Veterans Launch National Education Effort on Illegal Immigration

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Veterans Launch National Education Effort on Illegal Immigration
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, April 28, 2008 - Crime, terrorism and dependency on scarce government dollars are some of the major reasons why the nation's largest veterans organization is concerned about illegal immigration. So concerned, in fact, that The American Legion today began a nationwide outreach to alert Americans to the dangers posed by illegal aliens and the government's reluctance to seriously address the issue.

Through a radio spot campaign, news releases from posts across the country, letters to newspaper editors and a concerted outreach to America's leading media pundits, at both the national and local levels, The American Legion will offer a free booklet about illegal immigration that not only discusses the far reaching problems it is causing but also provides a cogent strategy to address the issue.

"American Legion members have served in the U.S. Armed Forces throughout the world so that Americans can feel safe at home," said Marty Conatser, national commander. "We have seen Third World countries. We have seen poverty, political instability, disease and war. Today we see the threat that open borders present to our homeland.

"With more than 14,000 posts and 2.7 million members, I am asking Legionnaires everywhere to start the national dialogue that needs to happen now," Conatser said. "As a nation at war with operatives sworn to kill Americans, our government must shut down our open borders and take decisive action to address a crippling national problem."

The booklet, "A Strategy to Address Illegal Immigration in the United States," is available for download at www.legion.org/bulletins. A free hard copy can be requested by sending an email to acy@legion.org. Conatser has asked Legionnaires to obtain a media kit, visit radio stations and offer the public service spot package of six 60-second radio spots that addresses various problems with illegal immigration and offers the booklet free to listeners.

"The American Legion is very much in support of legal immigration," Conatser added. "Indeed the ancestors of countless Legionnaires immigrated here from around the world. However, we are a nation of laws and since we all swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States when we donned our uniforms, we believe strongly that the security and sovereignty of our nation must be our highest priority through stringent enforcement of our immigration laws."

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Media contacts: Ramona E. Joyce, (202) 263-2982, Cell (202) 445-1161; Joe March, (317) 630-1253, Cell, (317) 748-1926; or John Raughter (317) 630-1350, Cell (317)441-8847.

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March 2008 Newsletter - PDF

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***Dates to Remember***
March 6 - Post/ Aux Meeting
March 8 - District Meeting at Amador
March 12 & 26 Boy Scouts
March 15 - Memorial Service for Janet Allen
March 18 - WIC
March 23 - Easter
March 29 & 30- Area 3 meeting at Lodi Post
April
April 3 -- Post/ Aux Meeting
April 7 -- Blood Drive
April 9 & 23 -- Scouts
April 15 -- WIC
April 24 -- Girls State Dinner Lodi Post 6pm
April 27 -- Jazz Festival
May
May 1 -- Post/ Aux Meeting
May 3 -- Lions Club Dinner
May 11 -- Post 108 Mother’s Day Potluck (Bring your favorite dish)
May 14 & 28 -- Scouts
May 16-18 -- Friends of the Library Book Sale
May 17 -- Livermore Picnic
May 20 -- WIC
May 24 -- EMS Dinner
May 26 -- Memorial Day

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The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.

He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or country or jazz or swing and carries a 155 mm howitzer.

He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.

He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march. He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient.

He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other.
He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. he sometimes forgets to brush his teeth,but never forgets to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.
If you are thirsty, he'll share his water with you;if you are hungry, he'll share his food.He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of a battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weaponsand weapons like they were his hands.
He can safe your life -- or take it,because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian,draw half the payand still find ironic humor in it all.He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through hisbody while at rigid attention, white tempering the burning desireto "square-away" those around him who haven't bothered to stand,remove their hat, or even stop talking.

In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home,he defends their right to be disrespectful, just ashis Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather did.
He is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not,he is not a boy.
He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this countryfree for over 200 years.
He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.And now we even have women over there in danger, doing their part in this traditionof going to Warwhen our nation calls us to do so.doing their part in this tradition As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot.. A short lull, a little shade and a picture of loved ones in their helmets
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen."
Prayer: When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our ground troops in Afghanistan , sailors on ships, and airmen in the air, and for those in Iraq
This can be very powerful.......
Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Sailor, Coast Guardsman, Marine,National Guardsman or Airman, prayer is the very best one.

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day From American Legion Post 108

Chelsea Clinton was talking to a combat decorated soldier and she asked him what were the three things she feared the most. He replied, "Osama, Obama, and Yo Mama."

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