Teddy Roosevelt - speaking about Immigration

I thought this immigration standard raised by a former president was worth sharing.

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Teddy Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN, 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."

President Theodore Roosevelt – 1907

A BIRD FLU PREPARATION REMINDER 1

This message is just to give people another heads up on the avian influenza issue. Too many folks are either not taking this matter seriously enough, which could prove to be not only a costly mistake but a deadly one too for them and their loved ones. Understand that this is not like Y2K, this is not based on fear and hype, and it is being taken seriously by governments all around the globe. The uncertainty of Y2K was difficult enough, but at least it was a situation where if you faced life and death at all, it was due primarily to adverse weather since it was going to occur on January 1st, 2000 if it was going to occur at all. With Y2K we knew the precise moment at which it was either going to become a reality or simply 'much ado about nothing.' We don't have that luxury with a bird flu pandemic if it arrives. If and/or when it comes - make no mistake about it - it is going to be deadly unlike anything we've seen since 1918 when more than 650,000 Americans died from influenza in a matter of months.

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In mid March of 2006, the Health and Human Services Secretary issued a statement recommending that ‘American’s start storing canned tuna and powdered milk under their beds.’ The American Red Cross has also issued a warning that if there’s a Pandemic we need to be prepared to be stuck in our homes for perhaps ten days, and that we may be without power and water due to manpower shortages at the utility companies. We also have to consider the possibility that banks and schools will be closed, as will the hospitals, grocery stores, mail delivery and even trash pick-up.

And in April 2006 in England it was reported that they're working on plans to try to deal with widespread food shortages expected during such a pandemic. They are also concerned that the biggest “food firms” have not been doing enough to prepare for this event. The British government feels that any pandemic could last longer than six months, and with them figuring that length of time into the formulation of their plans, it makes you wonder why we're told only to prepare for only ten days. That’s quite a stretch from Englands estimate of 180 days or more.

A good savings habit to consider starting is emptying the spare change out of your pockets each night into a coffee can or other container. You will not miss this ‘pocket money’ and you will be surprised at how quickly it will begin to add up to hundreds of dollars without being a burden on your budget. As the can fills you can exchange the coins for fives, tens, and twenty dollar bills in case you need cash to buy things during an emergency where electrical services could be temporarily disrupted such as a hurricane or pandemic.

Bird Flu may even quiet the liberals

BIRD FLU INFO - (exerpt).

It’s estimated that we encounter a pandemic of some sort 3 to 4 times on average during every century, and the experts agree – we’re overdue for one. What is new however is that the earth’s population has increased substantially, and subsequently the death toll from a serious pandemic could be unlike anything we’ve ever witnessed before in all of history. Some estimates say that the number of dead could be of biblical proportions, perhaps reaching into the hundreds of millions.

But not everybody sees this as necessarily a bad thing. At least one college professor in Texas recently stated (in essence), that the earth would be better off if 9 out of 10 human beings died during a pandemic. His thought is that with fewer people the Earth’s natural resources would be plentiful enough to sustain human life and even wildlife habitats would fair better. Several professors from around the country applauded him for his boldness. They are the people I like to refer too as the ‘educated idiots.’ If they actually believed their blathering about too many humans on this planet, I would expect them to have enough conviction to pass around the ‘Jim Jones’ cocktail at their next faculty meeting. In any case, arguments about the Earth being overpopulated could become moot if and when neighborhoods, cities, states, countries, and entire continents see their census numbers decline by millions in a matter of months.

Another issue likely to be brought to the forefront if a Bird Flu pandemic ever sweeps across the earth would be ‘abortion on demand.’ Countries like Spain for example that legalized abortions in the mid 1980’s, has seen the numbers of abortions in their country increase by more than 70 percent over just the past decade. And in India the abortion issue is becoming a real concern because they’re currently facing a shortage of eligible women for their young men to marry due to an estimated 500,000 female babies aborted every year.

So just as with arguments about overpopulation, soon all of the arguments in favor of abortion may likewise fall by the wayside. In fact, in the aftermath of a major pandemic, we may even see the practice of abortion become illegal in countries that now condone it. And just as animal rights groups such as PETA are keeping quiet while hundreds of millions of birds are being slaughtered around the world, we may likewise see the day when the pro-abortion groups have to bite their collective tongues.

I’ll even go one step further. There may come a day when some countries will encourage their people to have children in an effort to rebuild their populations, their tax rolls and their military might. Imagine the balance of power suddenly shifting on borders where one side saw a substantial number of their soldiers die from influenza. Or the devastation that world economies will take should 100,000,000 or more people suddenly die. Farmers, Plumbers, Bankers, Welders, Mothers and Fathers, Ministers, Doctors and Nurses… no doubt every country will lose people from all walks of life and each of them is essential to a healthy economy of any country.