This is a territorial map of 1763. Many people of Spanish and what would be considered Mexican ancestral lineage were already here prior to the current Mexican border. Did you know that?
Most current Americans are not descendants of the original immigrants who settled in the thirteen colonies. Most of modern families at some point in their genealogy are all immigrants who did not go through the complicated, lengthy, and expensive means to become citizens taking place today.
Emma Lazarus wrote The New Colossus, the foundation of principle on which stands for what the United States of America stands. It reads:
NOT LIKE THE BRAZEN GIANT OF GREEK FAME, WITH CONQUERING LIMBS ASTRIDE FROM LAND TO LAND; HERE AT OUR SEA-WASHED, SUNSET GATES SHALL STAND A MIGHTY WOMAN WITH A TORCH, WHOSE FLAME IS THE IMPRISONED LIGHTING, AND HER NAME MOTHER OF EXILES. FROM HER BEACON-HAND GLOWS WORLD-WIDE WELCOME: HER MILD EYES COMMAND THE AIR-BRIDGED HARBOR THAT TWIN CITIES FRAME, “KEEP ANCIENT LANDS, YOUR STORIED POMP!
CRIES SHE WITH SILENT LIPS. “GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLE MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE, THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE, SEND THESE, THE HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST TO ME, I LIFT MY LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR!”
THIS TABLET, WITH HER SONNET TO THE BARTHOLDL STATUE OF LIBERTY ENGRAVED UPON IT, IS PLACED UPON THESE WALLS IN LOVING MEMORY OF EMMA LAZARUS, BORN IN NEW YORK CITY, JULY 22, 1849, AND DIED NOVEMBER 19, 1887.
The Statue of Liberty stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all, not just for those who later arrive here and wish to live in patriarchal, oligarch, and authoritian countries from which they and their parents came and chose to leave.
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The United States of American is one country, united in principles of freedom, liberty and justice for all law-abiding citizens. This is not the country that prejudiced and racist individuals can turn so quickly into the chaos they wish to spread in maligned hopes of overthrowing our government of one nation. They are seeking your power, fame, and fortune in favor of their own. There are many who wish to do so, shown in the hate map below made by the Southern Poverty Law Group:
The desire of countries run by oligarchs and authoritarian figures would like nothing more than to deal with one ruler for 30 years or more. Finances would be much easier to the big money at the top of financial paradigms. Of course, these ones want to establish top-heavy leaders. But have you noticed that these at the top horde their riches? Trickle-down economics has proven to be a bust.
In the course of human development, spiritual maturity often trips on its way out of the sandbox of childish and greed notions. Now is the time, if any of us do claim to be any flavor of Christian, to actually follow Christ and the principles he taught, none of which include treating other human beings as less than human.
We are one United States of America.
This is what the United States really looks like, United Humanity, not only white Americans.
We are more alike than the differences we profess. There is nothing to be afraid of. Stop shaking in your boots. There is no reason to fear people of different ethnic backgrounds, different genders, different ages, different religions, nor any difference in skin color. There is nothing we cannot handle with peaceful negotiation.
Truth matters.
Spanish/Mexican land greatly exceeds the land mass of the 13 colonies in 1763.
The United States of America is founded as a nation of immigrants. We welcome everyone, not just white people from Eastern Europe. As a matter of fact, people from assorted backgrounds were already here and settled within the current borders of the USA prior to the westward push to the opposite sea. The indigenous people of our great and wonderful land are still here. We love them. They are all part of the American Dream in this beautiful melting pot of humanity.
There is no reason to demonize people. We associate with groups of people who are different from our own. In these
Just 249 years ago, most of the central and southwestern USA was Spanish/Mexican.
days before the November 2020 Presidential Election, including the Presidential Conventions and TV shows, differences in the beliefs of the parties are being highlighted. There is a palpable undercurrent of fear that is present. Fear of others, how they think, and how they look, is not the way to make the best decisions, nor is lack of understanding the actual history on which this great nation is founded.
This present and palpable fear between political parties has infected the base of each within this country. It is important to separate fact from fiction in order to make common sense decisions based on love for all of humankind, not hype, hate or spin of the truth. This is not like rooting for your favorite sports team. We need to make decisions not based on the popular opinion of others, but based on our own research with input from more than one credible source.
I am writing to you as a former newspaper reporter and feature writer for three large newspapers. I needed to get real facts from three corroborated and credible sources, not friends who thought the same way I did. When I covered local Town Hall meetings, which are the heartbeat of the town, I could not misdirect the information to any particular target audience. The news I wrote had to apply to all townspeople. It was their tax dollars that funded the government of their town. I did not have any right to distort the truth of my own personal opinion. We all need to investigate further than what one side of any issue is before jumping on any bandwagon that may take you in the wrong direction, simply because you negelicted to navigate the precipice just around the corner.
How important is it to you that other countries with autocratic and oligarch leaders not interfer in the elections of the United States of America?
How important is it to you that factions of other countries not put bounties on the heads of our American soldiers?
How important is it to you to have your vote counted in the next Presidential Election?
It is easy to see the fear instigated by those with fear-based agendas.
What is the best way to make decisions not based on fear, but instead on intelligent investigation?
Is money the bottom line?
STEP OUT OF FEAR. STOP THE HATE. STOP SPREADING THE FEARMONGERING.
It is possible to stop the runaway train of fear by switching tracks to the path of love, empathy, compassion, justice and liberty for all, as we profess to believe in our Pledge of Allegiance.
Let’s see, who are really illegal immigrants in the USA?
Who are the people we count as illegal aliens?
Who counts as legal residents of the USA?
Should we determine who is legal by what they look like?
Is the USA still the country who welcomes the tired, poor, huddle masses yearning to breathe free, homeless, tempest tossed, as the Statue of Liberty lifts her golden flame of welcome?
How far back should we look, to the Native American Indians? Well, no, we should not go back that far because then we would all be illegal aliens. Looking back at the history of the United States of America it is easy to see why the USA border with Mexico is such a hot spot. However, Mexicans were here long before we were, and many of them and their families never left. They still live on their original homestead. Some Americans think these people are immigrants when in fact, they were here for generations before we got here.
Spanish/Mexican land greatly exceeds the land mass of the 13 colonies in 1763.
Shall we count the Spanish/Mexican people who lived here in 1763, prior to all our wars with them?
Shall we include those people in the land before we arrived in all the conquests and purchases?
When you think of it this way, who are really the aliens?
There has got to be a better way for people of conscience, to resolve our current humanity and immigration dilemmas, that do not include a gun to someone’s back or face, and deportation of this nations’ children who are in this land of “freedom” trying to make a better life for themselves and their families, like we all are.
We can be so short-sighted. For Americans living here now legally, it was not that long ago, not even 200 years
Maps of the USA from 1776-1866, just 146 years ago.
ago, when our very own grandparents and their grandparents were immigrants to this country. Most of them simply walked through Ellis Island, signed their name, or an “X” if they could not write, to get in. We do need smart immigration reform that does not include inhumane treatment. The scarcity mentality based on fear, fear of others, fear of their beliefs, fear of how they look, fear of how they think, fear, fear, fear is the pinacle problem of our time. We are smarter than this.
We need to stand on principle, not fear of others. We need to be fair, not self-righteous. We need to empathetic and compassionate to the plight of humanity caught in the midst of inhuman actions in these extraordinary times. We need a clear mind not infected with the plague of inhuman actions to solve the problems facing us today.
This fear and demonization of others has infiltrated the small minds, greedy hearts and loud voices of a few of those among us. We need to broaden our horizons and find creative solutions that do not include the destruction of the soul and spirit of human integrity, that place all non-white Americans, as well as non-American people, in the same category as crimminals and drug lords. We need to address crime issues, but often it is the illegal immigrant who is the victim of the crime, not the perpetrator.
The world needs to hear this remake of “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” at this time. First is Neil Diamond’s version, then check out The Justice Collective release of this song at the end of this article. The Justice Collective version came out for last Christmas. Once you click on their link, please arrow down to the video and audio box with the women singing. Click on this song for a beautiful treat. Sorry that it begins with a short ad. You will need to click it off when it is done so it does not continue with ads at the end.
Lyrics:
The road is long
with many a winding turn
that leads us to who knows where,
who know where.
But I’m strong,
strong enough to carry him.
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother.
So on we go.
His welfare is of my concern.
No burden is he to bear,
we’ll get there.
For I know
he would not encumber me.
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother.
If I’m laden at all,
I’m laden with sadness
that everyone’s heart
isn’t filled with the gladness
of love for one another.
It’s a long, long road
from which there is no return.
While we’re on the way to there,
why not share?
And the load
doesn’t weigh me down at all.
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother.
“The Justice Collective released their tribute single ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ in remembrance of the tragic disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
This song was first written by Bob Russell. Little did he know it would be his last song. It was written to commemorate the Boy’s Town stamp, which beneath the picture read, “He ain’t heavy Father, he’s my brother.” Father Edward J. Flanagan was the founder of Boy’s Town.
Father Edward J. Flanagan is the founder and visionary for what’s known today as Boys Town. He had a dream that every child could be a productive citizen if given love, a home, an education and a trade. He accepted boys of every race, color and creed. Father Flanagan firmly believed, “There are no bad boys. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking.”
Father Flanagan was born on July 13, 1886, in County Roscommon, Ireland. In 1904, he set sail for the United States. Following his ordination in 1912, Father Flanagan was assigned to the Diocese of Omaha. His first parish assignment was Saint Patrick’s in O’Neill, Nebraska. In March 1913, he was appointed Assistant Pastor to Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Omaha.
On December 12, 1917, Father Flanagan opened his first Boys’ Home in a run-down Victorian mansion in downtown Omaha. In 1921, the Boys’ Home moved to Overlook Farm, its present location near 139th and West Dodge Road. Father Flanagan and Boys Town became internationally known with the help of the 1938 movie, “Boys Town.” He became an acknowledged expert in the field of child care, and toured the United States discussing his views on juvenile delinquency.
The federal government called on Father Flanagan to help children both nationally and internationally. After World War II, President Truman asked him to travel to Asia and Europe to attend discussions about children left orphaned and displaced by the war. During a tour of Europe, he fell ill and died of a heart attack in Berlin, Germany, on May 15, 1948. Funeral services for Father Flanagan were held in the Dowd Memorial Catholic Chapel, located at the heart of his beloved Boys Town. Today, the church is the site of his final resting place.” See http://lb2.boystown.org/about/father-edward-j-flanagan
“…The work will continue, you see, whether I am there or not, because it is God’s work, not mine.” – Father Flanagan
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