[Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 157, Issue 31

Thu Jul 18 12:31:51 PDT 2019

Another Awesome Poem Tom-Perceptions
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Today's Topics:

   1. Perhaps Donald Trump can learn a lesson in immigration    from
      Ronald Reagan . . . (Tom Hansen)
   2. Perceptions . . . (Moscow Cares)
   3. A tribute to . . . (Tom Hansen)

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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 05:50:10 -0700
From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] Perhaps Donald Trump can learn a lesson in
        immigration     from Ronald Reagan . . .
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Courtesy of

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RONALD REAGAN'S JAN. 19, 1989 SPEECH ON IMMIGRATION

?Since this is the last speech that I will give as President, I think it's fitting to leave one final thought, an observation about a country which I love. It was stated best in a letter I received not long ago. A man wrote me and said:

?You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.'?

Yes, the torch of Lady Liberty symbolizes our freedom and represents our heritage, the compact with our parents, our grandparents, and our ancestors. It is that lady who gives us our great and special place in the world. For it's the great life force of each generation of new Americans that guarantees that America's triumph shall continue unsurpassed into the next century and beyond. Other countries may seek to compete with us; but in one vital area, as a beacon of freedom and opportunity that draws the people of the world, no country on earth comes close.

This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness. We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people -- our strength -- from every country and every corner of the world. And by doing so we continuously renew and enrich our nation.

While other countries cling to the stale past, here in America we breathe life into dreams. We create the future, and the world follows us into tomorrow. Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we're a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier. This quality is vital to our future as a nation. If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.

A number of years ago, an American student traveling in Europe took an East German ship across the Baltic Sea. One of the ship's crew members from East Germany, a man in his sixties, struck up a conversation with the American student. After a while the student asked the man how he had learned such good English. And the man explained that he had once lived in America.

He said that for over a year he had worked as a farmer in Oklahoma and California, that he had planted tomatoes and picked ripe melons. It was, the man said, the happiest time of his life.

Well, the student, who had seen the awful conditions behind the Iron Curtain, blurted out the question, ``Well, why did you ever leave?'' ... ``I had to,'' he said, ``the war ended.'' The man had been in America as a German prisoner of war.

Now, I don't tell this story to make the case for former POW's. Instead, I tell this story just to remind you of the magical, intoxicating power of America. We may sometimes forget it, but others do not. Even a man from a country at war with the United States, while held here as a prisoner, could fall in love with us. Those who become American citizens love this country even more. And that's why the Statue of Liberty lifts her lamp to welcome them to the golden door.

It is bold men and women, yearning for freedom and opportunity, who leave their homelands and come to a new country to start their lives over. They believe in the American dream. And over and over, they make it come true for themselves, for their children, and for others.

They give more than they receive. They labor and succeed. And often they are entrepreneurs. But their greatest contribution is more than economic, because they understand in a special way how glorious it is to be an American. They renew our pride and gratitude in the United States of America, the greatest, freest nation in the world -- the last, best hope of man on Earth.?

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Video . . .

The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration

https://youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

?You?re a Mean One, Mr. Trump?
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 06:01:46 -0700
From: Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] Perceptions . . .
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?Perceptions? by Abimbola T. Alabi

First impressions can be strong
About those we see around.
Yet how often are they wrong?
That is the truth I've found.

Not all who cry are weak.
Not everyone who looks can see.
Not all who are quiet are meek.
Not all who nod agree.

Not all who snarl are cruel.
Not everyone generous is just.
Not everyone clumsy is a fool.
Not all who wander are lost.

We never know people's character.
In just a single instance.
We never know who people are
By judging from a distance.

But whether we like it or not,
We'll always be around people.
Is it better to know a few people a lot
Or a lot of people a little?

I'd rather know a few people a lot
Than a lot of people a little.

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 06:02:20 -0700
From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] A tribute to . . .
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 . . . BJ Thomas
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/B_J_Thomas/B_J_Thomas.jpg

?Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song?
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/B_J_Thomas/Another_Somebody_Done_Somebody_Wrong_Song.mp3

?Hooked on a Feeling?
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/B_J_Thomas/Hooked_on_a_Feeling.mp3

?I Just Can?t Help Believing?
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/B_J_Thomas/I_Just_Cant_Help_Believing.mp3

?I?m So Lonesome I Could Cry?
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/B_J_Thomas/Im_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry.mp3

?Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head?
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/B_J_Thomas/Raindrops_Keep_Falling_on_My_Head.mp3

?What?s Forever For?
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/B_J_Thomas/Whats_Forever_For.mp3

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
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