Thursday, October 1, 2009

An Old-er Cuban-American's Letter to Obama

One of my readers, an old-er Cuban-American woman who has lived through the best and worst of our country, sent me a copy of her letter to the President. I found it very moving, well composed and I wanted to share it with all of you.

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Open letter to President Obama:

The time has come for you to tell the American people the truth. Americans are intelligent. Perhaps, they can be fooled by false rhetoric and political demagoguery--but just for a short time because they are willing to give articulate and flowery language a chance-- the benefit of the doubt-- but when actions clearly tell a different story, Americans have an indomitable spirit of freedom instilled in them which they must defend.

We consider our Constitutional and God given rights sacred--our right to freedom of speech, our right to dissent, our right to freedom of the press (and that means conservative radio and TV also), our right to bear arms, our right to worship as we wish, our right to keep God alive in our country because our nation was founded by God-loving patriots. God appears in all of our cherished history and documents.

We can strive always to improve the country but PLEASE, DO NOT TREAD ON THESE BASIC RIGHTS. Winning an election by a small majority does not give you the right to change the country that the majority of Americans love and are proud of. We the people whom you serve are challenging you for the truth because your actions do not match your words.

We ask that you remember certain unconditional truths:
  • this is our land, and we want to keep it as forged by Americans before us for the last 200+ years;
  • this is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people;
  • we are the people;
  • this is a republic not a democracy.
  • we want to keep:
1. the relatively young nation that has become the world’s leader
2. the nation that has surpassed all others in giving its citizens the opportunity to a higher standard of living far superior to that of any other country,
3. the nation that has offered its citizens the opportunity to achieve the so-called “American dream” if you are willing to work for it and
4. the nation that, above all, has bestowed its citizens with unequaled freedom –the kind people fight and die for.

Regardless of what may be said by those who envy us, these facts are irrefutable. This is the country to which people want to come by the thousands. Why?

We Americans hold sacred our history, our flag, our heritage, and it would take generations of indoctrination to change this ingrained patriotism.

Please level with us, Mr. President. We do not want the changes we are witnessing. We do not want the radical changes being advocated by your Czars, advisers, and other supporters like Van Jones, (a radical racist self-proclaimed communist whom you chose with full knowledge of his background and have now thrown off the bus for political expediency) Valerie Jarrett , Cass Sunstein, Carol Brownner, John Holdren, Dr. Ezequiel Emmanuel, Jeff Jones, Mark Lloyd, which brings us to a most important question:
WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN SUCH A NETWORK OF ADVISERS?

You are either with them or against them. Which is it? This is a simple question and we want just one of two answers: yes or no. Our Congress needs to know. We the people need to know.

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