ACTION ALERT
Contact Congress to vote against H.R. 2499 – The Puerto Rico Statehood Bill
Thursday, June 24, 2010
By Frank McGlynn
Acting Executive Director
In my last letter to you, I described what appears to be an effort on the
part of the elitists in Washington to replace American voters with tens of
millions of non–English speaking new citizens.
Their plan is to pass a massive amnesty for 30-40 million illegal aliens
while, at the very same time, invite the Commonwealth of Spanish-speaking Puerto
Rico to become a state.
Their scheme is to replace us with people who have little knowledge of our
Constitution and Bill of Rights, or what it means to live in a nation where all
citizens are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
They are convinced that all of the new “citizens” they bring in will be
grateful to them for being given the gift of U.S. citizenship, and more easily
manipulated than Americans like you and me. These politicians are well
aware that the American people are preparing to throw many of them out of office
at the next election. But rather than bend to the will of the American
people, these arrogant Congressmen and Senators have decided to replace us with
more pliable voters.
This month’s letter concerns statehood for Puerto Rico; what English First
has been doing to stop it; and what you can do to help us ensure that the United
States does not allow a Spanish-speaking island nation to become our 51st
state.
Over the past few months, English First has fought fiercely in opposition to
Puerto Rican statehood for some very important reasons. First, and most
important, Puerto Ricans do not want statehood. They are quite happy
living under the current status as a Commonwealth. Nevertheless, every few
years, the radical New Progressive Party that supports statehood, joins forces
with the “progressives” in our Congress to force another vote to change Puerto
Rico’s status. Nobody wants what they are selling, but they won’t
quit. And this time, they actually rigged the vote so that it would
exclude Commonwealth status as an option available to Puerto Rican voters,
leaving them with only two choices – statehood or total independence. Now
the people of Puerto Rico aren’t stupid. They know that total independence
would mean instant poverty to this island nation. So their only choice
would have been to vote for statehood.
But as I said, English First is on the job. Even though neither the
Republicans nor the Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee would
allow a single person to testify in opposition to statehood for Puerto Rico, we
were the only group that managed to submit written testimony for the
hearings. Next, we worked with several strong Congressmen who were willing
to stand and fight alongside us. Representatives Paul Broun, Steve King,
Jason Chaffetz and Gary Miller all offered or cosponsored amendments to derail
the bill, such as an amendment to require Puerto Rico to adopt English as their
official language before they could become a state. As he introduced his
amendment, Rep. Broun (R-GA) reminded his colleagues that “no state has ever
been admitted to the union with a language other than English as its official
language”.
Nevertheless, the mob running the Congress overpowered the Broun and King
amendments, showing once again, their contempt for the desires of the American
people to be reunited by our common language, English. So the bill in
Congress has no preconditions that would require Puerto Rico to adopt English as
its official language, as was required by Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, and
Oklahoma when they were admitted to the Union. Despite these setbacks, we
kept on fighting, hoping for a miracle … and then a miracle happened when
Representative Virginia Foxx of North Carolina offered an amendment to put
Commonwealth status back onto the ballot as a choice for the citizens of Puerto
Rico… and it passed!
This amendment, hopefully, has put a dagger into the heart of their plan to
force Puerto Ricans to choose statehood over full independence. But is has
to remain in place as the bill move to the U.S. Senate. There was almost
another miracle when a vote to recommit was offered and lost by only four
votes. A motion to recommit is, in plain English, a vote to send the bill
back to Committee without voting on it. It is, essentially, a motion to
kill the entire bill.
The fact that such a motion came so close tells me support for statehood is
soft and you and I can kill this bill if we work as hard as we can.
Here’s where we stand right now:
** A terribly flawed bill for statehood with no requirements that Puerto
Ricans must speak English has passed the House and is currently being debated in
the U.S. Senate.
** Statehood is part of a plan that, along with amnesty, will replace
American voters with voters who will be more easily manipulated by powerful
groups of elitist politicians who no longer consider themselves to be public
servants.
** There are two more chances to kill this bill. The first chance is by
convincing the Senate to oppose it. And the last chance to kill the bill
is when the House and Senate will have to vote again after their separate
versions of the statehood bill have been combined and reconciled.
What are our chances of stopping statehood – and saving our nation’s
language, culture and unique American way of life? Honestly, I think they
are good, but only if you and I can keep the pressure on our own Congressmen and
Senators to oppose it.
Yes, we can stop the drive for statehood. But it all depends on
you. If you will Click here to
send an email to your Senators in giving them the facts as to why
statehood is the wrong idea at the worst possible time, many will reconsider
their positions. Also please take the time to Click here to
send an email to your Representative urging them to vote against H.R. 2499
If you haven’t donated in a while, Click here to take this moment
to renew your support for protecting our common language, English.
Statehood for Puerto Rico would automatically put in place a nation that has
vowed never to accept English as its language. It would be a calamity for
America. Thank you for your support for our work.
Sincerely,
Frank McGlynn
Executive Director
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