An open letter to Washington Mutual

Negative. That is leftist, liberal spin, my slightly confused friend.

Back then, just like today, legal immigrants were welcome with open arms...they came in legally.

That is what frys me. All these leftists seem to hang their hat on the whole "we were all immigrants" or the "we stole this land" statements.

I have no problem whatsoever with immigrants coming legally into this country, adopt her ways and cultures and leading a productive life while supporting your family's. That is how my ancestors did it.

There's a right way, and an illegal way.

Secondly...right, wrong or indifferent, this is American now. The borders are up, and they aren't gonna change. You don't have to like it, but you can't argue with it. Because you don't agree with what happened between our ancestors years ago doesn't mean you can void the laws that are in effect now.

that is not what my complaint was about you not seeing the other side of the picture... back when eveyone was coming here they were illegally coming here for the freedom that was offered, and i am not so much saying that yall stole the land but the comment that was made was derogorative to the indians who infact were the first settlers here. not trying tobe leftist as you say, just stating the facts of my heritage like oit or not the truth is hard to swallow, but i also agree that if they want to become a legal citizen here they need to take the necassary courses of action and learn to speak english and we should not have to succomb to them, they came here we didnt go there so they should but with that the people who run this country see it best if we just let them in so that it make there pocket fatter and they dont hurt anyones feeling in 3rd world countries and make for furture relations,,, but ion that note we wecome them here but look what happens if you fuck up down in mexico you dont get a fiar trial by jury or your peers you just aget a dirt floor cell to rot in.. so where is the justice in that and why do we treat them so fairly and they dont do the same to us... it all comes down to money and politics...

I don't know how else to say this other than you are just flat-out wrong.

If your talking about Columbus & Co...There was nothing illegal about it. There wasn't any form of Government, and as such, there were no laws. How can something be illegal if there is no law against it. Sure there were Indians, but did they have government and laws? No. For all intents and purposes, they were simply bands of nomadic people scattered throughout the land. You want to talk about whats right and wrong on a morality basis...fine. But to call it illegal, well...you've got no stick to stand on.

If your talking about the Irish, Scottish, German, blah, blah, blah...The vast, overwhelming majority, came into this country legally. There was a massive influx of legal immigration and these people registered with the Government, filed as U.S. Citizens, and moved on with their lives.

It's absolutely ludicrous to state that they were illegal immigrants. Sure, there might have been a few that slipped through the cracks, but for what purpose? The U.S. was welcoming everyone with open arms...and an express lane. See: The Statue of Liberty and her engraving.

But that was then, this is now. Laws are different and there is a lenghty process to becomming a citizen. It's just the way the chips fell.

you know I've always wanted one of them sambo's with the lantern for my driveway