I agree with Ron. If you don't work, you don't eat. Well said!

All but the Native Americans were once immigrants. There are bad apples in every barrel along with the good ones.

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politically, the greatest speak of our times was John Kennedy ...

In my first college speech class, I was taught not to say, "Ahh…" while thinking about what to say next. I was told that it was okay to pause during speech but not to say anything until I had formed my words carefully. I really wish that President Obama at had my class at Harvard. Aside from that, Obama is more careful in his speech than I, and while giving a formal speech is a brilliant speechwriter (although all presidents have speechwriters) in his own right.

I was born in this country and cut my own grass, trimmed my own nails and toe nails, and generally, did without "slave labor" except while in a restaurant where I tipped generously and at the barbershop where I did likewise until I had to hire help--both immigrants and those with caregiver mentalities.

As Ed has so eloquently stated, each new wave of immigrants was despised and treated badly by people who were also immigrants before, and served to work in the lowest paying and most dangerous of occupations, building the country into what it was and what it will continue to be, as long as we freely admit those who are willing to work hard and succeed.

Unfortunately, so many in our country feel that selfishness is their privilege and birthright, and cannot see any value in hard work and trying to be successful at all. That thinking will be our downfall.

Ron

I certainly agree that Obama is the most gifted speaker of our times. But you have given us many good reasons to think about our roots, our heritage, and who really made this country what it is--the immigrants! Well said.