I just got back from a trip to Boston today. On this trip, I made it to the JFK Presidential Library. I had never been to a presidential library, and I found it rather patriotic and educational at the same time. While walking around, I came across these two JFK quotes and immediately thought of blogging...
This quote is probably his most famous. JFK, a Democrat, even knew that we were not suppose to drain the resources from our country. That just because we were born here, we weren't entitled to any and every thing we wanted. JFK knew that it's not what the government can do for us but what we can do for the government (i.e. our country). In the 40ish years since this quote, liberal Americans have tried to convince us that we need to take as much from the government as we can. We need to depend on the government for everything. We are entitled. I hate that word. We are a lot of things as citizens of this great nation, blessed, lucky, fortunate, but we're not entitled to anything without hard work.
I also found this quote interesting. JFK is saying that he wants our nation to be a melting pot of cultures, but he wants everyone who lives in this nation to know what our country stands for, who built it and on what we believe. I have no problem with immigration. I encourage and embrace legal immigrants (one of my closest friends is an immigrant), however, if you are going to live here (legally or illegally) you have to adapt to us and not vice versa. Meaning WE should not be forced to learn Spanish. It drives me crazy that the government is pushing Spanish so much in the education system, in public documents, and so on and so on. If I lived in Germany and was able to vote in their election, I would learn German because I wouldn't expect them to give me an English ballot. In the US, we cater to Spanish only speakers.I have a passion for foreign languages. My minor in college was a foreign language. If someone wants to learn Spanish to further enrich their life, than go for it. However, if the government wants to make us learn Spanish because the Spanish speakers won't assimilate into our country and learn enough English to get by, then that's ridiculous.
Who would have guessed that the JFK Library would have so many conservative statements painted upon its walls. Liberals today and Democrats of yesterday are not the same.
This is my favorite quote by JFK:
ReplyDeleteIf by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
Wonder if you agree with that one..........my guess is no.
Hi Olivia,
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't agree. Liberals want big government to control every aspect of our lives, liberals think it's ok to kill an unborn baby, liberals want to ruin the sanctity of marriage by allowing people of the same sex to marry, liberals want to tax us more so that the people who don't work can have our money, liberals think it's ok for Mexicans to break our laws and come into our country illegally, liberals are in control right now and unemployment is higher than it's been in over 40 years, the housing market has tanked, physicians are fleeing jobs in healtcare in record numbers, crime is up, and our paychecks are getting smaller. No, I don't agree.
Pretty sure JFK is rolling in his grave right now...
ReplyDeleteI wrote NBC last night about spanish in our lives. I just don't understand. They "illegals & legal immigrants" want to use our resources, healthcare, etc.. But they refuse to learn ENGLISH!! I was wathching Sunday night football Dolphins de Miami vs Jets de New York. I couldn't believe it. I immediatly turned off NBC and wrote them telling them to get off their BS marketing campaign. I'd bet my life that in Mexico they don't cater to people who speak french, english, german etc. If I want to move to Mexico and be a productive part of their society I'd have to learn spanish, or they would not accept me.. A GIVEN... Hot topic for me mommy.
ReplyDeletehaha. Did you really just write a blog like that? You know, in Europe, espeically in Germany...Germans are REQUIRED to learn english! I agree with you that a person should learn to speak the language of the country they live in. But, OPEN YOUR MIND! Why is it such a bad thing that we require children to learn more than one language other than english? We are a country of diversity. I am embarassed when I go to another country and the people there can speak more than 1 or 2 languages and we Americans can only speak ONE. ALL of our ancestors came from other countries and when they came over here, they probably did NOT know how to speak english, and had to learn. Where is your tolerance at? Your patience with people that are different from you? That is the problem these days-it's people like you that are INtolerant of people that are different from you. Especially since you claim to be a "Christian". That is just a joke.
ReplyDeleteAmy, read the post again. You were so busy thinking about your rebuttal that you didn't even read the content. First off, I have a minor in a foreign language. I think learning multiple languages is a fantastic thing. I don't think catering to someone who is in a country illegally is smart at all. It sounds like you're the one with the closed mind. I think you've been drinkin' the media Kool Aid...grow up, look at your paycheck, realize how much money the government is taking in order to pay for illegals who are coming here, not assimilating, sucking our resources dry and then sending all of their money back to their home country. And please, if you want to offend me, you'll have to do a whole lot more than put quotes around my faith.
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