Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-20 Thread jamespv
PVt. PV wrote: >>technically birth place is a common denominator of citizenship and the >>colonial empire provided limited citizenship to white males at the time of >>founding the nation --- the ideas of racism in us politics has a richer and >>greater history. The first president espoused free

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Garcia quoted: > > > > Separate sections handle territories that the United States > > has acquired over time, > > > Ouch! Too bad, the one I am thinking was born _outside_ the USA, > but _almost_ in a area under

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread Alberto Monteiro
John Garcia quoted: > > Separate sections handle territories that the United States > has acquired over time, > Ouch! Too bad, the one I am thinking was born _outside_ the USA, but _almost_ in a area under USA occupation: just look at the maps here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-administ

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM, John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > afaik, that person would be just like McCain, considered to be a > natural-born citizen. > > john > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Lance A. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> John Garcia wrote: >> > technically, t

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
afaik, that person would be just like McCain, considered to be a natural-born citizen. john On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Lance A. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Garcia wrote: > > technically, the first seven Presidents were born in what was at the > time, > > colonies of the British

RE: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread Pat Mathews
Cue Bruce Springsteenhttp://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:48:18 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > brin-l@mccmedia.com> Subject: Re: USA presidential race(ism)> > On Thu, Jun > 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread Lance A. Brown
John Garcia wrote: > technically, the first seven Presidents were born in what was at the time, > colonies of the British Empire. the first President to be born after the US > became an independent country was Martin Van Buren. > John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone to a serving US Navy of

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both McCain and Obama were born outside of the continental USA > (Panama and Hawaii, respectively). I don't know too much about > USA history, but was there any POTUS that was not born in the > continental USA? > > Mayb

USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Both McCain and Obama were born outside of the continental USA (Panama and Hawaii, respectively). I don't know too much about USA history, but was there any POTUS that was not born in the continental USA? Maybe the next one will be born even outsider (like Austria...) Alberto Monteiro __