PARA SA ATIN No.4
Written by an Australian Dentist...and too good to delete:
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American,any American.So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is so they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)" An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek.An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan. Americans welcome the best of everything...the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the peoplewho built America.Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself.Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
Mga Kababayan,
You are receiving this email because you are a kababayan and we thought that you would be interested to read articles about our native land, our kababayans, and other related matters. We will only send articles that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, has a positive value PARA SA ATIN. Please be assured that this project is non-political in nature and is only intended for the benefit of all of us.We encourage everyone to send us articles and / or any concern that may be beneficial PARA SA ATIN.PARA SA ATIN is a project of The Difference. The mission of the project is to involve as many entities as posible to become instrumental for the enhancement of our kababayan's well-being, be they are living IN or OUTSIDE our native land.If by any reason at all, you wish not to be included in our mailing list, please let us know by replying and stating that you want to be removed from our list.On the other hand, if you wish to learn more, want to participate in our project, and/or wish to become part of our mailing list, please let us know. We wish for everyone to become part of our crusade. We believe that by doing something positive to ourselves, we are already doing the same to our kababayans. Please spread this endeavor to all our kababayan all over the world by forwarding this email to them.
Maraming Salamat Po Sa Inyong Lahat,
Gerry G. Grindulo
The Difference
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American,any American.So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is so they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)" An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek.An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan. Americans welcome the best of everything...the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the peoplewho built America.Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself.Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
Mga Kababayan,
You are receiving this email because you are a kababayan and we thought that you would be interested to read articles about our native land, our kababayans, and other related matters. We will only send articles that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, has a positive value PARA SA ATIN. Please be assured that this project is non-political in nature and is only intended for the benefit of all of us.We encourage everyone to send us articles and / or any concern that may be beneficial PARA SA ATIN.PARA SA ATIN is a project of The Difference. The mission of the project is to involve as many entities as posible to become instrumental for the enhancement of our kababayan's well-being, be they are living IN or OUTSIDE our native land.If by any reason at all, you wish not to be included in our mailing list, please let us know by replying and stating that you want to be removed from our list.On the other hand, if you wish to learn more, want to participate in our project, and/or wish to become part of our mailing list, please let us know. We wish for everyone to become part of our crusade. We believe that by doing something positive to ourselves, we are already doing the same to our kababayans. Please spread this endeavor to all our kababayan all over the world by forwarding this email to them.
Maraming Salamat Po Sa Inyong Lahat,
Gerry G. Grindulo
The Difference
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