Comments on: Roosevelt: Being An American http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/ Great people. Great stories. Great writers. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:15:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: alex Fields http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-676 alex Fields Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:34:10 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-676 TR had the right idea, if you lived in New Brunswick Canada, you would see what a nightmare it is. We spend 40 billion dollars annually on bilingulism with New Brunswick being the only official bilingual Province. The thanks the English get is to work in the public sector, only if we are bilingual, French are given priorty for all job positions, RCMP, Politicians, etc.And it is an expensive nightmare. TR had the right idea, if you lived in New Brunswick Canada, you would see what a nightmare it is. We spend 40 billion dollars annually on bilingulism with New Brunswick being the only official bilingual Province. The thanks the English get is to work in the public sector, only if we are bilingual, French are given priorty for all job positions, RCMP, Politicians, etc.And it is an expensive nightmare.

]]> By: Manny http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-568 Manny Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:06:57 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-568 Effie ... what the hell are you talking about? Your comments have no bearing on Teddy's quote. He says English is the language of the land -- and you say "learn the language." I don't see anywhere in this quote that says you can't speak other languages, so I don't get your analogy regarding freedom of speach. Let me guess, you must be a left wing fanatic from CA. Effie … what the hell are you talking about? Your comments have no bearing on Teddy’s quote. He says English is the language of the land — and you say “learn the language.” I don’t see anywhere in this quote that says you can’t speak other languages, so I don’t get your analogy regarding freedom of speach. Let me guess, you must be a left wing fanatic from CA.

]]> By: Effie Pee http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-566 Effie Pee Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:13:58 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-566 Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.... just make sure you only speak english.....NICE......There have been plenty of immigrant parents of The Greatest Generation who never really learned to speak English, falling back on their native Italian, Russian or Portugese to communicate even in their own households. Learn the language sure.....become a citizen, of course....pay your taxes, certainly (make sure you learn how to bend the rules like us 'Mericans"......but no where in the constitution is freedom of speech limited to English. Heck, we don't even speak proper "English" ourself. We speak american, which is a blend of all the cultures that have made this country great. Let me guess, you are probably a Red Sox fan too. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free….
just make sure you only speak english…..NICE……There have been plenty of immigrant parents of The Greatest Generation who never really learned to speak English, falling back on their native Italian, Russian or Portugese to communicate even in their own households.
Learn the language sure…..become a citizen, of course….pay your taxes, certainly (make sure you learn how to bend the rules like us ‘Mericans”……but no where in the constitution is freedom of speech limited to English. Heck, we don’t even speak proper “English” ourself.
We speak american, which is a blend of all the cultures that have made this country great.
Let me guess, you are probably a Red Sox fan too.

]]> By: Gil http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-560 Gil Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:53:51 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-560 Edward ... you may be correct that the quote was not made in 1907. There are also reports that the basis of this T.R. quote may have come from a letter he wrote in 1919, just prior to his death. Good catch. Edward … you may be correct that the quote was not made in 1907. There are also reports that the basis of this T.R. quote may have come from a letter he wrote in 1919, just prior to his death. Good catch.

]]> By: jackmack http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-558 jackmack Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:00:51 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-558 The problems of our great nation have grown increasingly worse since the 1960's. Somehow our own feeling of entitlement has grown with each generation and infected the very fabric of our nation. No one wants to work for a living, or take responsibility for the issues around us, why should our politicians be any different? We are government of the people, for the people; so why should we expect our presidential candidates to be any less fat, lazy, or stupid than we have become. "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Wait Kelly The problems of our great nation have grown increasingly worse since the 1960’s. Somehow our own feeling of entitlement has grown with each generation and infected the very fabric of our nation. No one wants to work for a living, or take responsibility for the issues around us, why should our politicians be any different? We are government of the people, for the people; so why should we expect our presidential candidates to be any less fat, lazy, or stupid than we have become.

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” - Wait Kelly

]]> By: Edward J. Renehan Jr. http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-552 Edward J. Renehan Jr. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:52:55 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-552 Yes, but TR himself paid tribute to his Dutch Knickerbocker ancestry by maintaining a membership in the Holland America Society; and he honored his Anglo-Irish background by being a founding member of the American Irish Historical Society. For the sake of clarification, I must point at that the TR quote you reference was NOT meant as a generalization, but was instead directed explicitly at a group of German-Americans who were showing signs of forming a fifth-column during hostilities between the United States and the Kaiser (1917-1918). By the way, the quote is NOT from 1907, but rather from a speech delivered in 1917. Yes, but TR himself paid tribute to his Dutch Knickerbocker ancestry by maintaining a membership in the Holland America Society; and he honored his Anglo-Irish background by being a founding member of the American Irish Historical Society. For the sake of clarification, I must point at that the TR quote you reference was NOT meant as a generalization, but was instead directed explicitly at a group of German-Americans who were showing signs of forming a fifth-column during hostilities between the United States and the Kaiser (1917-1918). By the way, the quote is NOT from 1907, but rather from a speech delivered in 1917.

]]> By: Bert http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-550 Bert Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:08:02 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/2007/06/03/roosevelt-being-an-american/#comment-550 Absolutely one of the great presidents ever. Where are all the real men these days? Whomever becomes the next president will win by default! Absolutely one of the great presidents ever. Where are all the real men these days? Whomever becomes the next president will win by default!

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