Where did you come from?

It is New Year's Eve.  Happy New Year everyone.  I hope this next year brings peace and understanding more than anything else.

My guy and I were talking about how we ended up with the new president that we did.  His thought was that all the middle-aged males who felt as though "foreigners" had come here and taken what should be rightfully theirs finally let their anger out and voted for someone they think will get them their "piece of the pie."  Isn't that interesting.  They want someone to give them something they have not earned.  Sounds like they are asking for what they accuse those "foreigners" of doing.

Have you ever thought about the fact that all of our ancestors, except native Americans, came to this country foreigners?  I do not care how long your family has been in this country, they are not from here.  My family, for example, has been in this country since before the revolutionary war.  Most came over because they were Quakers and were kicked out of England (even though for years we thought it was Ireland).  They are not from here.  I had this discussion with a co-worker once when they were talking about all the people coming into this country from the middle east.  Now that was a discussion, whew.  He did not seem to understand that not every middle easterner who comes to the United States has the intention of overthrowing our government and they are not all terrorists.  He did not seem to understand that many of them are fleeing getting bombed and having their children killed and homes destroyed.  As if it is easy to uproot your whole way of living, move thousands of miles to a country where many people hate you and you have to give up a way of life you have always known.  I asked him how he would feel if he had to do that because of war in our country.  The look he gave me said it all.  We both went back to work.

I suppose that is the kind of person who helped elect the new president.  Hmmm.