E Pluribus Unum

"Out of many (backgrounds) One nation"
"Many ingredients, one stew"

There was a time in history when our country was a melting pot, right?
Or has time simply washed away the rough edges and the ugliness of the past- when the Irish and the Italians and the Polish folks kept to themselves in lower Manhattan and went about their business. The different cultures might not have immediately agreed to intermix, but no one held a grudge against the other for wanting to make a living. They had all come to America for one reason-
To make a better life for themselves and their families, and most of them did.

Fast forward 50 or 100 years- the Mexicans are still coming to the US for a better way of life, except they don't have to deal with Ellis Island. I can get Italian and Polish food whenever I want it...and the Irish- well, I love a good baked potato every now and then. :) The cultures did eventually intermix and America is a stronger nation because of it, or at least, it was a stronger nation at one time.

There's a dark stranger in our midst...and he doesn't want to intermix at all. He wants to destroy America. Irish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Mexican, Christian, Jew, Catholic- he hates all of us, we are INFIDELS. "Unfaithful"

Unfaithful to what? Our country, our families, our heritage?
Nope...
Unfaithful to "his" religion. A religion most of us can not and will not ever embrace.

The melting pot has something undigestable in it...something foul and deadly...simmering among the people of this country who have fallen asleep at the stove. Someone needs to fish out this deadly thing and cast it into the deepest pit we can find.

America's greatest strength was that she welcomed everyone, and now it's her greatest vulnerability.

Someone...ANYONE- Please put a lid on the melting pot...the stew is no longer safe to consume.