Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President:

You are probably familiar with these words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty:

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

So what are we doing. Building miles and miles of electric fence, using thousands of soldiers highly equipped with the latest in weapons to patrol, arrest or shoot any person of any sex or age who is unlucky enough to make it to the fence, arresting and incarcerating individuals, sometimes for months and more, who do make it into the country, labeling them with the most disgusting racial and class epithets.

All of this is being done with tax payer money enough of which we do not have to educate our own children in an even half way decent manner. Thus  We welcome with open arms and usher into well paying jobs those from other countries who qualify, not because they are yearning to breathe free, but because they can full fill a job that the business sector deems necessary.

What has happened to United States of America, the land of  the free and the home of the brave?

I do not lay the fault for this situation on you. In fact, given the scorched earth offensive by the retrogressive force of the present “Republican” party, launched on the day you won the 2008 election, you have done more to ameliorate the situations than any of those who see really expected.

So, as you go about in the coming days, Pleas speak to these truths. These lie deep in the heart of every true person American or any other nationality. These are Human Values. They will spark a vote for Justice. “We hold these truths to be self evident….”

Lots of love

-tom