The Oswego County American Legion MEETING scheduled for Parish Post 601 at 8 PM tonight February 20th HAS BEEN CANCELLED by the Oswego County Executive Committee due to winter weather conditions.
Next meeting will be March 20 at Oswego Post 268.
Oswego County Commander Fred Waters called at 12:00 PM this afternoon.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
NEW IMMIGRANTS
New
Immigrants
ORANGE
COUNTY ( CALIFORNIA ) NEWSPAPER-
New Immigrants This is a very good
letter to the editor. This woman made some good points.. For some reason,
people have difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing against
supporting the currently proposed immigration revisions. This lady made the argument
pretty simple. NOT printed in
the Orange County Paper...................
Newspapers simply won't publish
letters to the editor which they either deem politically incorrect (read below)
or which does not agree with the philosophy they're pushing on the public. This
woman wrote a great letter to the editor that should have been published; but,
with your help it will get published via cyberspace!
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 not
willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when
there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people
had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented.
Some would even get down on their hands and
knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support
their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary
rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to
blend in with their new home.
They had waved good bye to their
birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power
to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them.
No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were
the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of
prosperity.
Most of their children came of age
when World War II broke out. My fought alongside men whose parents had come
straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None of these 1st
generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had
come from. They were Americans
fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan . They were defending the
United States of America as one people.
When we liberated France , no one in
those villages were looking for the French-American or the German American or
the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one
flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have
thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who
they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so
much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American.
They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.
And here we are with a new kind of
immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve
it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement
card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's
not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the
early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice
in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for
those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that
they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.
And for that suggestion about taking
down the Statue of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are
voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the
United States just yet.
(signed) Rosemary LaBonte
KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE
WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS ONLY TO REMAIN COMPLACENT
AND QUIET!! LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN!!
I sincerely hope this letter gets
read by millions of people all across the nation!!
Monday, February 18, 2013
OSWEGO DINNER
February 16, 2013:
AUXILIARY UNIT 268, OSWEGO
Had a super scalloped potato and ham dinner with family and our auxiliary friends at the Oswego Post...
AUXILIARY UNIT 268, OSWEGO
Had a super scalloped potato and ham dinner with family and our auxiliary friends at the Oswego Post...
Past 5th District President Betty Rowlee
chatting with Auxiliary member before
enjoying her special Mardi Gras dinner.
You don't know what you're missing if you haven't had dinner at the Oswego Post at their monthly Saturday afternoon repast. The Auxiliary girls do an excellent job of preparing and delivering to many elderly citizens in nursing homes in the area.
They always welcome take-out orders, of course, and they are really affordable as well.
AUSTRALIA GUN CONTROL
Australian Gun Law Update
Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts....
From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia
Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the real
figures from Down Under.
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law to
surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own
government, a program costing Australia taxpayers
more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent,
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria.....
lone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.(Note that
while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not
and criminals still possess their guns!)
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady
decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins andassaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public
safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns....' You won't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.
The Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the
hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note Americans, before it's too late!
Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in?
WHY? You will need it.
DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.
From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia
Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the real
figures from Down Under.
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law to
surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own
government, a program costing Australia taxpayers
more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent,
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria.....
lone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.(Note that
while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not
and criminals still possess their guns!)
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady
decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins andassaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public
safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns....' You won't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.
The Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the
hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note Americans, before it's too late!
Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in?
WHY? You will need it.
DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.
BE ONE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO WON 'T STAND FOR NONSENSE
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