tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post2960674764208734532..comments2024-01-04T07:05:27.381-06:00Comments on Immigration Talk with a Mexican American: True American Meb Keflezighi Wins the New York City Marathon -- Except to Far Right ExtremistsDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-59335488851683408422009-11-05T12:10:22.709-06:002009-11-05T12:10:22.709-06:00Pete,
"Actually, it was the commenter and als...Pete,<br />"Actually, it was the commenter and also Orly Taitz that claimed Meb wasn't American and said he was African. The commenter said "I want my country back." Is he saying because Meb is black that it isn't his country too?"<br /><br />No, what you did was to make Rovell out as a racist. African isn't a race but a nationality anyway. Rovell said nothing about race but American born vs naturalized citizen. Who cares what a couple of idiot commenters said? You apparently love bringing up the few white idiots instead of concentrating on the majority of sane white Americans to keep the white vs minority thing going.<br /><br />"And the 2nd commenter got it right when he said, "If this man were of white European ancestry, we wouldn't have ever had this discussion to begin with. You know it. I know it, and so does everyone else."<br /><br />You nor the commenter have any proof of that at all. Just assumption and a biased opinion. Rovell could just as easily have claimed that a naturalized citizen from Ireland wasn't an American either. So no, neither you nor anyone else can make that claim. You and some others with a victimhood mentality need to stop bringing race into every issue and stop hating on whites so much.<br /><br />"Because in reality, had Meb been a blonde, blue -eyed Brit born American with a name like Harry Smith, I doubt Rovell would have written this article."<br /><br />Again, you have no proof of that at all. Only biased assumption. Constantly interjecting race into every issue does not make for a healthy and healing America. When are you going to realize that we are 50 years beyond the Civil Rights Era? Yes, racism does still exist but let's not look for it everywhere where it doesn't exist unless we have proof of it.MMPetenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-67735984620618684072009-11-05T10:16:06.007-06:002009-11-05T10:16:06.007-06:00Pete,
Actually, it was the commenter and also Orly...Pete,<br />Actually, it was the commenter and also Orly Taitz that claimed Meb wasn't American and said he was African. The commenter said "I want my country back." Is he saying because Meb is black that it isn't his country too?<br /><br />And the 2nd commenter got it right when he said, "If this man were of white European ancestry, we wouldn't have ever had this discussion to begin with. You know it. I know it, and so does everyone else."<br /><br />Because in reality, had Meb been a blonde, blue -eyed Brit born American with a name like Harry Smith, I doubt Rovell would have written this article.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-77139950131635426042009-11-04T22:01:11.490-06:002009-11-04T22:01:11.490-06:00Jools,
Actually, I (and most people) started calli...Jools,<br />Actually, I (and most people) started calling the teabaggers by that name right from the beginning, when they asked all of their supporters to mail in a teabag to Washington DC. If you go back to my original post about them you will see that is when I started using that term. <br /><br />I had no idea it had a negative meaning until I read it a month or so ago on alipac. I also heard of the negative meaning about 3 weeks ago on the Bill Maher show. But to me, it is really unrelated. There are plenty of words with multiple meaning.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-43326662427148828002009-11-04T17:17:54.612-06:002009-11-04T17:17:54.612-06:00Mr Obama lost in the Elections of November 3, 2009...<b>Mr Obama lost in the Elections of November 3, 2009 - He is a Great Man - That is the Trouble ! - People find it difficult to perceive Greatness !</b> <br /><br />People have a lot of difficulty perceiving Greatness, it is not easy for them to recognize or acknowledge it.<br /><br />Greatness means orientation to the Future, and not to the Past. But people want what is familiar, customary, normal.<br /><br />People want to live in "Gone with the Wind" .... even when the conditions that worked and operated in the Past are no longer present.<br /><br />These results are going to cause a lot of Trouble for Obama, but he has something very powerful called "Intelligence", his Rationality, Culture, his thoughts and Reason are the most powerful tools of Government.<br /><br />Mr Obama has superior Powers of Mind. .... We will see !<br /><br /><br /><b>The Politics of Youth and Minorities :</b><br /><br /><a href="http://milenials.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"><strong>Milenials.com</strong></a><br /><br />Vicente DuqueDefensores de Democraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990488344886411353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-51153167877379220462009-11-04T14:30:22.659-06:002009-11-04T14:30:22.659-06:00Judge Land and now judge Carter, smack down the cr...Judge Land and now judge Carter, smack down the crazies (case dismissed), poor little Birthers. <br /><br />Not even “Fake News” Bill O’Reilly believes the crazies, how funny.<br /><br />http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/10/29/bill-oreilly-slams-orly-taitz/<br /><br />To all the birthers in La, La Land, it is on you to prove to all of us that your assertion is true (TOUGH WHEN YOU KEEP LOSING CASES), if there are people who were there and support your position then show us the video (everyone has a price), either put up or frankly shut-up. <br /><br />In my opinion the Republican Party has been taken over the most extreme religious right (people who love to push their beliefs on others while trying to take away the rights of those they just hate) and that is who they need to extract from their party if they real want to win. Good Luck, because as they said in WACO, “We Ain’t Coming Out”. <br /><br />I heard that she now wants to investigate the “Republican 2009 Summer of Love” list: Assemblyman, Michael D. Duvall (CA), Senator John Ensign (NV), Senator Paul Stanley (TN), Governor Mark Stanford (SC), Board of Ed Chair, and Kristin Maguire AKA Bridget Keeney (SC).<br /><br />I wonder if she is a mail order bride, just like her law degree? She is perfect reporter material for “Fake News”, where unfounded rumors and innuendo reign supreme , unlike a our US courts of law, where you need to present documented facts, not half baked lies (prepare for more failures). <br /><br />A lawyer, dentist, realtor and black belt, WOW I must say a JACK of all trades master of none.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-42828310201482417472009-11-04T13:02:22.440-06:002009-11-04T13:02:22.440-06:00Congratulations to Meb and to all African American...Congratulations to Meb and to all African American Friends.<br /><br />I need to take some Pills against the pain of Republicans dominating the Political Map after electoral Triumphs in New Jersey and Virginia<br /><br />******************<br />**********************<br /><br />I am very disappointed with INTRADE.COM<br /><br />This betting House failed miserably predicting the elections in New York and New Jersey.<br /><br />I have been a fan of using INTRADE.COM and other betting houses to predict the Future.<br /><br />INTRADE.COM has a fame of being a good predictor. 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I am a "tea bagger" as you put it, and I don't agree at all with Rovell. We march. We protest. Just like your side. Our right ! And, I'm sure you know the pornographic meaning of tea bagger.I Travel for JOOLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348834982890831188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-78572844937098497432009-11-04T08:19:35.469-06:002009-11-04T08:19:35.469-06:00I disagree with what Rovell said but how did you m...I disagree with what Rovell said but how did you manage to turn this into a race issue when neither he nor most of the commenters did?<br /><br />This was about being a native born American vs being a naturalized citizen. Where was the race part of it? We have many white people who are naturalized citizens rather than native born also. We have many native born and naturalized American Blacks who have excelled in sports and I haven't heard any claims that they aren't American because of their race. It appears that you are putting your own spin on this when plainly Rovell was talking native born vs naturalized. He was still wrong in his summation of who is an American and who isn't but race wasn't a part of it. You are the one that turned it into a race issue.MMPetenoreply@blogger.com