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Who Are These "Americans"?

11/14/2011

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Yes, I realize my clip has nothing at all to do with what I'm writing - but the beauty of it all is that I can like this, feel that way and still like that! 

Smell the Freedom!

Besides, it's Chicago and it's Pizza - Who can argue with that? That;s nothin but good.

So today's Wall Street Journal article on the newest wave of immigrants reminded me that we are a country of immigrants! English speaker or not - English is the primary language - thank goodness because the Americans scared my mom so bad when she moved here -so that it is the only language I speak. What a loss, eh? I could have had a better education. And, afterall, that is what it is all about: a better education! Luckily I got to study tidbits from French and Spanish. It's kinda fun and novel to count how many ways you can say "Hello" and "Thank you"! We can get so caught up in putting too much importance on something, but then there is now and always has been power in keeping people from being educated. Think about it.

A while back a friend and I began working on a project - it was his idea, but I'll admit I loved it - I wanted to call it 'We Are America' 

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