Ah, tis the Irish; no enemy to fight then fight among ourselves! over nothing! Peace and love to all, Warren Gardner MacDonald (Gardner for Irish and MacDonald for Scot). Slante . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: "el. McC." <ancestryhelp123@hotmail.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Citizenship Thanks Sally, Thats the type of answer I was looking for instead of the type bordering on abusive. I'll pass this e mail onto my daughter. Go raibh maith agat. Slán, Kevin. > From: sbair@tds.net > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:13:05 -0500 > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Citizenship > > For me, Irish citizenship (dual with my USA citizenship) is wanted > for the feeling of "Irishness" .... my ancestors are from there & I > still have cousins in Beara. > > As far as foreigners coming to USA, I have no problem. That is a > question between them & USA Immigration. Their reasons for wishing > USA citizenship are a lot different from my wanting Irish citizenship/ > passport. Few of them have ancestors dating back over 100+ years in > USA as have I in Ireland. There has not been a huge exodus from USA > of Americans to other countries as has been true for many immigrating > from Ireland to USA in the last century. Today's USA immigrants have > many the same reasons for wanting to come to USA as did our Irish > ancestors from Ireland. Our Statute of Liberty welcomes immigrants & > states this well: "Give me your poor..." > > Sally > > > Sally O'Sullivan Bair > Secretary General > International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) > 8554 Gateway Circle > Monticello, MN 55362 USA > Tel: +1 763 295 5465 > Fax: +1 763 295 3290 > Email: sbair@tds.net > > > > > On Oct 30, 2009, at 5:29 AM, el. McC. wrote: > > > > > Hi, It appears some of you got out of bed the wrong side yesterday > > morning. > > > > > > > > 1. I asked was it convenience or a real feeling........ I did not > > state it was convenience.....I wanted your opinion. > > > > > > > > 2. Yes I think it's a reasonable question on how you feel about > > other people coming to the States. > > > > > > > > 3. This question came about because my daughter is doing a project > > in school. Plain and simple. > > > > > > > > I'd hate to get into a friendly debate with some of you. > > > > > > > > I think some of you were reading things in my post that weren't > > there......this is your problem not mine. > > > > > > > > What should I do? Go and tell my daughter off for asking a straight > > forward question? > > > > > > > > I suggest you read my post below again. > > > > > > > > Slán, Kevin. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just out of curiousity......why do you want Irish citizenship/ > > passports? > > > > Is it just convenience or a feeling for Irishness? > > > > Also, do you feel the same for "foreigners" applying for US > > citizenship? > > > > This is a question for all.......... something that my daughter > > asked about. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. > > http://windows.microsoft.com/shop > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday. Find the right PC for you. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message