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• U.S. House Members Banned from Writing ‘Merry Christmas’ in Official Mail

  December 20, 2011 at 12:26pm

  In reply to Rational Man.

  @ MilMom
  “I was Born in America to 2 American Citizens, SO ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION, I’M A “NATIVE BORN”(and natural born) “AMERICAN ! Since the “Indians” weren’t, Native Americans was a name given them, (They preferred their tribal names if I remember of history ?)”
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  Not sure which Constitution you’re quoting from, but the U.S. Constitution states anyone born within the U.S. is a citizen of the United States. It doesn’t even mention the word “American” in the Constitution. Also, “Indians” or “Native Americans” as they were called after the Americanization process of the late 1800′s, to be politically correct about it, were, indeed, born in the U.S. so they are “naturalized” citizens. The Constitution says nothing about how your parents must be born in the U.S. in order for you to be an American. If that was the case, the first several presidents probably wouldn’t have been able to be president, since they wouldn’t have been considered Americans by your standards. However, this rule, or Amendment to the Constitution, wasn‘t enacted until the 1860’s when the slaves became freedmen and citizens.

  BTW, your “Kind of does away with Peace On Earth, Good Will to men though DOESN’T IT?” statement doesn‘t make sense with anything you’re saying, since, looking back on several other posts you sent, YOU are the one promoting an anti-Peace theme, otherwise you wouldn’t have said anything to any of the posts you posted to. At least my pos

• U.S. House Members Banned from Writing ‘Merry Christmas’ in Official Mail

  December 18, 2011 at 9:50pm

  In reply to Rational Man.

  Such a “rational” thought. You sure your name isn’t “Bigot Man” or “Racial Man” or “Irrational Man?” Everyone not a Native American is a foreigner in this land, so don‘t go blaming the ills of Washington on who’s in the White House, because the next President will be just as foreign as the current one.