On Jan 24, 8:37 pm, "Scout"
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me4g...@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
> "Ramon F Herrera" <
gopos...@jonjay.com> wrote in messagenews:252d7892-cb0f-4809...@kn4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com...
Here's one cite that is fished on the net, from "Colonel Jim":
"I served as a military officer for 26 years, and took seriously my
oath to support and defend the Constitution. I capitalize the word
because I believe this nation has contributed two sacred texts to the
betterment of the world: our Declaration of Independence and our
Constitution. The Constitution was the first of its kind. A written
outline of how a republic should operate.
"One of the most notable accomplishments of the Founders was creating
the ability to amend the Constitution. The 13th, 14th, and 15th
amendments came about because an entire section of our nation (the
defeated South) did not want to recognize, even in the face of costly
defeat in a war they precipitated, that black Americans were, in fact,
citizens of the Republic. Ratifying these amendments was a condition
of readmission to the union, and that was just. However, we all know
that Jim Crow laws were introduced to continue to deny blacks their
rights affirmed by these three amendments for 100 years.
"Whatever you believe about our immigration problem, and whatever view
you hold of people who do not speak English with the same accent you
do, the fact is the 14th amendment says a person born in this nation
is a citizen. That ends the conversation. Now, if you want to change
that, then lobby for a new amendment. But just one word of advice:
many of us in this nation had ancestors who immigrated under less-
than- completely legal circumstances. No one is asking me to "go back
to England" because my ancestors just sort of showed up in the late
1800s.
-Ramon