07-29-2014, 01:59 AM
I love the sentiments on the Statue of Liberty. Makes me proud to live in a country where anyone, anyone who gets an education can make something of themselves - regardless of where they were born or what "class" they were born into.
@ Kelena - could not agree with you more. I'll be there with you waiting to help that child climb up the hil towards a more successful future, here in the land of immigrants.
And oh, lots of what is being said here, could apply to us - those people who landed here years ago illegally, without so much as a passport or a visa and took over, on this island of Hawaii. Today, most of us on this community board are all immigrants here, and the local population has accepted us pretty much with open arms. We come here, many of us, with no advanced skill set, and try to compete with those born here for local jobs, but that's okay - because we want to be here. We brought all sorts of pests, illness, and other unsavory things as well when we landed here on these islands and took over.
But i could be wrong, and now that i'm here - i don't want anyone else to come to Hawaii island. NIMBY! or Not In My NEW Backyard!
@ Kelena - could not agree with you more. I'll be there with you waiting to help that child climb up the hil towards a more successful future, here in the land of immigrants.
And oh, lots of what is being said here, could apply to us - those people who landed here years ago illegally, without so much as a passport or a visa and took over, on this island of Hawaii. Today, most of us on this community board are all immigrants here, and the local population has accepted us pretty much with open arms. We come here, many of us, with no advanced skill set, and try to compete with those born here for local jobs, but that's okay - because we want to be here. We brought all sorts of pests, illness, and other unsavory things as well when we landed here on these islands and took over.
But i could be wrong, and now that i'm here - i don't want anyone else to come to Hawaii island. NIMBY! or Not In My NEW Backyard!