[AsburyPark] Re: Library Square Fountain Cleaned!!!
Tommy, That's weird. We must've been there moments apart. I also saw the big dude with the yellow lab. Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to come to the park. I'm really happy that the city did such a good job with the cleaning. Next step would be to get some more lighting in the park. Jack --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess that explains it Jack. I took my kids down there at 7 to help you clean up. Didn't see anyone but a big dude in a red shirt walking what I think was a yellow labrador. Was that you? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Hinge hinge98@ wrote: This weekend, I reported the 2nd vandalism and trashing of the fountain to the PD and Public Works dept. This morning, I was happy to see a crew out there working to clean up the fountain, and I must say that they did an amazing job with the clean up. I'm now going to go and place the 2 nice new Dragon Begonia plants I just purchased in the 2 urns on the fountain. You'll probably see me there watering them every week until they either die or are vandalized themselves. Kudos to the AP public works for taking care of this. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] More Sales Data
From the APPress web site: Property sales on www.DataUniverse.com, the Asbury Park Press' public records site, have been updated to include sales from 1997 through much of April 2007. Visit www.DataUniverse.com and click on the UPDATED: Property Sales box on the right- hand column. The site can be searched by town name, address, type of property, sales range, and the names of a buyer and/or seller. The data are based on the state's assessment files. There is the likelihood that not all recent sales are available because of reporting delays between some towns and the state. Werner Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: cameras,,,
There are cameras that can be hidden, or mounted on telephone poles, where individuals, don't realize they're there! Like, surprise! Honest people, don't and won't care! I don't have a d**m, thing to hide, except, you'd better NOT pick your nose or scratch your a$$ in public, either and if your pants get stuck up your backside, someone will be watching and laughing at YOU! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Hinge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know what would be funny? If city residents started putting up their own webcams, and then some enterprising person put all those webcams onto one webpage. It would be so easy to do this. I could start by putting up a ho/john webcam outside of my living room window. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf oakdorf@ wrote: You'd have to hope they don't shoot out the cameras. Cameras with guns mounted on them. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Was somebody murdered in my home in 2001?
Last night, I had a strange encounter with a man who claimed that somebody was murdered in my home in 2001. Does anybody know if this is true? I live near the corner of 1st and Bergh. Apparently, the guy who lived there back then was some kind of celebrity. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: 18 Johns arrested in AP yesterday
I thought English, is and has been, the language, all along! As far as minorities being the new majority, Blacks of African Descent should be paid Reparations, for the 450 years of UN-paid, FREE labor, sale of thier relatives, the rape of its' women and the injustice, of having to catch up, for being under-educated, red-lined and forced to live in the ghettos, which promisees us a trip, to the gulags, (prisons), serving longer sentences, for crimes, the majority, get a slap on the wrist for! Okay, enough said. For those who always scream, MOVE ON, I challenge you, to live like this; deprived, depressed and disgusted! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien lightgrw@ wrote: I have nothing against that (and personally love Spanish food); however, I do think America would be better off having an official language as I do see many problems for the country in the next 5-10 years and I don't see the assimilation or desire to be part of the melting pot that previous immigration waves showed. This immigration wave is very different. If you don't believe that, please show me a part of America where my German ancestors still speak solely German. I doubt there is such a place. Learn now, minorities are the new majority. Just like the Anglos, didn't like the German influx, and together they hated the Irish, then all three started to hate Jews, Italians and other darker Europeans, us Americans are adopting the same attitude to the Latinos. I saw the movie Bobby the other night. A Mexican hotel worker replies to an Anglo who accuses him of crossing the border illegally, that Mexicans didn't cross the border, but the border crossed them. Seems to me that the Southwest was theirs first. America belongs to the world. It has from the beginning and always will (should). Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: 18 Johns arrested in AP yesterday
I can't even dignify this, with an answer! It was rich whites, who forced new Irish immigrants, to go to war and the Irish in turn, took their frustration out on New York Blacks, including Black children from an orphanage! Are you proud, that the Irish lynched us, as you say? I wouldn't brag on this, if I were you. Your slip, is showing! Again! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: Lets not forget the costs to the poor Black community that can't get a good wage because of our lack of enforcement. That's a huge cost not only in terms of real dollars, but also to our domestic tranquility when the Blacks finally say enough is enough. Please stop spewing garbage and pandering. Yours and my Irish immigrant ancestors lynched negroes during the Draft Riots for taking the jobs of the Irish. Are you telling me that many of the youth of AP are not working because the Mexicans took their jobs? You are hilarious. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: 18 Johns arrested in AP yesterday
NO! Only the descendants, of slaves, of the original 50 states, can be African American, even though Barack Obama, was born of a white American Mother and African father, makes HIM, an African American, also, because he was born in the States, he can't OWN, the story of having descended from slaves, brought to the North American Continent! Jamaicans, are quick to tell me, that they have a country and a flag! I also got this statement from all Islanders, except those born in the American Virgin Islands, who are as American as I am, because St. Thomas, St, Croix, are American Colonies and their residents, serve in the Armed Forces, as Americans, still in the Panama Canal Zone, are Americans also. Bet you didn't know that! Obama, readily admits, that he has benefitted from the gains, made by the Civil Rights Movement, of the 60's and the ongoing fight, to achieve equality, guaranteed under the Constitution, but denied its' African descendants, still! Blacks, have to be ever vigilant, because there are those who would like nothing better, than to re-enslave us! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Allan Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Say if one comes from Jamaica? Are they still African American? - Original Message From: Hinge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 12:30:46 PM Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: 18 Johns arrested in AP yesterday For what it's worth, it's not blacks it's African Americans. And it's not Mexicans it's hispanic. Many of the hispanic people in our country come from other places other then Mexico. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, dfsavgny dfsavgny@ . wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: I'm not concerned that there is no opportunity for them in Mexico. I'm concerned about perserving opportunity for poor Blacks in America. Give me a break! Whatever problems/obstacles there are for poor blacks (God bless you kind Bawana) has nothing to do with illegal immigration. I have not seen any Mexicans putting them out of work. There is plenty of blame to go around for the failures of our inner cities; to all sides. It has nothing to do with illegal immigration. That's a lame excuse. Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Shooting reported in Asbury
You're right on point, but the West Side looks like Shangri-La, compared to the lower 9! I didn't want to admit, that I cried, or that my sister photographed me, on the top of 2 concrete stairs with inlaid marble accents, that have no house, behind it! Scores, of schools, still uninhabitable, no cleanup and it looks like a ghost town, not part of a large city! Empty homes, some boarded up, some untouched, some being worked on, with a FEMA trailer, somewhere on the property, (some in the front of the home), on the sidewalk! Come on people, these were homes, that are OWNED and PAID for! Blacks and whites, didn't just show up, in Louisiana, they've ALWAYS BEEN THERE! New Orleans, was established in 1699, at least that's what my Tee-Shirt says! It was once the largest port in the US, until Houston, took over! It's French People of Color, are as ARROGANT, as the French, in Paris, are! Ask them for a recipe and they will roll their eyes at you, because if you ask 10 Creoles the same question, they give the same answer, because they ALL think they're a better cook, than YOU! I KNOW, I'm better, than ALL of them! Putting it out here, if you want me to throw something together for a benefit, I'm willing, but won't give YOU, the recipe, either! Emeril, wishes, he cooked as good as I do! The fat chef, too! I see you laughing! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Took the lower 9th ward tour and it looked like Katrina, just happened, although it's almost 2 years! Take a drive on the west side of AP, and parts look like katrina hit there as well. Which looks better? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: 18 Johns arrested in AP yesterday
MOVE ON, I challenge you, to live like this; deprived, depressed and disgusted! How about taking the opportunity to better one's own condition and that of their family by using all the resources available to them to get ahead? My kids want a huge on the ocean, boats and fancy cars. I busted my rear to have what I owe the bank today. On most weekends over the psat 20 years, my friends would stop by and i'd be covered in spackle, paint or dirt working on our house(s). This is America, the land of opportunity, of which there are tons. Sometimes you have to break out in a sweat to get paid. Most people don't want to. For lack of work, someone could always volunteer, which may lead to a paying job. There are more programs in corporate America to address diversity. Job fairs, promotion opportunities etc. Having been around that world, as you have, I'm sure you noticed that at times, jobs are given to people who simply shouldn't have them, given the qualifications. That's all I'll say on that. Ot get ahead, you have to do it on your own and not expect someone else to do it for you. Like the immigrant risking it all o the freedom trains from South America for 38 days. They are following a dream and an OPPORTUNITY to work. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: 18 Johns arrested in AP yesterday
Assimilation, anyone? I bravo this column. Enjoy: __ The Politically Incorrect Americanism of Alba, Pacino, and Arnold By Mary Katharine Ham Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Hablas Espanol? Jessica Alba doesn't. Is there anything wrong with that? Apparently so. The third-generation American and actress is under fire this week from fellow Latinos for comments she made to Para Todos magazine: Alba is my last name and I'm proud of that. But that's it. My grandparents were born in California, the same as my parents, and though I may be proud of my last name, I'm American. Throughout my whole life, I've never felt connected to one particular race or heritage, nor did I feel accepted by any. If you break it down, I'm less Latina than Cameron Diaz, whose father is Cuban. But people don't call her Latina because she's blonde My grandfather was the only Mexican at his college, the only Hispanic person at work and the only one at the all-white country club. He tried to forget his Mexican roots, because he never wanted his kids to be made to feel different in America. He and my grandmother didn't speak Spanish to their children. Now, as a third- generation American, I feel as if I have finally cut loose. My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I don't speak Spanish. So, to say that I'm a Latin actress, OK, but it's not fitting; it would be insincere. She never felt connected to any race, specifically, but she always felt American. That doesn't sounds like a bad thing, does it? And yet, it is, in the eyes of many activists. One blog post on the comments remarks, Guess sell-outs come in all races and sizes. Another calls it a disturbing hoard of quotes. Another claims she hates Mexicans. Comments about Alba's comments include, F**K YOU THEN, JESSICA VIVA LA RAZA!!!, She should just change her last name to White, then, and I thought she could be a good role model for Latinas, but she is a fake, tryin' to be white. Alba wasn't trying to make a political statement. Instead, she sounds like she was trying to avoid speaking for an entire ethnicity and many recent immigrants when she barely speaks Spanish, and identifies as an American first. But because she didn't reflexively take upon herself her ethnic mantle and collective responsibility, she's bashed as a traitor to her race. Elsewhere, a phenomenally successful first-generation immigrant was sharing his secret to success in America, which was much the same as the approach Alba's college-educated grandfather took. When addressing the national Association of Hispanic Journalists, and responding to question about how Hispanics can improve academically, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said: You've got to turn off the Spanish television set and avoid Spanish-language television, books and newspapers, the Republican governor said Wednesday night You're just forced to speak English, and that just makes you learn the language faster, Schwarzenegger said. I know this sounds odd and this is the politically incorrect thing to say, and I'm going to get myself in trouble, he said, noting that he rarely spoke German and was forced to learn English when he emigrated from Austria. The response from those in attendance? I'm sitting shaking my head not believing that someone would be so naive and out of it that he would say something like that, said Alex Nogales, president and chief executive of the National Hispanic Media Coalition. Naïve, out-of-it, hateful, traitorous. There is a large segment of the country that believes it's somehow disrespectful to emphasize assimilation among new immigrants to the country. And, it's not just among leftist activists and left-coast gossip bloggers that this idea prevails. Just last year, Sen. Harry Reid called a proposal to make English the official language of America racist, despite the fact that a large majority of Americans support such a measure. More recently, Barack Obama called the very discussion of English as an official language, divisive during a Democratic debate: I have to say that this is the kind of question that is designed precisely to divide us. You know, you're right: everybody is going to learn to speak English if they live in this country. The issue is not whether or not future generations of immigrants are going to learn English. The question is, how can we come up with both a legal and sensible immigration policy? And when we get distracted by those kinds of questions, I think we do a disservice to the American people. But is everyone going to learn English, Sen. Obama? It seems that Schwarzenegger's encouragement of English-language immersion for immigrants and Alba's family's decision to speak English only are put down in pretty
[AsburyPark] Re: Reparations
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/19/2007 11:16:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about taking the opportunity to better one's own condition and that of I wasn't talking about Reparations, more of one's desire to work at work, work at getting work and the opportunities that do exist. Everyone should learn MORE then one job, have more then career so if one fails, one can still survive. You may not survive as in Job A, some do better after Job A, some fail. A lawyer can be a teacher, a lawyer can be a plumber. I knew a georgetown lawyer who sold and fixed cars instead of practicing. Do I want to go back and flip burgers? No. One of the best things I learned early on is that to get ahead in life, you have to move on to the next company. That is what builds a career and expertise and enables you to succeed. It was beneficial in the consulting world. Had I stayed put on Job A, I'd be a career man in ca corporate world in a position that would be easily done with out. Many, many jobs in the real world are at the mercy of the corp. I know, because it was job to tell ceos how to cut fat or streamline their biz or reengineer or automate, workflow, retrain, or whatever you call it. Most just renamed people postions or promoted the people out. If you want to talk about Reparations I don't know that much, other then to say the holocaust eliminated billons in Jewish and others wealth in various forms of properties. The banks hid and still do billions. Lot's ahve been written about various other religious orgs role in hiding money. you can't right every wrong of the past with money, nor can money correct the current or future plight of a number of people in the US. It works to some degree in real poor countries. First define poor. Poor here and poor elsewhere is vastly different. Where you give a shirt off your back means something. Here, it's meaningless. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Reparations
Dave, You wrote: I wasn't talking about Reparations, OK, but the post you were responding to was about reparations. more of one's desire to work at work, work at getting work and the opportunities that do exist. Everyone should learn MORE then one job, have more then career so if one fails, one can still survive. I agree with all that I think the thread started several posts back with talk about undocumented immigrants, etc., then moved on to English only, assimilation, etc. Very complex issues from listening to the debates on C-Span during recent attempts at fixing the immigration laws. Doesn't seem to be down party lines either. Personally, I hate going to Home Depot or any other store, turning over a box several times trying to find the English version of contents/instructions. Once I do find it, the words Made in China will most likely be there. I also hate having to push a button for the English version. My father, an immigrant from Italy, spoke very broken English throughout his 60 some years here. And yes, he worked very hard -- to enable my brother and me to better ourselves through education. And yet -- at a nearby garden center, for example, I always get the best service (pricing, loading the car, etc.) from employees who are brown-skinned immigrants; most of the white boys there are rarely as helpful. I stupidly left my wallet on the roof of my car one day last year. I fell off onto Sunset Ave, but I didn't miss it until I got to Red Bank. A day later I get a call I could barely understand. It was a Mexican man (one of many who bicycle to work every day on this route) who found it and all my money and all my credit cards strewn on the street. He asked if I would drive to his apt just off Kingsley to pick it up. He had put everything neatly back in the wallet. The only thing missing was my Triple A card which I found in the gutter a few days later, so I know everything had spilled out. Yep, an anecdote. But I still have mixed feelings, as in I don't know enough, about all the proposed fixes out there. I do know that I can count on AM radio and some bloggers to stir up more emotional culture wars. Isn't that how Sunni vs. Shia started? I could be wrong!_Click here: YouTube - But I Could Be Wrong_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-5d5IfdYK4) ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Reparations
My father, an immigrant from Italy, spoke very broken English throughout his 60 some years here. And yes, he worked very hard -- to enable my brother and me to better ourselves through education. It's definitely possible that the immigrants want to learn English and may even be doing so - I just haven't personally seen it. I have immigrants as neighbors and pass at least 50-100 every day while walking my dog. I've yet to hear a word of English. What I have been seeing in Shore towns is not much different from when I used to go to Elizabeth in the '90s. I'm not sure how it is now, but about 10-15 years ago, English was pretty much a forgotten language everywhere but at City Hall (where I think they had a mandatory English only policy at the time). Every sign for every business on Main Street was in Spanish. Is that bad? Yes and no. It's nice to have a mixture of cultures; however, places like Little Italy and Chinatowns are not seen spreading across an entire city. When an entire city is in a foreign language, it seems a bit far fetched to think those people are assimilating. After all, why should they? Everything they need is in their native tongue. But, just as you stated, I know I could be wrong about this. I'm not quoting statistics across the country, I'm only saying what I believe based on what I see every day. The wave of immigration to the Shore hasn't been just a few months - it's been several years. So far what I've seen is the emergence of two languages that do not look like they have any plans to become one. And as someone else pointed out, when I'm in a foreign country I try to learn the language. Maybe they are too, but so far I haven't seen it. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Assimilation, anyone?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) (who complained about stereotyping in the Sopranos) wrote: Assimilation, anyone? I bravo this column. Enjoy: __ The Politically Incorrect Americanism of Alba, Pacino, and ArnoldHablas Espanol? Jessica Alba doesn't. Is there anything wrong with that? Apparently so. Heckuva job, All those conservative bloggers are doin.' Bravo! Are more culture wars what we really need when we have huge serious problems, across the board, from the international to local levels. Can they be serious? Or just going after ratings by pushing the hot buttons? Or another way to distract us from the missing emails? === _E-mails? What e-mails??_ (http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/06/19/couricandco/entry2948018.shtml) CBS News - NOBR10 hour Let’s play a game this Tuesday. See if you can guess who/which organization offered this gem : “The rule of law, the very foundation for a free society, has been under assault, not only by criminals from the ground up, but also from the top down. _Casual Lawbreaking at the White House_ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/06/19/BL2007061900924.html) NOBRWashingto _Report: White House aides used GOP e-mail to skirt law_ (http://www.cn n.com/2007/POLITICS/06/18/white.house.emails/) NO _Computerworld_ (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasictaxonomyName=legislation_regulationarticleId=9025266taxonomyId=70 intsrc=kc_top) - _Monsters and Critics.com_ (http://news.monstersandcritics.com/roundups/article_1319803.php/News_Roundup) - _VNUNet.com_ (http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2192394/storm-grows-missing-white-house) - _Brad Blog_ (http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4703) _all 396 news articles »_ (http://news.google.com/news?ned=tusncl=1117388858hl=en) = Or nuclear waste, or health care, or New Orleans, or the housing market, or poor inspections of our ports, of food and medicines, or the deficit, or golden parachutes or a no-way-out war? Are those topics too politically correct? Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Mary Ham, a 2002 college graduate, gets good tutoring about serious (as in profitable) journalism from Ms. Malkin. = In a message dated 6/19/2007 7:02:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] continued: The third-generation American and actress is under fire this week from fellow Latinos for comments she made to Para Todos magazine: Alba is my last name and I'm proud of that. But that's it. My grandparents were born in California, the same as my parents, and though I may be proud of my last name, I'm American. Throughout my whole life, I've never felt connected to one particular race or heritage, nor did I feel accepted by any. If you break it down, I'm less Latina than Cameron Diaz, whose father is Cuban. But people don't call her Latina because she's blonde… My grandfather was the only Mexican at his college, the only Hispanic person at work and the only one at the all-white country club. He tried to forget his Mexican roots, because he never wanted his kids to be made to feel different in America. He and my grandmother didn't speak Spanish to their children. Now, as a third- generation American, I feel as if I have finally cut loose. My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I don't speak Spanish. So, to say that I'm a Latin actress, OK, but it's not fitting; it would be insincere. She never felt connected to any race, specifically, but she always felt American. That doesn't sounds like a bad thing, does it? And yet, it is, in the eyes of many activists. One blog post on the comments remarks, Guess sell-outs come in all races and sizes. Another calls it a disturbing hoard of quotes. Another claims she hates Mexicans. Comments about Alba's comments include, F**K YOU THEN, JESSICA…VIVA LA RAZA!!!, She should just change her last name to White, then, and I thought she could be a good role model for Latinas, but she is a fake, tryin' to be white. Alba wasn't trying to make a political statement. Instead, she sounds like she was trying to avoid speaking for an entire ethnicity and many recent immigrants when she barely speaks Spanish, and identifies as an American first. But because she didn't reflexively take upon herself her ethnic mantle and collective responsibility, she's bashed as a traitor to her race. Elsewhere, a phenomenally successful first-generation immigrant was sharing his secret to success in America, which was much the same as the approach Alba's college-educated grandfather took. When addressing the national Association of Hispanic
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Reparations
In a message dated 6/19/2007 11:18:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So far what I've seen is the emergence of two languages that do not look like they have any plans to become one. Once again, I agree. Makes me somewhat uncomfortable, as do the burkas one sees more and more. I hope we don't get as nuts about this as the Quebecois and the Anglo Quebecers during the 1970s. I think that's all quieted down now. Not sure though. I just don't see it as a critical issue as yet, relatively speaking. Media and bloggers love it, but are too emotional and anecdotal to achieve any solutions. Someone's always moving the cheese. I'd love to see some politicians lead the way in finding things we can unite around. A real uniter, so to speak. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
