A Leader on the World Stage
From his time in the Peace Corps as a young man to his 25 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Dodd has worked to strengthen America through bold engagement. Dodd understands America must lead to protect our security not only on Iraq, but also on the rise of state-less terrorist organizations around the world, Iran and North Korea’s emerging nuclear capabilities, a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, the HIV/AIDS crisis that is decimating whole continents and creating failed states, and the growing threat of global warming. Chris Dodd is ready to lead – to face our challenges abroad with boldness and a proven ability to bring people together.
The Dodd Plan To Restore America’s Moral Authority
- Strengthen our Alliances. As President, Chris Dodd will work to restore our alliances, rebuild international institutions to better fight the war against terrorism, and enhance America’s security while upholding our common values.
- Diplomacy, Not More Troops in Iraq. Chris Dodd is strongly opposed to the Bush-Cheney troop surge strategy. As President, he will advance a surge of diplomacy in the region, not a surge of more troops.
- End the War in Iraq Decisively. Chris Dodd understands that ending the war in Iraq makes America safer. He strongly supports the Feingold-Reid proposal – the only responsible measure in Congress that sets a timetable to end the war in Iraq by March 31, 2008 – and he has urged all the candidates in the presidential race to join him. It is time to stand up to the President’s misguided Iraq policy.
- Hold America’s Allies Accountable. As President, Chris Dodd would engage key strategic countries, nations like Saudi Arabia and Russia, and call on them to support freedom and democracy in their own countries and to eliminate the conditions that export terrorism and allow our enemies to thrive.
- Enhance and Export Energy Technology to Free America and the World From Reliance On Oil. Chris Dodd believes we need to invest in renewable energy technology that will allow America to achieve energy independence. As President, he would share that technology with our allies to end their alliances of necessity with dictators from oil-producing nations like Venezuela and Iran.
A Lifetime of Bold Engagement In the World
- Dodd Traveled to the Middle East Four Times Since 2003 to Meet with International Leaders and Assess US Policies. As a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Dodd traveled to the Middle East four times since the outbreak of war in Iraq, visiting Baghdad three times in that period. During his visits, Dodd assessed the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the region, opened up important lines of communications with countries like Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and Israel, and made sure American troops were being taken care of and protected.
- Dodd Served as Chair or Co-Chair of the Delegation to U.S–Mexico Interparliamentary Sessions and Received an Award From the Mexican Government. Since 1987, Chris Dodd has either Chaired or Co-Chaired the Congressional delegation attending the annual U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Conference. For this and his other work bolstering U.S.-Mexico relations, Dodd received the Aztec Eagle Award, Mexico's highest award given to a foreign national.
- Dodd Was a Leader in Ending U.S. Military Assistance to the Nicaraguan Contras, Which Opened the Door for Successful Elections in 1990. In 1983, Chris Dodd was chosen by party leaders to speak on behalf of Congressional Democrats in response to President Reagan’s address on the situation in Nicaragua. In 1989 Dodd worked with the Bush administration to successfully broker a bipartisan accord on Nicaragua. This finally ended US military assistance to the Nicaraguan Contras and led to successful democratic elections in 1990.
- Dodd Led the Senate Central America Negotiations Observer Group. Chris Dodd led the Senate Central America Negotiations Group. This group was created to monitor the progress of the Guatemala City Peace Accord. The accord called for a cease-fire in the Nicaraguan and El Salvador civil wars, reconciliation between those governments and their opposition groups, steps to assure democracy throughout Central America, an end to outside aid to rebel forces and an end to the use of any country’s territory by rebels trying to destabilize another country.
- Dodd Worked Closely With President Clinton to Facilitate Peace in Northern Ireland. Chris Dodd, working closely with President Clinton helped facilitate the Good Friday Peace Accords which were signed on Friday, April 10, 1998. Dodd encouraged American involvement by urging President Clinton to speak directly with the Sinn Fein political leader Gerry Adams. He also participated in a Congressional delegation traveling to Northern Ireland with President Clinton in 1995.
Comments
Sen. Dodd: Do you have a policy or position regarding Latin America today? If you do, how does it defer from the Republicans' interventionist policies south of the border.
J. Rodriguez
Bronx, NY
Chris Dodd what is your position on Immigration and Amnesty? What is your plan to bring the troops home? Do you believe that Iran is a nuclear threat?
INFORCE THE EXISTING LAWS, why is following the rule of law so difficult for "lawmakers" to grasp. If you had done this from the begining we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now. The current immigration bill is being forced down our throats and in my opinion is treasonous. If this goes through (against the will of the vast majority of the people), I will personally never forget it.
The people want a fair immigration bill for the 12 million people here in United States that have been here for many years and have become apart of our society. They are hard working people doing the jobs that no educated American wants or will to do anyway so why not help them and their families have a fair route to have legal status here in the US rather than be in fear and hiding all of their lives. They are not terrorists and or criminals they simply want a better lifestyle for their families which is possible to have in United States even doing the jobs that no Americans would ever want to do.....We Need the government to step up and help these deserving, hard working families to become legal in this country and to stop punishing them for what other terrorists and criminals have done. I also believe that we need to definitely tighten our borders and not give out Visas so freely without an extensive background check because too many terrorists have been legally let into this country and they do want and plan to harm us on our own soil.
I don't know where you live, but I think you're not here in Houston Texas. If you were, you MIGHT see things a little differently. First, hopefully you would stop fooling yourself into believing that "they" are only doing jobs no one else wants. Many of "them" around here earn more than I do. I am a firefighter. I work hard too. Your theory may have been true 20 years ago, but wake up.
Second, possibly you would realize that coming across the border ILLEGALLY is a crime. "They" are criminals. No matter how bad the situation was where they came from, there are still laws that should be respected.
Third, maybe you would question that if these people are so deserving and hardworking then why don't they speak English? Why are they receiving free healthcare, free education, free food....? It's gotten to the point that almost daily I am expected to speak Spanish just so I can communicate! And if you think the growing numbers of these people receiving free services isn't going to colapse our system, your're very naive.
But if living in Houston didn't help you realize these truths, maybe you could try living in Mexico for a while. Or, you could just do nothing and wait around in America. Because before long you'll already be there. No matter where you live.
First off unless you are 100% Native American you have no room talking. Unless you are 100% Native American some one in your family moved to the United States to become and escape from exactly the same thing the Mexican/South Americans are running from. How hypocritical of you to judge these people for trying to live the lives that America embrassed all those years ago. What happened to the Nation of Nations. It can't be that if we lock them out. It souldn't be up to us to decide who becomes a citizen and who shouldn't. What right do any of us have to judge them. None. They are just like us only a few hundred years behind. If the border gets closed then you might as well move back to where your family came from, because that is what we will be doing. What if this happend 100 200 years ago. How many of us would not have the lives and freedoms that we are so proud of and so determined to keep that we are willing to kill for it. Think about that next time you decide to judge another from a differnt country. In one time or another in our families' history they were us! If you believe other wise maybe you wouldn't mind moving back to your homelands and being told your not good enough for America. Because in my eyes; you're not.
It's not hypocritical if you're family follows the rules set up by a sovereign nation. If not, then that can lead to problems with the law enforcement, because it's breaking the law. It's not like my family said "Hey, let's sneak into America on a boat from Germany," they filed their paperwork and got in here the legal way. The only problem is we haven't had people in the high echelons enforce the law, and now we're stuck with a bunch of people that aren't citizens, that we can't deport due to the sheer foolishness of it, and can't give a slap on the wrist to encourage bad behavior. We've let our politicians do it for centuries, we really shouldn't let the common man fall victim as well. I'm also pretty sure people who are 100% American had ancestors who migrated here as well.
*note: Is that the wrong way to use a semicolon?
Are you Native American? Otherwise, you need to shut up. Also, please learn how to spell so you don't look like a moron. Furthermore, this is a different time period and things have changed since we first, way back when, started coming to America. Finally when we did come to America, even if it weren't a different time period and you weren't a moron and knew how to write fine-tuned and grammatically correct sounding sentences, WE CAME THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND AND LEGALLY, NOT JUMPING OVER FENCES OR OVERSTAYING OUR VISAS.
I double majored with Spanish and thoroughly understand their culture, but I still find they all need to go home. NOT THEIR MADE UP HOME, HERE!!!
are u native american? if not hav a beeer
I totally agree with every point that you have made. I live in Southern California and I have had the same concerns as you. I also have a home near Tucson, AZ. I was for the amnesty in 1986, but I know longer favor amnesty in any way shape or form because times are different. I believe the person that you replied to is extremely naive about what effect this is having on our country. I believe that if we don't enforce our existing laws, and shore up our border our country will not be the country we had in the past or want for our future. It will become like a third world country. You will not recognize it. Think about it for a moment. When people landed on Elise Island, New York in the old days to be processed; it was to check people for health problems, to see if they could afford to be here, and to limit the number of people who did come so they could assimilate into American Society; and it worked fairly well. Yes there were still problems, but over time people assimilated because they had to. Now with the flow of people over our borders TB is on the rise as well as other diseases that the US had anihilated. Also, there are people coming that are criminals, that are illiterate and have no skills or money. That is a burden to us. I empathize with South America and other countries that don't have what we have, but if we are not careful our country will change so drastically that you will not recognize us. We have to think about what is good for our country today and what is good for our country in the future. For the future of our children and their children. It is a bigger issue then just letting some people into our country for jobs you believe Americans won't do. Question? Do you think that those people that get amnesty stay in their current low paying jobs? No! they don't. They do what you or any one else would do, they leave and get a better job. This idea that we need people to do the jobs Americans won't do is for the benefit of the big companies that want a cheap labor force.
Exactly they have the "jobs no one else WANTS". So, if no one did, then who would be your cleaning lady, or who would make sure the vegetable crops you are eating everyday are in good shape. I'm sure not you! so we mutually help each other out. If you didn't know they cannot get healthcare, or welfare without being legal residents. So that so much for that. next resaerch yourinfo a litle more Ms. IM A FIREFIGHTER!
If there were no illegal immigrants to be cleaning ladies, crop pickers, construction workers, etc., then Americans would fill the positions. There are plenty of Americans who do not have jobs at all; I'm sure they would take those if they suddenly opened up. Perhaps the most frightening of these is the "what if we had no crop-pickers?" question. If illegal immigrants suddenly vanished (or otherwise stopped being available for these jobs), then farming companies would advertise openings in high schools, in newspapers, and otherwise to fill the positions. Surely they would market it as a temporary job (because it is), a way to make a quick buck for a car or christmas shopping or something, and make it seem fun (even though it's hard work). It's possible that those incarcerated in our prison systems would earn, through good behavior, the privilege to work as harvesters to earn extra money (yes, you can earn money in prison). We would find a way to harvest our food. Most people wouldn't even notice the effect aside from increased prices on vegetables due to needing to pay minimum wage rather than the pittance paid to illegals. We would, however, be okay in the end. It's true that the more educated Americans would not take these jobs (no lawyer will spend 6 weeks harvesting strawberries!) but there are plenty of high school students with summers off, college students starved for cash, and young adults who did not or barely graduated high school (not "educated" as you may see it) who would take the jobs.
Also, anyone can get health care - Emergency Rooms cannot legally turn ANYONE away. The fact that it is difficult to get regular health care without legal residency/citizenship is what pushes illegals into ERs for a sniffle, which drives health insurance costs up for all of us because they often cannot pay and so the hospital absorbs the cost, then increases prices for everyone who can to make up for it.
lso, anyone can get health care - Emergency Rooms cannot legally turn ANYONE away. The fact that it is difficult to get regular health care without legal residency/citizenship is what pushes illegals into ERs for a sniffle, which drives health insurance costs up for all of us because they often cannot pay and so the hospital absorbs the cost, then increases prices for everyone who can to make up for it.
From your previous post: This is one of the moronic reasons people use for illegals to use the ER's, etc. THEN GO HOME IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE FACT IT'S HARD TO GET INSURANCE!!! GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY!!!
We are not responsible for Mexico's poor. We need to kick out those 12 million illegal aliens and give their jobs to the legal citizens of our country. Their presence has literally wiped out California's trauma care in hospitals and has taken our educational system from first to way down the list. They don't give a damn about the USA or Mexico. They need to stay in their own country and get rid of their corrupt politicians, not suck the life out of our country. And I think it's obvious that their children will be taking away jobs from legal citizens who do want to do those jobs. Also, I don't like the idea of people who broke our immigration laws to soon be in the position to control elections through simply overwhelming us with numbers of voters.
Why should we grant amnesty for people who have been here for years and not paid taxes?! I pay taxes and those taxes pay for their "free" healthcare at local clinics and now their social security? They turn in "vouchers" for medical care including child birth. Um...isn't tax evasion illegal? The FBI and IRS seem to think so.
Dodd isn't going to do a thing about our immigration problem, no liberal will
Dodd seems qualified and has good ideas. Maybe too good? How is he going to fund his ideas? Also, I'm a greenie but there would have to be a landslide victory of liberals. I don't think the congress would be able to pass a lot of what Chris wants to do. Too bad.
Do anything?? What a joke. Did any of you know that Dodd actually voted against a bill that would make english the official language of the United States. Does this sound like a person that is going to enforce immigration laws? Sounds like to me he is for illegal aliens and even wants to make it more comfortable here for them. They don't pay taxes, they don't pay for healthcare, they don't pay for food and Dodd wants to make sure they don't have to speak english either. This man doesnt deserve to be senator much less president.
You are a MORON!!! I am so AGAINST illegals staying here in the USA; no amnesty, I don't care if they have children here--they need to go back to their country (which is probably Mexico) BUT,
This country has a long history of having NO official language since we were, originally, a melting pot of cultures. I think latinos are wonderful, MY GOD, I double majored in Spanish and Media in college, but ILLEGAL is ILLEGAL!!!
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE NEED TO CALL OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ENGLISH!!! This just came up recently because of the controversy of the illegal aliens. GET A CLUE, MORON!!!
Dodd is smart to recognize that.
Senator Dodd, once the troops are out of Iraq, what is your policy in regards to keeping our connections to the country. Everyone knows that the United States had no legitimate reason to invade the country, except for its abundance of oil. How much money will you allocate towards Iraq, for Iraqis rebuilding their counry? Will you continue to support the quest for the disarmament of nuclear weapons in other countries, especially in North Korea? How will you ensure that there will be no war with North Korea, while still not putting the country in another war?
C. Morisaki
Eugene, OR
Senator Dodd:
Iraq is an immediate problem, but I'm confident a democratic candidate will win, bring our troops home and stifle the terrorist regimes that have a stronghold on the nation.
My question is, what about Iran, Syria, North Korea, Russia and other hostile countries that seem to insist on bullying war tactics and threats to get their point across? How will we deal with each individually to ensure none of these countries become the "Next Iraq"?
I've set up an online political forum for Americans to express their opinions and I hope you and your folks will join the conversation.
Thank you,
Rob Jackson
Baltimore, MD
Just because I served in the Peace Corps in the 1970's. I am not a Democrat nor a liberal. I presume my Peace Corps experience is why I am receiving his flyers.
If u read what Mr. Dodd has to say, it is hard not to say he is the best suitable candidate. But, only by chance did i come to find his stance on the issues. We all must help in getting out his ideas and bring noterioty to the man.
What's your stance on gay rights, abortion, and the "science" of Evolution?
Wow, the one thing the internet has done is to give voice to the ignorant and the uneducated. Hopefully, he has the courage to say that gay rights and abortion are rights of privacy guaranteed by the constitution and that evolution is a science as opposed to the bible, which is a nice book of stories and parables, riddled with amazing contradictions, and logical flaws.
you know there is an organization you could join that is against gay rights, abortion and the teaching of science...... Its called the Taliban! Maybe you should keep your antiquated fourteenth century views to yourself!
Since the press, TV and otherwise, tend to give poll results for and discuss only the top 3 Democrat and Republican candidates, how can you and others become a part of the system. Isn't the press, rather than being an essential part of the democratic process, in fact eliminating real and open campaigning oportunity?
Our nation can not win a war against terrorism by sending more troops overseas to find and kill terrorists, because our US military aid and bases all over the world are a significant source of motivation for terrorism. The better alternative is that we can win the hearts and minds of the whole world by redeploying a relatively small percentage of our dollars for sending soldiers and instead sending some adequately funded public health, medical aid, sanitation and nutrition workers.
Dodd's biography on this website states that he is a "recognized expert on Latin and South America." Is this to suggest that Dodd believes that South America is somehow not part of Latin America?
South America is part of Latin America (in fact, most of it). I am ashamed that a candidate for the Presidency of the United States presents his "expertise" in this manner.
South America and Latin America overlap. Neither one is a subset of the other. Latin America includes the Spanish-speaking countries of South America (i.e. not including Brazil, which speaks Portuguese), plus the Spanish-speaking countries of Central America (such as Colombia, Nicaragua, Ecuador) which are (obviously) not in South America.
Someone asked about his views on immigration:
* Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
* Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
* Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)
* Voted NO on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
* Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
* Voted NO on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)
Uh...............no thanks.
I do think people that are wanting to immigrate to the US should be allowed to get a chance, a chance to participate on having Social Security,and visas for skilled workers that want to have a chance to work in the US.
I also think people that are wanting to immigrate should allowed to get a chance to participate on having Social Security,and visas for skilled workers that want to have a chance to work in the US.
So if you don't grant these 'illegal' immigrants social security or any other benefits then who will be building the next building for you to sit in and make money? What most Americans fail to realise is that they are usually the ones starting the foundation for most civilizations. The high authority would not be rich had it not been for most of them.
They also make up for $634 BILLION of the GNP. I would think twice before you say uh no.
"When you make a mistake, there's nothing wrong with admitting that, in my view. I've made them in the past, I'll make them in the future. It was a mistake, in my view, to vote the way we did five years ago on that resolution. ...
"I think the more important question, is where do we go from here?" -- primary debate in Carson City Nevada Feb 21, 2007
Much of what a president deals with is known only after moving into the White House. I think it is more important for voters to know why you supported Bush's war in Iraq, because you will have to make many decisions like that again, and I cannot for the life of me explain how thinking people, especially someone as competent as you, was on the wrong side in the defining issue of the 21st century.
HATS OFF TO CHARLIE DANIELS....AT LEAST HE HAS THE COURAGE TO SPEAK HIS MIND!!!
I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I
think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally,
made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.
I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the
United States of America , as it is a truly wonderful place.
But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying
to give me sensitivity lessons.
I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have any-thing against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal
and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get. What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tanta-mount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."
It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me, I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.
Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?
And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything anyway Besides, what good is another law going to do when you
won't enforce the ones on the books now?
And what ever happened to the polls, guys? I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want some thing done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.
This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?
If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will inherit. But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected.
Shame on you.
One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you
Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not.
And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality.
And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegal in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."
And I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what's wrong with that?"
I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to.
Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?
If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ?
I think not.
All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life.
They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegal some fat cat hired to pick his crop.
I want to make two predictions.
No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.
No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue.
I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out."
I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others?
And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes Please get that other one out of my face.
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
MY COUNTRY
IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY,
SPEAK UP!
I am not against immigration -
just come through like everyone else
Get a sponsor;
have a place to lay your head;
have a job;
pay your taxes;
live by the rules;
and
LEARN THE LANGUAGE
as all other immigrants have in the past
and
G! OD BLESS AMERICA!
PART OF THE PROBLEM
Think about this:
If you don't want to forward this
for fear of offending someone,
YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
Will we still be the Country of choice
and still be America if we continue
to make the changes forced on us by
people from other countries who came
to live in America because it is the
Country of Choice?
Think about it!
All we have to say is, when will
Someone do something about
MY RIGHTS?
We've gone so far the other way,
bent over backwards to not
offend anyone, that I am now
being offended.
But it seems no one has a problem
with that.
"In God We Trust"
is our national motto. This is not
some Christian, right wing, political slo gan.
We adopted this motto because Christian men
and women - on Christian principles - founded
this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls
of our schools.
It is Time for America to Speak up
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"If you agree - pass this along;
if you don't agree - delete it!"
How wrong is that!?! How about, "if you don't, then reply with why you think I am wrong". I see phrases like this used in the right-wing and religious chain emails I get and it is truly disappointing to me, because it encourages ignorance. That being said, I am going to reply with my explanation of where I agree with you and also why I think some of your way of thinking is wrong:
1. Mexicans would not be coming here illegally if we actually opened our borders to them. Additionally, millions of Mexicans would not be coming here if there weren't jobs waiting for them, that we Americans are too proud to take. Yes, I agree coming here illegally is a bad choice, but the degree of illegality is pretty minor considering they are filling a need that our country has. Most of us go at least 5 miles over the speed limit when we drive, but I don't hear your public outcry about that, because both are "necessary evils". That is why illegal immigration is barely enforced--if there are millions of them they can't be too hard to find. The problem isn't the people, its the system. We need to let them come across and grant them a special kind of citizenship that doesn't give them the same rights as the rest of us until they meet certain criteria.
2. Now that the housing industry is in bust-mode, the immigration problem is going to decrease. There will be a reverse immigration in the next few years.
3. The border crossing with a WMD theory, although possible, will not happen, just like an attack from Al Qaeda will never happen again. The reason why is because now those things are taken seriously by our nation's security agencies. They are now thwarting more plans and attempts than they did before, but because we are not told about it, we have this unrealistic fear that it will happen again. That is done partly to keep us from worrying and also to justify the continuation of the White House's practice of "keeping us in fear so we can have neverending war and make big bucks for our Halliburton-type buddies and keep stealing the resources from weakened countries". I'd say our odds of getting attacked by a WMD on our soil by a border crossing or missile of any kind is about as likely as Republicans figuring out that they are greedy and self-righteous.
4. I do agree that before you come to a foreign country you should learn their language first. I would not move to Mexico and expect people to speak English to me, nor would I think it was a good idea to move somewhere where I don't speak their language. Coming to this country and not being able to speak the indigenous language gives the impression that you have little or no respect for its citizens and is a big part of why so many people are up in arms about the illegal immigration of Mexicans.
5. I seriously doubt that you have many rights being taken away. You need to explain exactly how that is happening. How are you not being allowed to do something? You are probably a white male, the most catered to type of individual in America. You make more money than everyone else, have more opportunity to make more money, and get the most respect out of anyone in this country. It is no coincidence that ALL of our Presidents and the majority of CEOs and Congresspeople are all white males. If you think that because a teensy tiny percentage of your taxes goes to the welfare system your rights are somehow reduced you need to understand how hypocritical it is that you are religious and you are against "casting your bread upons the waters" and helping those who are not middle class white males out. This form of government was put together to see to it that a class system that created haves and have-nots like in third class countries would not happen.
6. Putting God in our children's schools is like asking churches to allow me to give Atheist sermons in churches explaining evolution and the Big Bang Theory. The two should not have anything to do with eachother. You don't see Starbucks posting the Lord's Prayer next to the menu. You don't see Olive Garden asking people to pray before they eat. So why in the heck do you expect kids to have religious moments in school??? Let people decide about religion when they are not young and vulnerable and gullible and impressionable. Religiosity is a personal choice, not a politically enforced right. Also, get your facts straight, In God We Trust on money and the words Under God were added to the pledge during the Red Scare days.
I totally agree with your counterargument against Frank C- it's nice to see someone come back with an intelligent response. And oddly enough, history is once again repeating itself...does the Red Scare sound sort of like the fear being instilled in our society today- only this time it's terrorism and not communism...
Short answer- Looooser!!! Crawl back under your flag-draped rock while the rest of the world passes you by.
Weapons of mass destruction you say?
Take a look around!
They've already brought in a host of charming diseases that we ALMOST had wiped out. And a bunch of them bring in drugs! Well, that's something America needs more of!
Don't get me wrong, not everything that crosses the border is negative. For instance a good work ethic wouldn't hurt most teenagers.
You're flippin mental and a bloody racist. You sound like a typical religious extremist who thinks that this country's fundamentals were constructed by Christianity, and yes, I suppose that is a voluptuous thought to some, but it is within the walls of basic denial. You see, this country wasn't built by good Christian men and women but by mere people with a good heart, ergo we're not supposed to be a dictatorship, waving an angry iron fist around in the name of whichever god you are led to believe in. Though you can try to deny it, this is what you are suggesting what we do. Tell me this, do you really think MS 13 is an overwhelming problem? Does it bother you at night? Does it ruin your day knowing that some group of Hispanics are committing some sort of crime? I should tell you this, since apparently nobody has told you and you possibly live under a rock. There are at least, AT LEAST 4,881 different gangs that dwell IN AMERICA. This isn't including gangs worldwide.I would understand if you were bothered by the gang problem in America in general, but you have disregarded 4,880 other gangs, only with the reason that one in particular is made up of Hispanics. Iraq, do you really think we're there to maintain peace? Not that you would care, you most likely perceive the middle eastern populous as vermin. Hopefully you realize that Bush has no intention of bringing peace, or whatever he had promised us. He has only rotted a hole in togetherness, acting as a cavity, tearing this country apart with his second generation Nazi party in which has been dubbed as the Bush Administration. Now in closing, I would like you to know, I am Caucasian, with a Caucasian background, I am not a Hispanic defending other Hispanics, but I am a minuscule symbol of unity. So don't try to conceive this as some typical defense of ones race. Thank you for your time, if you've even bothered reading this, and I believe you deserve one last message in turn for your blind message against Hispanics..FUCK YOU! <3
Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?
I had to LOL on this phrase, but I do agree with it. In fact I agree with most of what you said here. A big problem with many Americans is they've been lulled to sleep (a deep sleep) by the media and education, to believe the USA is invincible, has endless resources, and has to adhere to the standard of the Statue of Liberty --- forever! You want reality?
The reality is this: things change, and policies need to change to support the new reality. "No society has a boundless capacity to accept newcomers, especially when many are poor and unskilled." -(Robert Samuelson, economist and Newsweek columnist, 2005.) Yes, immigrants came from all over the world when America was 'young' and had billions of acres of unsettled land, that was a very long time ago, but things are very different now. Now,our nation is filling up at alarming rates with massive waves of immigrants, burdening every social program in existence. Furthermore, we have terrorists entering our nation due to unsecured borders and a faulty immigration policy that lets them enter by the millions. It's been established that a huge percentage of these are later found to be criminals of all sorts. Some fight on terrorism if our borders aren't secured; how idiotic. But what else should we expect from a president often referred to as 'the idiot'?
If you want facts and reality, take time to check them out at www.fairus.org for starters, where you'll fink links to many statistical sites regarding immigration rates, and the impact on states, cities and the country overall. Here's a couple quotes from two of our previous presidents:
"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...." - Theodore Roosevelt, 1915 and
"You cannot become thorough Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in American has not yet become an American." - Woodrow Wilson, Address to New Citizens, 1915.
To those who accused you of living under a rock: "Better to live under a rock, than in a house of cards." - Debra S.
Senator Dodd--
What are we going to do about the SPECIFICS of the Iraq Hydrocarbon Law? We know it is NOT "the oil revenue-sharing law" as the President and Vice President KEEP calling it--and we know that 95+% of the broadcast and newspaper media have been sucked into that MISREPRESENTATION. (The PBS newshour among prominent examples). We know that many, many Iraqis do not like this law, because it gives American and British oil companies much more influence (and very unusual influence) over the course of oil development in Iraq.
The quite small Federal Oil and Gas Council, established by the law, has immense power over all aspects of oil development, HAS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OIL COMPANIES ON IT (does this whisper 'conflict of interest' to you, ever so softly?) Its operation is largely secret. Contracts can last a LONG time, and their terms kept secret. This insults the sovereignty of the Iraqis deeply, and makes the United States look like a Colonial-era exploiter!!! REALLY THE RIGHT THING, TO REFURBISH OUR IMAGE IN THE WORLD?
Add this to the corruption with which the current Malaki government is already operating, and you have the recipe for: 1) a big mess and continued violence over oil ADDED TO THE GENERAL MIX, and, 2) Huge profits being made by the big oil companies--so that THEY will be the PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES of the war, 3) too much of that oil developed too rapidly, from the point of view of global warming effects. Plus, 4) the INSULT to U. S. Citizens, Members of the House, and Senators, if this succeeds--in that Lord Cheney and King George IV will have bamboozled everyone into this one, making us all look like fools, and laughing all the way to the bank.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE ONE CANDIDATE IN ADDITION TO DENNIS KUCINICH TALKING ABOUT THIS. IT HAS IMMENSE IMPLICATIONS. IT WOULD BE A HEROIC THING TO DO. THERE ARE FEW OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE STATURE TO DO IT.
Dear Mr. Dodd,
I am writing to you today to address American Interests and the will of the American People.
I am a veteran and current civilian employee on the U.S. Navy and have long heritage of military service in my family. My commitment, and the commitment of my family before me, were motivated by a deeply held belief that the United States of America, is truly a Good and Noble Nation with deeply held convictions that “All men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
History has presented this great Nation with many tests, some we have passed, while others we have failed miserably. The horror of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 tested American Values, and we failed horribly. ALL Americans should be… (I just can’t think of word strong enough. Ashamed? Embarrassed? Humiliated? These words just don’t seem to describe how we as American’s should feel for turning our back on the more than 800,000 innocent men, women and children who were hacked to pieces like cattle in a slaughter during those dark days of 1994. Every American of voting age is equally responsible for what happened. This was truly the darkest day in American History. A Nation, who claims to be “One Nation, Under God” watches as innocents are slaughtered. We not only watched, but fueling the genocide by playing word games. “Acts of Genocide” VS “Genocide”. This test, WE FAILED!
We cannot change the past, but we can learn from, and perhaps redeem, our past. History has presented the United States of America with an opportunity to repent for It’s Sin of Indifference in 1994, and once again reclaim It’s Righteousness. The crisis in Darfur has reportedly claimed over 300,000 lives. If America fails to take swift, decisive, and effective action against the murderous perpetrators to save lives, then we are no longer the Great Nation we once were… we are no longer Righteous… we are no longer “One Nation Under God”.
“All it takes for Evil to Triumph is for Good People to do Nothing”.
The American People are Good People. It is in our National Interest to DO THE RIGHT THING. The cause of Righteousness IS in America’s National Interest.
The responsibility of preserving our National Soul is OURS!
THE EYES OF AMERICA ARE ON YOU!
THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON YOU!
THE EYES OF HISTORY ARE ON YOU!
THE EYES OF TRUTH ARE WATCHING! HEED THE CALL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!
Very Respectfully,
Charles E. Morris III
U.S. Citizen
I must agree with Charles E. Morris III letter to you. I'm a simple man and all this is mind-boggleing to me. Still, I think it's time to embrace the Monroe Doctrine. Bring our troops home from another usless, stupid, bloody war, and let's not let this happen again. Thank you. Respectfully, Scott Blake U.S.A.
Sen. Dodd, i agree with most of what you stand for and your issues....because of this, if you would like some help in trying to secure the nomination, i do believe you could benefit by my assistance.
I am aware of how the power structure works in our country, especially in our political system. I'm not sure if your campaign managers or talking point teams will be able to carry you all the way through. I say this not to disrepect them, but to offer you help and experience i have gained before in the political arena.
If not I understand, it is hard to trust people who simply post a message, but i believe you have my email address already. If not, I wish you luck and will keep my eye on you and your campaign.
Best Regards,
N Ritchie
Hello, firstly I would like to tell you that I am 18, and will be voting for the first time in this up-coming election.
Having said that, I came to your site to do my research on the democratic candidates. While I believe it is good that you say you will diplomatically solve the civil war in Iraq, I do not believe that less Iraqi citizens will die as a result. It is true that if you withdraw troops, Americans will not suffer more losses, but I do not believe that American lives are any more important than those of the Iraqis. It is as you said, we need their support if we are to end the violence in their own country and end the world's dependence on oil.
Secondly, I want to say that I am very disappointed in the democrats efforts in the senate and congress. Call me a product of a cynical generation if you will, but I am one of those citizens who believes that the democrats are afraid to make any move on the Iraq situation because, if they fail, it gives the republicans a strong opportunity to spin it on them. Are you going to be a candidate that promises, and I mean really promises, to stop all this nonsense and get something done? The democratic party is losing a lot of votes when they appear frightened and unable to keep their promises to the American people. To be honest, sir, it's no wonder that the majority of people my age do not exercise their right to vote: they are disillusioned and very resentful.
I will say this frankly and with all the resolve I can muster: What will you do to gain my vote? What will you do to gain the votes of the new voting generation in this country? Can you show us that we have a future free of war? Can you show us that Americans will not be the joke of other nations? Can you show us that our futures are not stopped short by a dying environment and an empty social security fund?
Prove that you deserve my vote today, and prove that the democrats deserve my vote in the future.
Thank you for your time,
~Elizabeth Anne Nichols
I am also 18, voting for the first time in this election. I've been waiting to put my seemingly insignificant two cents in since before I started high school.
"Can you show us that we have a future free of war? Can you show us that Americans will not be the joke of other nations? Can you show us that our futures are not stopped short by a dying environment and an empty social security fund?"
And whoever can do THAT gets my vote.
I hope that Chris Dodd doesn't underestimate the political awareness and combined voting power of this generation.
Dear Senator Dodds,
I first learned of your progressive political work through becoming a citizen co-sponsor of the restore Habeas Corups Bill. While I am 100% supportive of your plans concerning energy, education, and health care, I believe that the one area in which you are lacking is addressing the global disparity of wealth.
Today 1/6th of the population lives on less than a dollar a day. Next to global warming, this is the greatest ethical issue of our day, not to mention a security threat. Fundamentalist leaders attract desperate people. In a globalized world where anyone can fly a plane into a building, our current attempts to attain security militarily are futile. The only way to truly build security is to address the underlying causes of terrorism and conflict. We must work for fair trade, decrease military spending and increase funding for health care and education in developing countries, and support the work of the United Nations.
Thank you for all of your work and God bless you.
What is your position on foreign aid?
What makes me aggravated is the mere fact that we spend billions of U.S. Dollars for causes in other countries. We support the welfare of foreign states with little or no return. When are we going to start pulling our money from these countries and placing them in areas that will benefit America. We as Americans are being put second to all others....WHY?
Our country spents way less than 1% of our budget on foreign aid, the majority of that going to Israel, who really doesn't need it. What are you complaining about. Pulling out this money and doing something with it here is just drop in the bucket and would be better spent if we help people around the world who really need help in humaitarin causes. This makes them have a better view of what kind of people we are and more likely to become our allies. This is money well spent. FULL FUNDING FOR THE PEACE CORPS!
As you probably know over 400 thousand people have died so far in Darfur, and over 2.5 million displaced. A lot of the other candidates have take a stand on ending the genocide. If elected president of the world's richest country could you commit to the U.S fair share of the AU, UN peacekeeping forces? Which is 1/4 of the cost.
The government in Iraq is on the verge of disintegration. Whether US troops stay or leave Iraq, as the leader of the free world what actions will America and more specifically what action will you take as the peoples representative both in broad daylight before the American people and before the world to meet the challenge of a failed state in the heart of the middle east which is sitting on more than 200 Billion of barrels of untapped oil?
Will you resort to subterfuge in the shadows and the dark of night?
Will you give the oil away to Russia, or China or Iran?
Will you forge a strategy to lead Iraq to a just solution based on the principals of human decency and human rights? In that strategy what role would secret wiretaps, extraordinary rendition, and black sites play? What message do these actions send to the world? How do they counter the message that Osama Bin Laden sent to the world on September 11th?
I would like to see a detailed strategy on how to get out of Iraq and get the job done that needs to get done over there. I support Dodd all the way- except that I don't quite see the Iraq picture- that is the biggest issue with foreign policy today. Even though this is the only issue that I agree fully with him, I admire Joe Biden's view on how to solve this crisis. Chris Dodd is doing a great job, but I would like to learn more beyond what is already posted on this page.
Dear Senator Dodd,
I wish to commend you for your very intelligent position with regard to U.S.-Cuba relations and the need for a radical change in policy, which would include opening the doors to U.S. travel to Cuba. That position alone is sufficient to earn my vote. Thank you.
I guess I see things a little differently than the previous authors; the commingling of cultures is inevitable as long as we continue our advancement in technology.
As we inevitably learn more, and become capable of creating more, which is our natural right; the globalization will continue hand in hand. If there is industry in one place, the workers will flock. If the industry wants cheap land, it goes where the people aren't, creates, and then more people come. Humanity grows to allow this.
That's all pretty basic stuff everyone knows, so if you think through the consequences of those fairly basic principals (generalities really, and there will always be exceptions, I understand) you'll understand that we have developed, with our own way of life, a dependence on our neighbors and they likewise to us.
Instead of fearing a new language, or culture, or people, I attempt to embrace them. It isn't always easy, I'll admit, but meet your fellow human being in need halfway and learn a few phrases, and you'll definitly be rewarded!
Please tell me how making 12 million people show up on the governments tax collection radar is going to cost us money? If "they" are already getting free healthcare and this, that, and the other social handout, why would making them legal and making them pay taxes be a bad thing? We obviously can't just kick them out, the resulting effects on our economy would be devestating.
And wouldn't you feel better in 20 years if we had significantly affected Mexico's economic status, to the point where their standard of living was far closer to our own? Wouldn't you feel that having a neighbor who has the same things you do, would go through the same things to protect them? Wouldn't it be nice if we could trust Mexico like we do Canada? Why don't we invest money into Mexico? Buy land, and use our agrarian know-how to mutual benifits.
Well, its going to happen barring WW3, the choice is how fast we get to that point. Accomplishing this is up to our leaders. The leaders of the future will have to advertise these principles to the masses daily, and create incentives for the apathetic population to comply, just like every other major organization that wants to grow.
I wonder how soon we'll see a president who displays transparency of action by making public knowledge a log of the previous day's schedule, complete with a commentary journal by the man himself, in a format that's meant for the public? The internet is a perfectly acceptable medium, so will a man take up the initiative, or will the public eventually wise up and enforce a policy?
Think it through on the big picture brothers and sisters, whats best for our neighbor is best for us, we need to create a system with balanced proportions of incentive and accountability. The men and women up for election are all capable of running this country correctly, if they have an aware, considerate public to hold them accountable for their actions. But, that means we the people need to take the initiative. They have to care enough to suffer through temporary hardships for the good of all.
Sen. Dodd, from what I saw on Charlie Rose [Sept 11, 2007] I'm glad you are running! Thanks for pushing to get the heck out of the Iraq. I was against the so called war [and Bush] from the start. I have never been persuaded by that we have a rational basis for the occupation of Iraq.
Bush invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam, a former US client state [Saddam and his leading generals and civil servants] on the [falsified] basis that he appeared to have WMD. Most of Congress readily followed like sheep, unquestioningly declaring war, failing to bar or inhibit or precondition unilateral premption, supporting the further falsehood that invasion equals "ownership" [as if unilateral premption is akin to going antiquing!]. The US has lied its way into Iraq and now finds leaving difficult. It reminnds me of Vietnam. We are pathetically over our heads.
Please focus and prioritize our problems at home. Let's get our own house in order first: the environment, health care, poverty, education, etc.
I appreciate that you appose private corporations receiving funds from the US Army. your efforts on The DoD bill are enough for you to get my vote.
It's oppose you idiot.
Dont you patronize Adam Massachi; he is a respected black american.
Senator Dodd, there is one issue that is a prerequisite to the Military security and the Political reconciliation in Iraq. There needs to be an "Ideological reconciliation" before anything can be politically reconciled. The various factions need to agree to an ideological alignment. I believe that this is a task that cannot be effected by continued American presence in Iraq. Best of Luck in your campaign.
Please describe what you would do to improve the foreign trade imbalance and what needs to be done to correct the negative effects of the free trade agreements. I recall Ross Perot saying that once NAFTA is passed we would hear a giant sucking sound. That sound is still blaring! What will we be doing when our service and manufacturing industries have all been sourced overseas? What will be our economic base? How do we remove the For Sale signs from our country and its assets?
Senator
Could you please elaborate your policy generally on the Middle East in the context of Iraq and Iran. Where do you see the future relationship of the US with Israel as a matter of resolving the underlying issues behind the regional conflict and ensuing peace process. Do you afford equal rights to the citizenry of the Palestinian territories as you do for Israel?
Are you a supporter of unilateral international action by the US or a more unified approach under a strengthened UN?
Foreign Aid is now often predicated by targeting specific issues that affect the US as opposed to being matched with national priorities of the recipient countries particularly as managed under a UN mandate. Would you continue to separate US aid from the collective international development aid packages afforded by the UN?
Dear Sen. Dodd:
Could you explain to me what most of the other Dems. are such wimps. The list of laws that have been broken by this administions are high crimes, they have also committed war crimes. But whatever they want they get. Don't they know that they look like lap dogs to the Republican party. I can count on my hands the people who are like you, people that I respect, that are dems. I plan on voting for you for President, but I am finding it had to stay in the party fold.
I am so disappointed.
Senator Dodd:
If you become President, how will you deal with the immanent threat posed by a nuclear armed Iran? Would you consider military action if sanctions fail? I believe that strenght and the courage to act forcefully, when necessary, are essential qualities for a U.S. President. Are you prepared to take on that role and lead the free world against the Iranian threat?
i whant to know what is you foreign policy?
plz get back to me.
I JUST HEARD ON LOU DOBBS THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WHO HAS TAKEN A STAND ON ILLEGAL ALIENS. PLEASE...WHAT IS IT? I FIND NOTHING AT ALL ON YOUR WEBSITE IN THIS REGARD.
WHAT IS WTONG WITH YOU POLITICIANS??? ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS OUR NEAREST THREAT TO SECURITY AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AND NOT ONE OF YOU EVEN MENTIONS IT!!! (HILLARY, AS EVIDENCED BY HER RECENT WAFFLING, OBVIOUSLY HAS NO OPINION, NO CONCERN AND NO INSIGHT INTO THIS, OUR MOST PRESSING NATIONAL PROBLEM. BUT NEITHER DO ANY OF THE REST OF YOU!!!)
WAITING TO HEAR...
Senator Dodd, I agree, please tell us your view on immigration. Please remember, that no matter how smart or ignorant, accepting or close-minded, Americans appreciate honesty above all. So even if you think people won't like your answer, you will have more respect for stating it and actually taking a stand on something unlike the other democratic candidates.
VERY NICE!!!!!
Doh
What are your foreign policy positions on what is happening in Israel and Palestine? You mentioned that you have traveled there and it seems that no candidates dare bring up the topic lest they offend someone. Do you feel that the relationship the US has with Israel will make it impossible to resolve the problems of providing expanded rights to the Palestianians?
In Dodd We Trust
you all have too much free time
did you vote to allow or oppose gay marrage?
I am supporting Senator Dodd, President '08
I support Senator Dodd. I believe he would take on the real threat to America: The Military Industrial Complex. If you want to see why we are really in Iraq and why, if the neocons win this election, we will be in many wars for long time, watch WHY WE FIGHT by Eugene Jarecki. This is the most powerful documentry I have ever seen. You can find it on YouTube, or you can just "use the Google" on the "Internets". We need someone who will stand up to this growing threat to Americas sovereignty.
In the opening paragraph, you note that there is a resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanastan. This is a prime example as to why we cannot "win" the war on terriorism. We cannot police every last square inch of the globe on a continual basis. We simply do not have the resources.
Moreover, with regard to genocide, we do not have the resources to stop it wherever it occurs. Once again, we simply do not have the resources.
But, we do have to resources to secure our borders and to help our enforcement agencies catch the terriorists who live among us. And, it is these efforts which Mr. Dodd seeks to undermine. By campaigning to allow terriorists the ability to sue corporations who cooperate with the authorities, Mr. Dodd is strongly suggesting that he is sympathetic to terriorists.
Mr, Dodd, go run for president in Iran. You do not derserve to be president of the U.S.
What would be your plan(s) for securing a safe Israel and at the same time forming a viable state for the Palestinians? I recently returned from that area & I was shocked to see the appalling & restrictive conditions under which the Palestinians must live their daily lives. I have read & heard that "humiliation" is the biggest factor leading to terrorism.
I find very few candidates addressing this important foreign policy issue.
the gov needs a lot of help man because of John lennen jr
How about the AmerAsians? How about them fathers and its family - who served in the war, defended countries for your country,- wanting to reunite with their AmerAsian child? Aren't we more americans than other immigrants? especially them Filipinos? Do you have any idea how many we are in Asia? We could build an army!!! Need enforcements?? We're here, the AmerAsians!! Still saluting to our american fathers.. Wanting to be like them!! If its a way to earn our citizenships, then so be it!! We've been left stateless because of your laws!!
Yet, we want to earn the right of being an American coz we are by flesh and blood..by virtues, physical aspects which no one can deny!! Where opportunity awaits us..don't deprive us of these anymore..We had suffered so long!! More generations of us are arising.. Don't let them suffer too..