Thursday, April 11, 2013
Why is it (this list is subject to add on's at any moment that inspiration hits)?
1. Why is it that a lot of people are dicks to you when you ask them for a favor or ask them to help you with something but when their is a camera crew around they are all smiles "come into my home, welcome, what can I do for you". UMMMM maybe you can act like that when their isn't something in it for you? This comment is in reference to reality tv and the way people act when they are in front of a TV camera. All of a sudden they are the most charming helpful people on the planet. Visit them when you don't have a camera.
2. Why is it that people go to so much trouble to fucking squeeze their car into a sliver of a parking space as close to the entrance as possible? I mean what is the point of squeezing? I don't know about you but I need air to breathe. I don't want anyone's car doors hitting my car either. Not to the mention the fact everyone claims to want to be healthy but yet can't muster the energy to walk their fat asses across the parking lot for some free and easy exercise. This is even funnier when observed at a gym.
3.. Why is it that when a man gets to be 55 or 60 years old he is distinguished, or debonair. Like a bottle of good cognac getting smoother with age. But when a woman hits the 50's or 60's she's a hag. And they are even doing it with women in their 40's. You can really tell its a man's world with that set up. Its the media that continually throws this in our face. Look at the Regis and Kelly show. How old is he? He should have hung up his microphone a long long time ago. He looks ridiculous next to her. He looks dead already. If she's 25 then make him 25. These messages are almost pedophilic. Or better yet lets stop ageism altogether and put a man and woman that are both older together. I am sick to death of hollywood, fashion magazines, and commercials showing women that are only 25 years of age and men on TV that are 65 only with women that are 25. An older woman is just like an older man. And I have seen very sexy attractive older women. They are not leper's that need to be hidden away in some back bedroom with 50 cats. And I think viagra is helping to keep this discrimination going. Not even getting into the fact that 75 old men are still having children. But if an older woman wants to have a child she is somehow a bad person. So what is good for men is not good for women? Sorry but that's bullshit.
4. Why is it that people place human characteristics on dangerous wild animals like they are somehow cuddly and fuzzy? The word for it is anthropomorphism (say that 5 times fast). I'm not talking about kitty cats or puppies I'm talking about rattlesnakes, tigers, and lions. Animals that have proven time and time again they are wild when they lash out at their owners and either kill them or maim them. Remember Siegfried and Roy? Two lovers who had glamorous photos of themselves in front of a glistening white mansion, in a crystal blue pool swimming with rare white lions? Can you think of anything more ridiculous? Well check out how Roy's doing now. I'll tell ya he's not doing well. He was bitten in the neck by one of his beloved tigers and he has never been the same since. Their is only so much physical therapy can do. Time and time again you hear nasty stories about these animals with dumb owners. The most horrendous one I heard was the constrictor that suffocated a two year old baby girl in her crib. I was so disgusted by this story I wanted to put a constrictor in bed with the parents. Talk about not giving a shit. The snake was kept in a decrepit case that it had escaped from over 200 times before the accident so these people were aware. These parents should be thrown in jail for a long long time. I don't care if it was negligence or not. Why would you think that a slimy scaly beady eyed snake is your friend? Its not a loving pet no matter how many times you feed it live mice. I've just come to the conclusion a lot of people are just not that bright.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Press Release, I don't want to be Brazilian I want to be American!!!!!!!
As part of my immigrant series that I started I have decided to add this piece. A couple of years ago before I had my baby I volunteered for a immigrant coalition near Boston. Their are a lot of Brazilians in Massachusetts. I figured this work would help me toward my desire to be involved in non-profit work, and my study of poverty around the world.
Here is an actual press release from that coalition below. A young Brazilian girl who was doing the tour stated "If President Obama now told me I could be either Brazilian or American, I would choose American, no question. "I love America. I feel American. I just want the chance to work and contribute to my community fully."
I would like to know how other Brazilians feel about what she has stated. Or how her former home town back in Brazil would feel. What this means about the country itself, and is this a betrayal.
Here is an actual press release from that coalition below. A young Brazilian girl who was doing the tour stated "If President Obama now told me I could be either Brazilian or American, I would choose American, no question. "I love America. I feel American. I just want the chance to work and contribute to my community fully."
I would like to know how other Brazilians feel about what she has stated. Or how her former home town back in Brazil would feel. What this means about the country itself, and is this a betrayal.
Undocumented Immigrants Tour Sharing Stories, Calling for Reform
Despite pain of family separations, immigrants take strength from unity and promise of comprehensive immigration reform bill in March
|
BOSTON – "The only thing that makes us different from most Americans is a social security card," said Samantha, an undocumented immigrant from Brazil who rode a bus across 500 miles through four New England states this weekend to share her story and ask Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. Along with other riders, Samantha spoke before gathered crowds and to individual reporters at six stops on the New England------------ Bus Tour, part of a national mobilization to show the human face of the current broken immigration system.
One of the ten other immigrants and supporters on the bus was Samantha's younger brother João, who expects to receive work authorization under President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Samantha, however, cannot apply for DACA herself, since applicants must have arrived in the U.S. before their 16th birthday. Samantha arrived when she was 16-and-a-half.
"If President Obama now told me I could be either Brazilian or American, I would chose American, no questions," said Samantha, now 29. "I love America. I feel American. I just want the chance to live and work and contribute to my community fully. As soon as we pass reform, I plan to finally go to college."
Rosmery Abigail Hernandez has been fortunate enough to realize her college dreams, since she graduated from a Massachusetts high school the same month that President Obama declared DACA last June. But she rode the bus because the passage of DACA is only a temporary, partial fix.
"There are four people in my family," Abigail said. "And they have four different immigration statuses. I feel like I'm going to wake up and see us pulled in four different directions one morning."
As Samantha, Abigail and the others shared their stories at each stop, audience members ranging in age from 13 to 73 also came forward with their own heartbreaking stories of fear and separation. "I cry myself to sleep every night worrying about my father," said one young girl at the Gloria Dei Step Up Center in Providence.
"Girls this age should be studying their school books, not worrying about losing a parent," said Center Founder-Director Keila Rodriguez. "We need to join together and stop this from constantly happening to working families with young children in towns across America."
Despite the pain and frustration, the tour was lifted by the support of local community organizations. Another bus rider, Belgica, summarized the tour's mission at this closing stop, "We cry our tears, of course, but this tour is special because it helps us come out of the shadows, unite, and raise our voice as one to keep families together."
Samantha and her brother João, front left,
For more information Deleted that too sorry
Supporters of the: Deleted that sorry.
I have more information about this tour and the coalition. I also can do research for anyone that needs this information and more but they need to leave a comment below with their email.
|
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
PARTS OF CALIFORNIA ARE TURNING INTO A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY??
Here is a snapshot of actual Americans giving their opinion and talking about illegal immigration. Now most Americans in the comments are referring to Mexicans who have literally overrode the southwest to point that some Americans say they are not the majority anymore. One commenter wrote that "parts of California look like a 3rd world country, Mexicans have ruined the state." I have read these opinions by the hundreds at this point I've heard it all. I don't deal with the same changes as what California has gone through I'm in Massachusetts and far away from the border. The debate is getting heated again as Obama discusses what to do about immigration reform. He made promises in his original campaign for presidency and lets face it Latinos helped get him into office. Though I'm married to an undocumented immigrant from Brazil I can still see SOME (and I stress some) of their side to the story. But I don't condone ignorance or ignorant comments and that goes for both sides. I think it depends on the type of person that comes over border. If they bring crime and ignorant attitudes with them then I am not for them being here or for getting papers.
As you read you will see that Americans have become pretty self-righteous in their ivory tower. I have a different view of life here in America and that is predominately due to my marriage. Its a very hard life to lead sometimes. Because I have to deal with the way Americans perceive immigrants form the south whether they are hear illegally or legally. Americans might not tell you to your face but in the dark corners of their mind they don't want to be infiltrated by anyone form the South. If an illegal immigrant form France somehow slipped into the US they would welcome him/her with open arms. The french are acceptable of course. We are inundated with how fucking perfect France is how special so cultured. But yet they can't muster the energy to take a shower. But the way the media portrays France and other European countries its like the sun rises and shines on these countries. I have come out of the fog of brainwashing and I now wonder what do they do that is so great other than steal and exploit the south for their own benefit? If its made in France its great, if its made in Venezuela its trash. France is the pinnacle of what people use as an example of quality of life. They can do no wrong. BUT the image of the South is so different I don't have to explain it everyone knows what I'm talking about. Its called discrimination. And its the way the media portrays the South that gives Americans their disdain for Mexico and South America.
It has really opened my eyes as to who some of my fellow Americans really are. Most who have turned out to be total hypocrites a quality I find really loathsome. I don't like it when people refer to Brazil as a 3rd world country just to be derogatory and put Brazil on a lower plateau. They like to cast the country as 3rd world so they can dismiss it. Even if parts are like 3rd world conditions, last time I checked ALL the citizens in the U.S. that now call themselves Americans are descended usually form poor farm workers that arrived at the golden shores on disease infested boats. So when I hear some of the comments I want to get into an argument. For that reason I have done a lot of research and study into US foreign policy and history to make sure I know what I'm dealing with. The US which is not all innocent in this subject perpetuates the myth that Brazil is a 3rd world dump by virtually ignoring the country and letting old generalizations stay where they are. I have a hard time finding anything about Brazil in the American media unless its negative even that is few and far between. And I know its done on purpose because China is 3rd world and they can't seem to shut the F up about that country in the media I guess the US has to kiss China's ass due to the fact China now owns this country. Their is a lot of ignorance on the part of Americans who have no idea what is really going on and only believe what they are spoon fed most of which is provocative inflammatory information about these countries. In general America is a individualist society where all inhabitants are pretty much living in their own bubble and could care less about the plight of other countries or how they got that way.
BK 14 hours ago
Gab Melissa Bickers 12 hours ago
wheat 11 hours ago
ryan R.A.C 11 hours ago
R.A.C 14 hours ago
bushdiver fairplay an hour ago
Pollux 15 hours ago
As you read you will see that Americans have become pretty self-righteous in their ivory tower. I have a different view of life here in America and that is predominately due to my marriage. Its a very hard life to lead sometimes. Because I have to deal with the way Americans perceive immigrants form the south whether they are hear illegally or legally. Americans might not tell you to your face but in the dark corners of their mind they don't want to be infiltrated by anyone form the South. If an illegal immigrant form France somehow slipped into the US they would welcome him/her with open arms. The french are acceptable of course. We are inundated with how fucking perfect France is how special so cultured. But yet they can't muster the energy to take a shower. But the way the media portrays France and other European countries its like the sun rises and shines on these countries. I have come out of the fog of brainwashing and I now wonder what do they do that is so great other than steal and exploit the south for their own benefit? If its made in France its great, if its made in Venezuela its trash. France is the pinnacle of what people use as an example of quality of life. They can do no wrong. BUT the image of the South is so different I don't have to explain it everyone knows what I'm talking about. Its called discrimination. And its the way the media portrays the South that gives Americans their disdain for Mexico and South America.
It has really opened my eyes as to who some of my fellow Americans really are. Most who have turned out to be total hypocrites a quality I find really loathsome. I don't like it when people refer to Brazil as a 3rd world country just to be derogatory and put Brazil on a lower plateau. They like to cast the country as 3rd world so they can dismiss it. Even if parts are like 3rd world conditions, last time I checked ALL the citizens in the U.S. that now call themselves Americans are descended usually form poor farm workers that arrived at the golden shores on disease infested boats. So when I hear some of the comments I want to get into an argument. For that reason I have done a lot of research and study into US foreign policy and history to make sure I know what I'm dealing with. The US which is not all innocent in this subject perpetuates the myth that Brazil is a 3rd world dump by virtually ignoring the country and letting old generalizations stay where they are. I have a hard time finding anything about Brazil in the American media unless its negative even that is few and far between. And I know its done on purpose because China is 3rd world and they can't seem to shut the F up about that country in the media I guess the US has to kiss China's ass due to the fact China now owns this country. Their is a lot of ignorance on the part of Americans who have no idea what is really going on and only believe what they are spoon fed most of which is provocative inflammatory information about these countries. In general America is a individualist society where all inhabitants are pretty much living in their own bubble and could care less about the plight of other countries or how they got that way.
BK 14 hours ago
Gab Melissa Bickers 12 hours ago
wheat 11 hours ago
ryan R.A.C 11 hours ago
bushdiver fairplay an hour ago
Pollux 15 hours ago
-
-
- David Thomas Dorsheimer 6 hours ago
Don't forget, they love our goodies we give out. Heck, even daughters of drug lords who have tons of cash still come up here to have their children on the taxpayer dime.... Can't beat that.
19
over-informed voter David 6 hours ago- Yup... and Obamacare actually covers illegal aliens who are not eligible for any other government benefit... We get to pay even more for them!
Share ›
- Pollux itsdark4u 4 hours ago
Moving to LA was an eye opener. I felt like the foreigner there and not because of race, it's because of all the people there speaking spanish who only speak spanish. They shy away from people because they know they can't communicate. The illegals walk around with their heads down trying not to draw attention. Mexicans have literally flooded LA and this is a result of illegal immigration and a extremely high rate of reproduction. I think this is the problem Americans have. When you come here, you become an America and adopt our culture and our language. You don't bring Mexico to the United States. We know what Mexico is like and we don't want that here. Period.
16 1
-
-
- Would be offended about what..what I said? I lived there. Im speaking from experience. I'm a democrat and I voted for Obama.
›
- Pollux mon_a 2 hours ago
I might add that I also lived in Tucson Arizona aswell which has an extremely high population of illegal immigrants. I was in a few relationships with Mexican women there so I got to learn first hand about their cousins who were slipping back and fourth from Mexico...some working in cartels there. It's a common practice there. There is an entire half of Tucson that if you didn't know any better..you would think you were in Mexico.
›
-
- ghing__Man itsdark4u 6 hours ago
We sure don't have millions of poor people sneaking in from Canada.- tsdar4u Laughing__Man 4 hours ago
Nope, they just come here for more immediate medical care when theirs fails them. If you can't afford one baby, you shouldn't have five, regardless of your culture.
-
- David Pollux 6 hours ago
Most don't even realize how much our great state spends on illegal immigration per year. California spends approximately ten billion per year on illegal immigration. Not ten million, but "10 BILLION!" San Diego county where I live, spends roughly one billion per year on illegal immigration. If we were able just to cut that in half, we could balance our budget. I am sorry but I find more negative than anything positive about illegal immigration. They are not a plus for our society, because they take way far more than they give back. People also need to look at the whole picture, not just one piece of it, like them being cheap labor... Maybe the rich score off the cheap labor, but the rest of us pay dearly for it, I mean think about this, where does that ten billion come from? The taxpayers! So much for that cheap head of lettuce! I always love to hear people say how we need them, but then complain about taxes, it's like going through my head, "you really are a m0r0n that can't add two and two together..." By the way, do people know that produce is one of the top ten rip offs to consumers, and that is a fact, so where is all this money we are saving on illegal immigration? Please anyone show me just one benefit of having them here... -
- Well, I want to deport the illegal immigrants. It is not a waste of time or money. They are taxing our schools, infrastructure, and you CANNOT reward criminals. Yes, they are criminals for coming here illegall. And, we need to change the laws - no more anchor babies. If you are born here, but your parents are here illegally, no free passes and no free citizenship.
You can work legally in your own country. There are probably a billion people around the world who want to live in the US and get social security. The US immigration system has been designed to take limited numbers of immigrants each year. Not all who want to come here will be able to. With so many aspiring immigrants waiting patiently in their own countries because they respect our laws, it is wrong to reward people who flout our laws with the ability stay here and work. 26 years ago our congress promised US citizens that the only and only legalization program of 1986 would be the only one. We are going to hold our legislators to that promise.
I guess the word ILLEGAL means nothing to any local, state or the federal government. Our loser of a governor here is MA wants to make it easier for ILLEGAL immigrants to go to college! Are you kidding me?Whatever is decided, I want all immigrants documented so they can pay taxes instead of taking services from TAXPAYER revenue.My daughter was was walking to work one beautiful morning. She was hit by an illegal that lost control of his car. The illegal was driving illegally. He lst his license for leaving the scene of an accident previously. This time he stayed. Though he never got out of the car to help. His punishment? Driving to fast for conditions and driving with revoked license. He had no money. Just an uneducated illegal trying to make a living in the USA and better himself. My daughter gets stuck with the bad back. The medical bills. If I was driving an accidentally hit the illegal he would have an ambulance chaser trying to take my house. This is what we want?
over-informed voter HunterPSU 6 hours ago
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)