooligan]

...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

That should have answered your own question.

Tell me do you see an AMERICAN flag in any of those pictures?

[Butcher Kilroy]

"The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife."

- More truths from the Tammany Tiger.

[clawrence3]

That doesn't answer my question - are you FOR or AGAINST unlimited legal immigration?

[clawrence3]

Thanks for the answer - you will have a hard time convincing some others here on this thread. CowboyJay, for instance, has stated there are already too many people in the U.S.

[La Enchiladita]

What are you still doing here? Your ass should have been long gone by now. All you do is taunt, bait, disrupt. You have absolutely no argument and no debating ability. You are a troll. Get out!

[Patriot Hooligan]

Actually it does. I'm sorry if you can't see that.

Sometimes things really are just black and white.

Too many people are labeling this issue as something else.
This is how we got into this position in the first place.

I'd rather try to be part of the solution, and not one of the thousands who are trying to steer us away from the real issue.

A quick note:
My mother is Mexican. She has been here legally for almost 50 years and she still promises to hurt me if I ever refer to myself as anything other than American.