I’m getting aggravated.

My cup runneth over---with indignation.
The other day, a judge gives a suspended sentence
to a criminal, even though D.N.A. proved he committed
a four year old crime. What happened to do the crime—
do the time?

Tom DeLay, in his infinite wisdom, deemed himself unelectable ( no kidding? ) so he quit the race. That meant that Congress will drops all charges and investigations, and once again--- BINGO!
No punishment, and he retires with his annual personal
subsidy ( pension ) intact. Wonderful.

Last but maybe the most important: Sales Tax & The
Internet. For all of you who buy on the internet, and think it’s wonderful that you don’t pay taxes, think again. Because it disrupts the level playing field of all retailers who have to compete, think about this.
Retailers pay rent, utilities, labor, and many thousands of dollars more in overhead and operations costs. When
a retailer goes out of business, because you don’t keep your business local, everybody suffers. Jobs are lost,
tax revenues are lost, and the list goes on. Then we all
suffer because people collect unemployment, our taxes
go up, etc. etc. At the very least, everyone should pay sales tax ( unless we get to a national sales tax equal for all consumers, like England. ) I urge you to write or call your congressperson to support sales tax for the internet.

Rock

ILLEGALS & COLLEGE TUITION

Yesterday’s lead-story addresses college tuition for illegal residents. Some interesting comments:

Victoria Perez was brought here at the age of 3 by her parents. Now she’s 18. She says “ We’re all human beings.
It isn’t fair ’’. Any reason why she could not have applied for citizenship in those 15 years? Smart enough to go to college---smart enough to fill out the papers.

Attorney general Blumenthal says they were brought here without any choice. Well, they had the choice to apply for citizenship. Rep. Pamela Z. Sawyer worries because many community college students are single, unwed mothers struggling to make ends meet. Brilliant comment by an elected official. Maybe they should have spent their time better than making babies. I guess that’s another letter. Nadia Minor says
“ I feel like we’re paying for mistakes we didn’t make ”.

WRONG!!! You’re paying for the mistake of not having applied for legal status, so don’t expect ME to pay for your mistake. Hooray for Sen. Dan Debicella, who calls it a “ massive subsidy for illegal immigrants”.

When does it end? When do we stop the bleeding?
The bleeding of tax dollars, and the bleeding hearts who cry for those who simply won’t help themselves by following the laws.

10 other states have passed laws creating equal access to college aid to all students. Why don’t these illegals just move to one of those states?

Rock

This is just a little local issue, but really applies everywhere, so I'm venting.

In the paper recently , a city official says it will save the city over-time dollars if people co-operate and put their garbage out a day early, to avoid overtime by having to collect on a holiday. He goes on to state that $ 14,000.00, while not a huge amount, is very important to helping balance the budget and solve the financial crisis. Right on, John.

However, the big issue is totally missed. Don’t ask us to put out the garbage on a different day from normal. TELL US. And what’s the nonsense about having to collect it the following day if residents don’t co-operate, because of the health hazards, and plowing hazards if it happens to snow?

There is a law on the books that if you don’t shovel the city sidewalk in front of your property, you, the taxpayer are liable for damages, liability and possibly a fine. So if you don’t put your garbage out on Tuesday, and we have to pay over-time on Thursday, the garbage should be thrown ( and I mean thrown ) back into the home owner’s yard, and a citation with a stiff fine should be issued---enough to cover the over-time pay. Then attach a lien to the property,
and hire a tough collector to get the money.
I don’t want my city taxes paying for some jerk’s thoughtlessness. And if they don’t read the paper to know what’s coming, too bad for them.
Hopefully, the city will heed my sage advice and this will serve
notice for future holiday weeks, even if too late for this time.

Rock

Tying Up The Courts---What A Waste Of Money!!!
Two stories in my local paper

spurred my indignation level.

Two years after being convicted of murder, Michael Skakel’s attorneys have decided that there is a statue of limitations on murder, and his conviction should be overturned. Really now. And worse still, the attorneys claim that the prosecution erred in closing arguments by calling him a killer and a spoiled brat. Well, I think that’s what closing arguments are. Arguments. And almost any argument should be okay. ( Same with the defense, by the way. ) And I think that there should be a statue of limitations on horse-feathers appeals.

The other store was about a woman named Audra Soulias, who accused William Kennedy Smith of sexually assaulting her: SEVERAL YEARS AGO! Oh and by the way, in case you missed the story, she then admittedly had consensual sex SEVERAL TIMES after the supposed assault. Say what??? I think we know why she continued to have sex with him.

I don’t know if Smith was innocent or not; ( he was acquitted, by the way ). What I do know is that she should have reported the alleged assault the same night, and then she should have stayed out of his bed and out of his life, except for charging him with a crime then, not 5 yrs. later.

I don’t know why the courts allow this kind of crap. It is an asinine waste of court time and tax-payer’s money. How about we deluge our congressman with
e-mails and faxes to write some intelligent legislation about this.

A. Charges must be pressed against anybody within 30 days, with law enforcement having the needed time to make a case or not. Accusations should ABOLUTELY not me made public until charges are brought, to avoid slandering those who really are innocent. I don’t believe
the public has a right to know who is being investigated; only who is being charged. ( Actually, I don’t believe the public has a right to know anything about other people’s business, but that’s another letter. )

B. People like Audra Soulias should be prosecuted for something between malicious mis-use of the courts and just plain stupidity.

C. Convicted criminals should have 90 days to file their one and only appeal. Too many bites from the apple as it is.

D. Once convicted ( after losing the appeal ) criminals must serve the time. And no time off for good behavior. What the heck does that mean anyway? It should be added time for bad behavior.

E. And just for luck, ignore the nonsense about judge’s discretion. Too damn many activist judges as it is. The courts should be run like I run my restaurants. I pay my managers , tell them how I want the food prepared and served, and they do what I pay them to do. Well, I think judges are like my managers; they are told what is law.

We, the bosses, through our elected officials, write the laws, prescribe the sentences so they are consistent everywhere, and pay the judges to run the court proceedings and inflict the punishment if a criminal is convicted. Very simple. If the judges feel the need to inflict their opinions and do things their way, they should resign and run for congress.

Rock

The “ Unjustice ’’ System

Sometimes it’s virtually impossible to imagine what goes through a person’s mind.
A story in the Republican-American details the sentencing of four employees who got caught stealing furniture from their employer, Hitchcock Chair Company. They were all given suspended sentences and probation. Whoop-te-doo. The judge, Alexandria DiPentima, said the sentences were appropriate in light of probation investigations.
What the hell does that mean? She also ordered restitution. Who monitors that?

Now the story gets worse. Not only were the employees caught on tape by a private investigator, but the company’s owner placed these people in charge of tracking down the thefts in the first place. Oops. The owner made the mistake of putting the fox in the hen house. Does this mean that the guilty should get off so lightly? Company president Ronald Coleman Jr. said “ I don’t agree with this and I don’t understand it. ’’
Well, Mr. Coleman, permit me to enlighten you, if I may. These poor folks didn’t really understand what they were doing. They needed furniture for themselves and their friends. and even at wholesale, your fine quality made the merchandise too expensive. And they worked very hard, and felt that you never really paid them quite enough. Therefore, they created their own compensation. Even though that created delivery problems for your legitimate customers, what the heck? Small price to pay to help out four fellow citizens down on their luck.

And the judge? Well, of course, she just felt so sorry for these poor, downtrodden people, so abused by the capitalistic oppressors, that she had no choice but to let them go. And that is exactly what she did. She let them go. A slap on the wrist, maybe a wink and a nod, and once again justice goes unserved. The worst of it is there will never be an end to soft-headed judges imposing their own brand of injustice until the legislature sets specific punishments. Forget the word guidelines. It doesn’t work. Forget the judges’ arguments that their legal training makes them smart enough to know what’s best. That’s pure crap. What’s best is that if you do a crime, you will do time. Real time. Hard time. Commentary invited.

Editorial: Fast Food Lawsuit

So try to understand this. An obese man files a lawsuit against 4 fast-food restaurants, and some Doctor’s group out of Washington, D.C. applauds him. Some how I have to believe these are the same kinds of doctors who support keeping mal-practice information confidential, so as to not injure the reputation of “ good ’’ doctors who might have made “a mistake’’.

I just have to wonder, what ever happened to personal responsibility? Could anyone possibly believe the fast food chains are healthy? Unless you order a salad ( and even then, be wary of most dressings ) you have to know it only tastes good. There is nothing healthy about it. When my customers asks for veggie burgers or the like, I tell ‘em right up front---we are cardiac city. I sell Hot Dogs, Fried Fish and Philly Steaks. Sure, the dogs are grilled, but that doesn’t mean much. We are a throw-back to the 50’s. Back then, I’m not sure cholesterol ( good or bad ) even existed.

The operative word is MODERATION!!! Nothing will kill you if you don’t eat it too often; if you do, you need a shrink, not a lawyer. And by the way, the biggest offenders are the judge who allowed the lawsuit, and the
T.V. talk shows who give this guy free publicity. He and his lawyer both claimed to be doing it for future generations of kids; however, neither was willing to donate the money if they win ( perish the thought ) to healthy causes. What does that tell you about this guy’s character?

Those people who want cradle-to-grave care should go live in Sweden. I thought the founding principle of our country was self reliance. That idea seems to have gotten lost along the way.

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Rock

Hey Wayne. Are you reading this. This is a tester.

So What’s The Point?

Last fall, the organizers of the Columbus Day Parade, in New York City, took great umbrage because the Mayor invited two cast members from the T.V. show, “The Sopranos” to march with him in the parade. This great indignation felt by the organizers was because the show stereotypes Italians in a negative way. Hmmm. Let’s think about this for a minute. The show basically illustrates life in the mob. Well, we all know that “ The Mob’’ really exists. Perhaps not as affluently or influentially as years ago, what with the crime-busting efforts of the government, and the many details exposed by a number of former mobsters, but it still exists. They say the show depicts most of the mobsters to be of Italian descent. What’s the issue? Most of the so-called Mafia WAS of Italian descent. We DID learn in high school that Sicily is considered to be part of Italy. By the way, I should mention here that my wife of 35 years is Italian, lest readers get the wrong idea. In fact, we celebrate Christmas ( in a laic way ) because I like Italian food better than the Jewish food at Chanukah.
Anyway---enough about that.
Now the story gets better. The parade organizers want to be factual. (They maintain that the parade should honor all the honest, hard-working, creative, inventive, and so forth and so on. ) But here’s the rub:
Columbus acknowledges nailing a ducat ( gold coin ) to the mast as a prize to the first crew member to discover land.Guess what? It was Rodrigo de Triana.
AND HE WAS PORTUGUESE!!!
( Credit to Larry Cale of Woodbury for this information. )

So maybe the Portuguese should organize a Triana Day Parade; I’m guessing they won’t care who gets invited. Back to the T.V. show.
I think the parade organizers missed the most important point: it’s JUST A SHOW. And a T.V. show has absolutely no reflection on real live Italians.
And, the actors are just trying to make a living, much as you and I try to do every day. And, they were invited by the mayor as friends, and supporters of New York City. Any of you watch The Shield? Personally, I don’t care for the show,
but that’s not the point. One show about a rogue cop is not an indictment against all of the good cops.
And then---to really drive home how ridiculous the whole situation was, the mayor was asked to UNINVITE the actors. Now really! It wasn’t even worth all the print in the newspapers. Personally, I applaud hizzoner for uninviting himself. He took his friends to lunch instead---at an Italian restaurant. Now that’s funny.
So what’s the point? The point is---in my opinion---get a life.
I truly have no patience for small minded people, and in my opinion, this is a very small-minded issue.

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Rock

Editorial: Fast Food Lawsuit

So try to understand this. An obese man files a lawsuit against 4 fast-food restaurants, and some Doctor’s group out of Washington, D.C. applauds him. Some how I have to believe these are the same kinds of doctors who support keeping mal-practice information confidential, so as to not injure the reputation of “ good ’’ doctors who might have made “a mistake’’.

I just have to wonder, what ever happened to personal responsibility? Could anyone possibly believe the fast food chains are healthy? Unless you order a salad ( and even then, be wary of most dressings ) you have to know it only tastes good. There is nothing healthy about it. When my customers asks for veggie burgers or the like, I tell ‘em right up front---we are cardiac city. I sell Hot Dogs, Fried Fish and Philly Steaks. Sure, the dogs are grilled, but that doesn’t mean much. We are a throw-back to the 50’s. Back then, I’m not sure cholesterol ( good or bad ) even existed.

The operative word is MODERATION!!! Nothing will kill you if you don’t eat it too often; if you do, you need a shrink, not a lawyer. And by the way, the biggest offenders are the judge who allowed the lawsuit, and the
T.V. talk shows who give this guy free publicity. He and his lawyer both claimed to be doing it for future generations of kids; however, neither was willing to donate the money if they win ( perish the thought ) to healthy causes. What does that tell you about this guy’s character?

Those people who want cradle-to-grave care should go live in Sweden. I thought the founding principle of our country was self reliance. That idea seems to have gotten lost along the way.

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Today’s News

I am always amazed at the simple solutions to problems in the newspaper that elude those involved. Take Monday’s local paper.
Starting with the lead story re: where sex offenders may or may not live, it obviously doesn’t matter where they live, for they can travel anywhere. No conversation or discussion needed. When convicted, automatic castration. And don’t cry about their rights. They gave up their rights
when they committed the heinous crime against children.

Next is the story of the Waterbury immigrant arrested in Vermont because he lives here illegally. ( He went to Vermont to help his workers, who were arrested for immigration violations. ) In all the years living and working in Waterbury, ( and paying taxes ) why could he not find time to become a citizen? Forget the sympathy and the “ tsk tsk---he’s such a nice guy. ” He should have, and could have, done the right thing: apply for citizenship, and lived happily ever after.
Moving to the lead story in section B. Members of a condo association, showing a serious lack of intelligence and empathy, change the rules, no longer allowing new or replacement pets. Patently unfair. Maybe don’t allow pets for future residents, but for people who bought their condos after being told pets were allowed, the associations’ actions are abhorrent and should be illegal.

Finally, how about the family suing a hotel in Savannah Ga. for 10 million dollars, because their family member, drunk to the level of twice legal limit, crawled into the air conditioner blower room, and died from wounds after being struck by metal blades. Any judge who accepts this garbage suit should be removed from the bench, and any lawyer who represents the family should be disbarred. How could any person in his right mind blame the hotel?

I think I need a new closing for my commentaries on today’s societal woes.

“ Let’s All Cast A Vote For Common Sense. ”

Sorta like Andy Rooney, if I may be a bit presumptuous. After all, he is far and away, my favorite curmudgeon.

Rock

Business Decisions Should Be Made
By Business Owners

In my local paper there was a story of a New Hampshire Karaoke bar owner who banned a designated driver because she didn’t drink. She went to the liquor board and the police, only to be told it was a management decision.
A stupid decision, in my opinion.
I would happily accommodate one non-drinker to bring in the groups of friends, but that’s not the issue. The issue is the state-controlled liquor board did the right thing. It stayed out of it. Business owners should be able to decide for themselves things like non-drinkers, smokers etc.

If I were willing to risk losing business by allowing smoking in my restaurant. that should be my decision. (Interestingly, I decided Doogie’s would be non-smoking while I was still a smoker ). And if I decide to prohibit obscene tee-shirts from my establishment, ( which I do ) that should also be my decision. You DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to eat in my restaurant. YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE. But you do have the right to make the decision whether to patronize my business, based on my business policies, quality, cleanliness,etc. It’s an agreement between you and me. NOT THE GOVERNMENT. Furthermore, your free speech rights do not
include offending me or my customers in MY PLACE OF BUSINESS.

The other half of the same argument is the employees.
They have the right to choose whether or not to work any place that allows smoking. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that second hand smoke is unhealthy. But it’s not the business of the government to tell us what to do. If, in fact, I am wrong, then let the government step up to the plate and ban smoking, shut down the tobacco companies, and kiss the lobbyists bye-bye.

I do agree with no-smoking policies in public buildings and other places where people must go to perform mandated actions, such as the D.M.V. You have to go there to renew your license. Or City Hall.Private businesses are a totally different situation. Or should be.

Rock

The Down Side of Zoning

A while back, my local paper published a story about an application from David Mecca for a variance being sought to build a pool at a home in Watertown. Despite a signed document from four neighbors, supportive of building the pool, one neighbor, David Messina, was opposed to the variance.
He was quoted as saying, in part, “ the luxury of a
16 by 28 foot pool hardly constitutes a desperate need and falls far short of fitting the bill for a special exemption because of hardship. ’’ Really now.
And what is Mr. Messina’s problem? Is he a zealot for enforcing rules? Is there bad blood between the two neighbors ( his property abuts the applicant’s )?
Or perhaps he is just jealous because he can’t afford a pool. Not that it really matters. What matters is that a case like this clearly demonstrates the absurdities and negatives of zoning. As trying as life is on a day-to-day basis, what could be more unfair than to deny a person the right to maximize his pleasure in the privacy of his own home?
Remember the old cliché “ A Man’s Home Is His Castle”? Well, it seems the moat is being overrun by the holier-than-thou, who think they have all the answers as to what’s best for the street, and the neighborhood, and the community-at-large.
I am opposed to zoning for the simple reason that I do not want to be told what to do with my own property, ( especially since I am the one paying the taxes ).
I do, however, recognize the value of one aspect of zoning; ie: no businesses in a residential zone.
Frankly, even that’s subject to a lot of discussion, in my mind; however, another day, another blog.

Interesting article in the paper recently re: death penalty cases and which cases the Supreme Court will and will not review. Once again the age-old battle between the conservatives and the liberals rears its ugly head.
Shortly thereafter the paper printed a terrific column by Lee Grabar which reflects my own thinking. My compliments to Mr. Grabar.
I would guess that the right-to-lifers ( aka anti-abortionists ) are the same people in many instances who cry out against the death sentence. I have a different take on the similarities. There aren’t any. The right-to-life for an unborn baby may make sense, because one of the most troubling questions is when does life begin? If it’s at conception, then perhaps it is wrong to abort a baby. If it is at the time the baby leaves the womb, perhaps it should be only the mother’s right to choose. If it’s somewhere
in between the nine months of those two periods, then who knows?
But one thing we all know. The baby has done no wrong. Of course, that is not in any way the whole answer. There are many issues on both sides of the question. It is only part of the equation. Now, this column isn’t about abortion. I cite the abortion issue merely to point out some people against abortion might be in favor of execution. Or the reverse.
I am 100% in favor of executing those who commit murder. For those opposed, would your feelings change if one of your relatives were killed by the sniper in the Maryland area? Or if you lost family in the 9/11 tragedy
( as my in-law’s family did ) and we caught Bin Laden and his trial was here? The problem with our justice system is not the death penalty. It is the “ unjust ’’ lack of closure, due to the never-ending appeals that criminals are allowed. Now I recognise the freedom that DNA has brought to many wrongly convicted prisoners. And that’s obviously terrific. That makes a great case for not having the death penalty in cases where a death is not involved. ( Exception: See Below )

My philosophy is actually rather simple. If you take a life, you die. IF you are committing a lesser crime ( like robbery ) and it goes awry, and someone loses a life, you die. You should not have been committing the lesser crime in the first place. I agree that one needs to be convicted
( BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT, WITH COMPELLING EVIDENCE ) but when you are, you die. Maybe you should be given a single appeal, within a short time period. Say 6 months. And then you die. Opponents argue execution is not a deterrent. Who cares? What it is, in fact, is closure.
Closure for the survivors of the victim, and closures for the justice system.

I propose a simple solution to 3 different problems in the country---illegal immigration, weak levees in New Orleans, and man-eating alligators in Florida.
Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border, use the dirt toshore up the levees in New Orleans, take the alligators out of Florida and put them in the moat.
Seems simple to me.

Who’s The Real Benedict Arnold?

Before he lost his re-election bid, James Maloney equated the Stanley Works, in New Britain, Ct. to Benedict Arnold, for wanting to re-incorporate in Bermuda to reduce their taxes. If it weren’t so pathetic, it would be amusing. I think it’s congress that should be compared to Benedict Arnold.

Why? Because the selected few leaders decide which bills come up for votes and which ones do not ever see the floor. So instead of our elected officials representing us, basically the government is being run, in toto, by less than half a dozen congressman. I call them traitors to the principles of self-government, and slaves to their own wanton ways.

Even worse is the biggest single problem with congress, in my opinion; riders, which are responsible for virtually all the pork-barrel wasteful spending in our country. Because major bills are held hostage to the likes of Robert Byrd, ( who gets more money for tiny West Virginia than most other states in the country ) billions of wasteful dollars can’t be vetoed.
If all the wasted dollars went back to the states ( from which they come in the first place,) EVERYONE’S TAXES WOULD BE REASONABLE!!!
Then I would guess nobody would have to think about tricks and gimmicks
to avoid or reduce taxes.

I say bring up every bill, no matter how foolish, for an up or down vote, with no riders. It shouldn’t take long to vote no on the silly things. The good ones would get proper debate, and the pork-barrel waste would be substantially eliminated. In fact, I venture to guess that if each pork-barrel bill had to stand on its own merits, most congressman would not have the cohones to even bring up such bills. Unfortunately, the founding fathers forgot one thing---nobody legislates the legislators.
We almost had a good thing with line item vetoing, but that didn’t last.

I run a business, and if I let my managers attach foolish expenditures to
necessary needs, I would be out of business in short order.
The government is, in fact, big business. REALLY BIG BUSINESS.
Why not require it to be run as a business? What do you say, Mr. Maloney? Help save money for the country, and it all trickles down to the states.
Now that would really be representing the people!!!

Rock

The Mexican President and President Bush are at an impasse over Mexican immigrants who cross the border illegally. Am I missing something here, or is there not a valid reason for the word “ illegally ’’ to jump out at me? President Bush says we have a mutual desire
to deal with the migration ( should be immigration??---we’re talking people here, not birds.
and recognize reality in a way that treats Mexican citizens with respect. Mexico wants legal status for the estimated three million Mexicans living is the United States as part of a broader liberalization program.
In my opinion, I say harrumph to both presidents. First and foremost, the key word in this entire story is ILLEGAL. Why doesn’t President Bush say the obvious? They are Mexican citizens. Send them back to Mexico. And as for dealing with reality, the reality is that most people think it’s politically incorrect to state the obvious. Let’s do what’s best for OUR country. And as for broader liberalization, why should we even consider that? Think about this for a moment. If three million illegal immigrants represent two parents and two children, let’s assume that only 75% of the two parents are working. That would mean 1,125,000 illegal immigrants are working. That is over one million jobs taken away from U.S. citizens. Now let’s assume that all those immigrants are making only $300.00 a week each.
That’s $ 337,500,000.00 a year in income lost to American citizens.
THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
As Charlie Brown says, “ Good Grief ’’

Truly Staggering, when you think about it. Add to that horrific thought the burden on the school systems, and the additional social services required in each and every town to where the illegal aliens emigrate.
It’s bad enough that there are so many people in authority who feel we should be cared for from cradle to grave. If in fact, we have to accept that philosophy to any degree, how about if we take care of our own? United Stated citizens. Jobs. Workfare ( not welfare. ) Lower taxes. Better collection of delinquent student loans.
Just addressing the way billions of dollars are wasted in our country
is fodder for several letters, but that’s for another day.
Back to the question at hand. If our country offers so much opportunity,
let all immigrants-in-waiting apply legally. If I am expected to obey the laws of my country, why shouldn’t every else be required to follow the laws? Not too long ago, I wrote a letter to the editor about people living in this country needing to speak English.

In one phone call, I was called the Andy Rooney of Waterbury. I was accused of being a curmudgeon. Well, let me say this about that. I want more for American citizens and don’t care if it causes there to be less for illegal outsiders---I expect those who live here to adapt to our language---I expect every citizen to work for what he or she gets---If those attitudes make me a curmudgeon, then I wear that title proudly. I would urge everyone and anyone who disagrees with me to read Ayn Rand’s “ Atlas Shrugged ’’. It is far and away the best book I have ever read, and I have re-read it several times over many years
.( NOTE: It is easier to comprehend if you read her novel “ The Fountainhead “ first. ) Be careful though. It may change your total philosophy on your life.
Are you up to the challenge?

Rock

Rock

Adapting to The American Way

Immigrants, not Americans, must adapt. Why should we worry if we are upsetting some individual, or culture, with our own way of doing things?

Since 9-11, we have witnessed a surge in patriotism, which is terrific. But up rears the ugly head of political correctness, complaining that we might offend others. I don’t care. I was here first. My primary language is English. Anyone who lives in this country should be required to lean English, if he or she wishes to enjoy the rights and privileges we grant our citizens. Nothing is more galling than to go into a business, prepared to spend my money for services rendered, and not be able to find an employee who understands me. I run a business, and don’t ask for any help from anyone. I pay well over minimum wage, and only ask a fair day’s work from my employees. I do not discriminate when I hire, but you can bet your bippy my employees are required to speak fluent English.

My grandparents were immigrants, and came here to make a better life for themselves. They adapted to the American way, and learned the language of their adopted country. Our entire country is one of descendants of immigrants. This does not justify diluting our own nationality, in order to be “ multi-cultural ’’. We have our own culture, language and lifestyle. All have been developed over 3 centuries of people fighting, and dying, for these rights. Even the right to desecrate our flag
( with which I vehemently disagree ) tells the world how we grant extraordinary privileges to our citizens.

We like our country as it is, thank you. I don’t intend to change. If you have a problem with that, then I suggest you take advantage of one major right that communist countries do not have: THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.

Rock

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