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

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

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