[quote]pushharder wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’
Theodore Roosevelt 1907[/quote]
Those exact sentiments are enough to get one called a Nazi these days. That’s how meaningless the word has become.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’
Theodore Roosevelt 1907[/quote]
Those exact sentiments are enough to get one called a Nazi these days. That’s how meaningless the word has become.[/quote]
This is what Obama’s diversity has led to. Other countries do not tolerate this bullshit, why we do is beyond me. Our Achilles heel will be our political correctness.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’
Theodore Roosevelt 1907[/quote]
Those exact sentiments are enough to get one called a Nazi these days. That’s how meaningless the word has become.[/quote]
This is what Obama’s diversity has led to. Other countries do not tolerate this bullshit, why we do is beyond me. Our Achilles heel will be our political correctness. [/quote]
This did not start with Obama, but has been an issue for a generation. I hope there is a change that will blow across this land.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’
Theodore Roosevelt 1907[/quote]
Those exact sentiments are enough to get one called a Nazi these days. That’s how meaningless the word has become.[/quote]
This is what Obama’s diversity has led to. Other countries do not tolerate this bullshit, why we do is beyond me. Our Achilles heel will be our political correctness. [/quote]
This wouldn’t fly in Denmark. They’ve recognized the problems with unregulated citizenship/immigration policies. The Danes I’ve talked to think our policies leave us too vulnerable to the same problems with immigration crime they have had.
In other words, they think we are batshit insane for letting this go on.
Unfortunately, it seems to only be those of us near the border who are at all vocal about this issue.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Stop paying them their million dollar contracts, and we will see where they stand on making a political statement. [/quote]
agreed… but the thing is the Suns (of los suns for our bilingual t-nationers) have worn those Jerseys before… They even wore them last season I believe? So its not really like they are bringing these jerseys out of no where for this game. I think they should just leave politics out of sports and let the NBA be the NBA.
.greg. [/quote]
So we should get Congress to force them not to make a political statement huh? Why don’t we not tell other people what to do?
[quote]Valor wrote:
The great thing about the Phoenix Sun…
When the U.S. Olympic team played in China, Lebron James, and others, wanted to make a statement about how China treated its own people. David Stern and his people got to the players and explained that China was a massive growing market and equaled LOTS OF MONEY for everyone… Next day the players come out and say sports and politics dont mix…
But the NBA is okay with what the Suns are doing…why? Because they stand to make billions on the Latino Market.
They could give shit one about the politics, or the reality of the situation. They see green and thats it.[/quote]
Why do you care what someone does with their company? Because you do not own Los Suns and are not looking to make billions off the Hispanic Population?
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’
Theodore Roosevelt 1907[/quote]
Those exact sentiments are enough to get one called a Nazi these days. That’s how meaningless the word has become.[/quote]
This is what Obama’s diversity has led to. Other countries do not tolerate this bullshit, why we do is beyond me. Our Achilles heel will be our political correctness. [/quote]
This did not start with Obama, but has been an issue for a generation. I hope there is a change that will blow across this land.[/quote]
Indeed
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
And now a student drawing a flag is told the picture is offensive?
This is the kinda thing that irks me. Where is the common sense? This is a teacher expressing personal bias in an ART class.
No, no, no. The student is doing it wrong. That’s bad offensive art. Good offensive art gets NEA dollars! To think, had the student simply done something about homosexuals cruising restrooms, or child incest, the art would be considered “cutting edge” genius! Even subsidized by the American tax payer!
[i]On March 6, 1997, Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), Chairman of the Education and Workforce Subcommittee that has oversight over the NEA, complained about books published by an NEA-funded press called “Fiction Collective 2,” which he described as an “offense to the senses.” Hoekstra cited four Fiction Collective 2 books and noted that the publisher’s parent organization had received an additional $45,000 grant to establish a World Wide Web site. According to The Washington Times, the NEA granted $25,000 to Fiction Collective 2, which featured works containing sexual torture, incest, child sex, sadomasochism, and child sex; the "excerpts depict a scene in which a brother-sister team rape their younger sister, the torture of a Mexican male prostitute and oral sex between two women."36 Pat Trueman, former Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division, characterized the works as “troubling” and said the NEA posed a “direct threat to the prosecution” of obscenity and child pornography because of its official stamp on such material.37Incredibly, the NEA continues to defend such funding decisions publicly. “Fiction Collective 2 is a highly respected, pre-eminent publisher of innovative, quality fiction,” NEA spokeswoman Cherie Simon said.38
The current controversy is nothing new for the NEA. In November 1996, Representative Hoekstra questioned NEA funding of a film distributor handling "patently offensive and possibly pornographic movies-several of which appear to deal with the sexuality of children."39 He noted the NEA gave $112,700 over three years to “Women Make Movies,” which subsidized distribution of films including:
“Ten Cents a Dance,” a three-vignette video in which “two women awkwardly discuss their mutual attraction.” It “depicts anonymous bathroom sex between two men” and includes an “ironic episode of heterosexual phone sex.”
“Sex Fish” portrays a “furious montage of oral sex, public rest-room cruising and…tropical fish,” the catalog says.
“Coming Home” talks of the “sexy fun of trying to fit a lesbian couple in a bathtub!”
“Seventeen Rooms” purports to answer the question, “What do lesbians do in bed?”
“BloodSisters” reveals a “diverse cross-section of the lesbian [sadomasochistic] community.”
Three other films center on the sexual or lesbian experiences of girls age 12 and under. “These listings have the appearance of a veritable taxpayer-funded peep show,” said Hoekstra in a letter to NEA Chairman Alexander. He noted that the distributor was circulating films of Annie Sprinkle, a pornographic[/i]
We can get this country back, but people have to make tough decisions, and willing to give selflessly of themselves. It is about all of us, and not the individual’s “American Dream.”
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
We can get this country back, but people have to make tough decisions, and willing to give selflessly of themselves. It is about all of us, and not the individual’s “American Dream.”[/quote]
This is the movement I am seeing around me, where people are tired of being sick and tired. The days of political correctness are over, because we now see what the price of that is. Massive illegal immigration killing states. Guys like the Fort Hood shooter, which could have been prevented had people spoken up and not worried about offending people. You see the kids who were sent home for wearing the US flag, now speaking up and saying “fuck you, these are our colors and we wear them when and where we want.”
We are seeing a shift, the status quo is changing in our favor. All the protective mechanisms used by the left (being called a racist, a xenophobe, insensitive towards a group of people, etc) are no longer effective. The right will no longer just shut up and take it.
Interesting side note - the governor’s race here in Cali has taken a huge turn, all because of this immigration law. Meg Whitman, the Republican who was leading by 50 points, came out against the AZ law. Steve Poizner, another Republican who endorsed the law, has now caught up, because he openly spoke up about agreeing with this law. A 50 point deficit now gone, it is neck and neck.
The American people like this law, no doubts about it.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
We can get this country back, but people have to make tough decisions, and willing to give selflessly of themselves. It is about all of us, and not the individual’s “American Dream.”[/quote]
This is the movement I am seeing around me, where people are tired of being sick and tired. The days of political correctness are over, because we now see what the price of that is. Massive illegal immigration killing states. Guys like the Fort Hood shooter, which could have been prevented had people spoken up and not worried about offending people. You see the kids who were sent home for wearing the US flag, now speaking up and saying “fuck you, these are our colors and we wear them when and where we want.”
We are seeing a shift, the status quo is changing in our favor. All the protective mechanisms used by the left (being called a racist, a xenophobe, insensitive towards a group of people, etc) are no longer effective. The right will no longer just shut up and take it.
Interesting side note - the governor’s race here in Cali has taken a huge turn, all because of this immigration law. Meg Whitman, the Republican who was leading by 50 points, came out against the AZ law. Steve Poizner, another Republican who endorsed the law, has now caught up, because he openly spoke up about agreeing with this law. A 50 point deficit now gone, it is neck and neck.
The American people like this law, no doubts about it. [/quote]
There are 2 Republicans running for Governor, or is it a primary? Do you think California has seen the error of its ways, and it turning to maybe be more conservative? I am thinking that it is moving more to the center and away from the far left. Am I reading this correctly, or am I off base.
I just read an article that said 70% of the people in AZ were in favor of the new bill. Of course that is of the people extrapolated from a poll, but you get the drift. It reminds me of these blockbuster movies that the critics hate but that the audience film goers support with their millions of dollars.
As many states are condemning this bill, a lot of states are enacting or contemplating similar bills.
Calif just needs to man-up, grow a pair and do what is in the best interests of the citizens of California. After Cali sees to her citizens we can then look outward to help our neighbors.
It’s like taking care of yourself, you have to see to yourself first so you have the strength to help others and not become a burden.
I just read an article that said 70% of the people in AZ were in favor of the new bill. Of course that is of the people extrapolated from a poll, but you get the drift. It reminds me of these blockbuster movies that the critics hate but that the audience film goers support with their millions of dollars.
As many states are condemning this bill, a lot of states are enacting or contemplating similar bills.
Calif just needs to man-up, grow a pair and do what is in the best interests of the citizens of California. After Cali sees to her citizens we can then look outward to help our neighbors.
It’s like taking care of yourself, you have to see to yourself first so you have the strength to help others and not become a burden.
was that too new agey?[/quote]
I think you hit the nail on the head. It is like being on an airplane. They tell you before helping a child put your mask on first. You can not help a child if you are passed out because you do not have oxygen.