belgareth
04-07-2009, 03:59 AM
How TRUE!!!!!!!!
This
letter was sent to the Wall Street Journal on August 8, 2008 by Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Of Beverly Hills , CA . in
response to the Wall Street Journal article titled "Where's The Outrage?" that appeared July 31,2008.
Really. I
can tell you where the outrage is. The outrage is here, in this middle-aged, well-educated, upper-middle class
woman. The outrage is here, but I have no representation, no voice. The outrage is here, but no one is listening for
who am I?
I am not a billionaire like George Soros that can fund an entire political movement.
I am not a
celebrity like Barbra Streisand that can garner the attention of the press to promote political candidates.
I am
not a film maker like Michael Moore or Al Gore that can deliver misleading movies to the public.
The outrage is
here, but unlike those with money or power, I don't know how to reach those who feel similarly in order to effect
change.
Why am I outraged? I am outraged that my country, the United States of America , is in a state of moral
and ethical decline. There is no right or
wrong anymore, just what's fair.
Is it fair that millions of
Americans who overreached and borrowed more than they could afford are now being bailed out by the government and
lending institutions to stave off foreclosure? Why shouldn't these people be made to pay the consequences for their
poor judgment?
When my husband and I purchased our home, we were careful to purchase only what we could afford.
Believe me, there are much larger, much nicer homes that I would have loved to have purchased. But, taking
responsibility for my behavior and my life, I went with the house that we could afford, not the house that we could
not afford. The notion of personal responsibility has all but died in our country.
I am outraged, that the
country that welcomed my mother as an immigrant from Hitler's Nazi Germany and required that she and her family
learn English now allows itself to be overrun with illegal immigrants and worse, caters to those illegal immigrants.
I am outraged that my hard-earned taxes help support those here illegally. That the Los Angeles Public School
District is in such disarray that I felt it incumbent to send my child to private school, that every time I go to
the ATM, I see "do you want to continue in English or Spanish?", that every time I call the bank, the phone company
, or similar business, I hear "press 1 for English or press 2 for Spanish". WHY? This is America , our common
language is English and attempts to promote a bi- or multi-lingual society are sure to fail and to marginalize those
who cannot communicate in English..
I am outraged at our country's weakness in the face of new threats on
American traditions from Muslims. Just this week, Tyson's Food negotiated with its union to permit Muslims to have
Eid-al-Fitr as a holiday instead of Labor Day. What am I missing? Yes, there is a large Somali Muslim population
working at the Tyson's plant in Tennessee . Tennessee , last I checked, is still part of the United States . If
Muslims want to live and work here they should be required to live and work by our American Laws and not impose
their will on our long history.
In the same week, Random House announced that they had indefinitely delayed the
publication of The Jewel of Medina, by Sherry Jones, a book about the life of Mohammed's wife, Aisha due to fear of
retribution and violence by Muslims. When did we become a nation ruled by fear of what other immigrant groups want?
It makes me so sad to see large corporations cave rather than stand proudly on the principles that built this
country.
I am outraged because appeasement has never worked as a political policy, yet appeasing Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad is exactly what we are trying to do. An excellent article, also published recently in the Wall Street
Journal, went through over 20 years of history and why talking with Iran has been and will continue to be
ineffective. Yet talk, with a madman no less, we continue to do. Have we so lost our moral compass and its ability
to detect evil that we will not go in and destroy Iran 's nuclear program? Would we rather wait for another
Holocaust for the Jews - one which they would be unlikely to survive? When does it end?
As if the battle for
good and evil isn't enough, now come the Environmentalists who are so afraid of global warming that they want to
put a Bag tax on grocery bags in California; to eliminate Mylar balloons; to establish something as insidious as the
recycle police in San Francisco. I do my share for the environment: I recycle, I use water wisely, I installed an
energy efficient air conditioning unit. But when and where does the lunacy stop?Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel off
the map, the California economy is being overrun by illegal immigrants, and the United States of America no longer
knows right from wrong, good from evil.. So what does California do? Tax grocery bags.
So, America , although I
can tell you where the outrage is, this one middle-aged, well-educated, upper middle class woman is powerless to do
anything about it. I don't even feel like my vote counts because I am so outnumbered by those who disagree with me.
Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Beverly Hills , California
This
letter was sent to the Wall Street Journal on August 8, 2008 by Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Of Beverly Hills , CA . in
response to the Wall Street Journal article titled "Where's The Outrage?" that appeared July 31,2008.
Really. I
can tell you where the outrage is. The outrage is here, in this middle-aged, well-educated, upper-middle class
woman. The outrage is here, but I have no representation, no voice. The outrage is here, but no one is listening for
who am I?
I am not a billionaire like George Soros that can fund an entire political movement.
I am not a
celebrity like Barbra Streisand that can garner the attention of the press to promote political candidates.
I am
not a film maker like Michael Moore or Al Gore that can deliver misleading movies to the public.
The outrage is
here, but unlike those with money or power, I don't know how to reach those who feel similarly in order to effect
change.
Why am I outraged? I am outraged that my country, the United States of America , is in a state of moral
and ethical decline. There is no right or
wrong anymore, just what's fair.
Is it fair that millions of
Americans who overreached and borrowed more than they could afford are now being bailed out by the government and
lending institutions to stave off foreclosure? Why shouldn't these people be made to pay the consequences for their
poor judgment?
When my husband and I purchased our home, we were careful to purchase only what we could afford.
Believe me, there are much larger, much nicer homes that I would have loved to have purchased. But, taking
responsibility for my behavior and my life, I went with the house that we could afford, not the house that we could
not afford. The notion of personal responsibility has all but died in our country.
I am outraged, that the
country that welcomed my mother as an immigrant from Hitler's Nazi Germany and required that she and her family
learn English now allows itself to be overrun with illegal immigrants and worse, caters to those illegal immigrants.
I am outraged that my hard-earned taxes help support those here illegally. That the Los Angeles Public School
District is in such disarray that I felt it incumbent to send my child to private school, that every time I go to
the ATM, I see "do you want to continue in English or Spanish?", that every time I call the bank, the phone company
, or similar business, I hear "press 1 for English or press 2 for Spanish". WHY? This is America , our common
language is English and attempts to promote a bi- or multi-lingual society are sure to fail and to marginalize those
who cannot communicate in English..
I am outraged at our country's weakness in the face of new threats on
American traditions from Muslims. Just this week, Tyson's Food negotiated with its union to permit Muslims to have
Eid-al-Fitr as a holiday instead of Labor Day. What am I missing? Yes, there is a large Somali Muslim population
working at the Tyson's plant in Tennessee . Tennessee , last I checked, is still part of the United States . If
Muslims want to live and work here they should be required to live and work by our American Laws and not impose
their will on our long history.
In the same week, Random House announced that they had indefinitely delayed the
publication of The Jewel of Medina, by Sherry Jones, a book about the life of Mohammed's wife, Aisha due to fear of
retribution and violence by Muslims. When did we become a nation ruled by fear of what other immigrant groups want?
It makes me so sad to see large corporations cave rather than stand proudly on the principles that built this
country.
I am outraged because appeasement has never worked as a political policy, yet appeasing Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad is exactly what we are trying to do. An excellent article, also published recently in the Wall Street
Journal, went through over 20 years of history and why talking with Iran has been and will continue to be
ineffective. Yet talk, with a madman no less, we continue to do. Have we so lost our moral compass and its ability
to detect evil that we will not go in and destroy Iran 's nuclear program? Would we rather wait for another
Holocaust for the Jews - one which they would be unlikely to survive? When does it end?
As if the battle for
good and evil isn't enough, now come the Environmentalists who are so afraid of global warming that they want to
put a Bag tax on grocery bags in California; to eliminate Mylar balloons; to establish something as insidious as the
recycle police in San Francisco. I do my share for the environment: I recycle, I use water wisely, I installed an
energy efficient air conditioning unit. But when and where does the lunacy stop?Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel off
the map, the California economy is being overrun by illegal immigrants, and the United States of America no longer
knows right from wrong, good from evil.. So what does California do? Tax grocery bags.
So, America , although I
can tell you where the outrage is, this one middle-aged, well-educated, upper middle class woman is powerless to do
anything about it. I don't even feel like my vote counts because I am so outnumbered by those who disagree with me.
Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Beverly Hills , California