In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin

But, this is predicated upon the man’s becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all.

We have room for but one flag, the American flag … and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. And we have room for but one sole loyalty, and that is a loyalty to the American people.”

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

“All of us are only as free as the least free among us.” That is the sentence that stands out in an editorial describing MySpace.com’s recent handover of names of registered sex offenders who had accounts on the site. The attorney generals of eight states violated federal law in their demand for the names, and equally important, somehow MySpace matched up registered sex offenders with MySpace accounts. What else is MySpace tracking about its users?

Read the editorial here: http://webserver.computoredge.com/online.mvc?article=hot&issue=2525&zone=CO&src=1

Although the “reform” of immigration in the amnesty bill is enough to cause alarm, other highly troubling provisions are tucked away that will serve to undermine our sovereignty and weaken our civil liberties. According to the most recent version of the Senate bill, the misnamed Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America is to be “accelerated.” It seems ironic that a project aiming to actually weaken US borders with Mexico and Canada would be added into a bill that purports to toughen border controls.

Full article here:

http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2007/tst061107.htm