The National Question

 

Diversity Kills by Patrick J. Buchanan on November 10, 2009

 

 

Nidal Malik Hasan was two men.

One was the proud Army major who wore battle fatigues to mosque; the other, the proud Arab who wore Muslim garb in civilian life.

 

What brought Hasan

This same concept was asked back during the early 1900's by Theodore Roosevelt. He made the phrase "hyphenated-Americans" famous, and got a lot of flak even-- even then. As a patriot, I agree that it really pisses me off to see people put their country of origin before their nation... that we've gone from a melting-pot to a tossed salad. I think there are too many individuals, which breeds a lot of the problems we face today... people who think they're entitled to something, etc.

But at the same time, we have to be careful where we tread as too much nationalism often times has dire consequences.

 

More info on "Hyphenated Americans": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American

TR quote on it:

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all... The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic... There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

It's one of the reasons you need to be born a Citizen of the US to become president.

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And these days we have people identifying as a Something-American who are 3rd 4th generation American born period. They have not come from another country but they want to feel connected to something special. I hate the concept hyphenated Americans.If you do not want to be an American above all else, get the hell out.

 

My Great Grandparents came from Poland and Ireland and strove to be Americans. They were proud of this Country and the fact their Children were born Americans.

 

 

That was an interesting read Mauser.

And these days we have people identifying as a Something-American who are 3rd 4th generation American born period. They have not come from another country but they want to feel connected to something special. I hate the concept hyphenated Americans.If you do not want to be an American above all else, get the hell out.

 

 

 

That was an interesting read Mauser.

 

I already am connected to something special.

 

I am an American. Plain and simple.

 

My 1st Ancestors arrived here in the mid 1800's with some in the early 1900s.

 

I am an AMERICAN, before all else.

 

What I hate more is these idiots who have an Italian, Puertorican or whatever flag on their car or hanging from their mirrors.

 

If you like it so much, please go back!

can't blame us for rounding up the japanese after pearl harbor... Our concentration camps weren't all that bad..

Not to be cruel, but did you really think about that before you wrote it?

As I read this and respond and re read, please refrain from attacking anyones nationality. We do have Naturalized Citizens and Immigrants legally here and on the board. I would hate to see this turn into an Anti-insert ethnicity here thread. It would be easy to get carried away and have the original meaning of the article twisted.

 

thanks

your right tbtrout but where does it end? we have tons of terrorist organizations here in this country and do nothing about it. They know about them and still do nothing, sooo.... I dunno just watch them until they blow something up or go on a shooting spree I guess...

 

We need to secure the borders, get rid of these terrorist groups right here on our land, get rid of the illegal immigrants, and cleanup our streets and keep our own people fed...

 

I may come off as the asshole here, but someone had to say it...

You are not an asshole, it is that statment was inane. You never lived in a Jap Detention Camp or had to endure the substandard treatment they recieved. The hunger, disease and other things that went on in the facilities. It was no walk in the park and I am sure if you asked anyone of them, you would get an earfull.

 

I agree with you about the borders and terrorists. You may be shocked at some of my ideas.

To note: I don't believe in concentration camps. With that said, concentration camps came before the Austrian Corporal; it just gained most of its notoriety from what he did. The concept goes back a long way, most notably used by the Spanish during the Spanish-American war (in the Caribbean), Americans (post-Spanish-American war in the Philippines, WWII with the Japanese, and to the Vietnamese during Vietnam war), and others. The concept is even being used today in Iraq and Afghanistan, though euphemisms are used when discussing it.

 

The whole idea is: sectors A, B, C, and D is where the nationals live. Violence/insurgency/trouble is brewing in all sectors, but something indicates that it is especially bad in sector C. So, they move everyone out of C into A, B and D; and anyone left in C is considered "bad," and trouble can be easily rooted out. I've never lived in one, but I've seen the concept in action in places like Iraq (we've done it every time we enter a contested urban zone). And its not like people are thrown behind fences with barbed wire... though, I could imagine it is not pleasant being removed from your own land at some stranger's request.

Like Mikeyboyee said,

 

My great grandparents came here from Russia and Poland in the late 1800s.

 

I am an American! Not a -American, but an American! :flags-waveusa: