Why arent Bush daughters in Iraq ?

[Frank Gallagher]

I must admit, I have a problem with someone moving to a foriegn country then demanding to live within the cultures, laws etc of the place they just left in their new home...Why the hell did they leave their homeland in the first place? For example, when I moved to the US I had to get used to driving on the other side of the road, I didn't demand to be allowed to drive on the left because that's what my culture believes in.
 
 I believe anyone who wants to provide a better life for themselves and their family should be welcomed into a new country...especially a country of immigrants like America. But in return they should respect and live by the laws of that country and learn to speak the language of that country....the issue in the US though, is just what exactly is the official language?
 
 One story I heard on talk radio down here was about some muslims who applied for a job at the meat dept. of Target, then once hired refused to handle pork. WHAT THE FUCK!!! If you don't want to do the job then don't fucking apply, it's that simple. It's that sort of stuff that makes my blood boil.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 my problem is the lack of assimilation, or even the desire to assimilate.  i've seen several immigrant marches and protests since i've moved out here to s.f., and my one critique of them remains the same: write the signs in english.  

I hope the Chinese are nicer to your kids than you are to the hispanics when they can't speak Mandarin or Cantonese... [/b]

i, for one, welcome our new chinese overlords

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 One story I heard on talk radio down here was about some muslims who applied for a job at the meat dept. of Target, then once hired refused to handle pork. WHAT THE FUCK!!! If you don't want to do the job then don't fucking apply, it's that simple. It's that sort of stuff that makes my blood boil.

Certainly ridiculous but I wouldn't be surprised if that story had been made up. Not made up are instances of pharmacists (or "chemists" if you prefer, BUT IN THIS COUNTRY...) refusing to dispense birth control pills or even sell condoms because of their religious beliefs. And they're not Muslims.

[alex]

Wait, Target sells meat?

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Brandon Brendall, the thief:
  Wait, Target sells meat?

Yep...sure does down here.

This was originally printed in the Christian Science Monitor and made its way onto Yahoo! News:
 
 Few Americans share Iraq war's sacrifices
 
 Five years after President Bush declared war on Islamic extremism, the military has lost 3,599 troops and spent $503 billion in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet unlike past wars, even unpopular ones, most Americans have contributed little directly.
 
 Every time someone says "the government spent" or "the military spent," a righteous populist neuron in my brain feels compelled to scream, THE GOVERNMENT NEVER SPENT A FUCKING PENNY ON ANYTHING! THE GOVERNMENT EXTORTS MONEY FROM CITIZENS, TAKES A CUT FOR ITSELF, AND THEN REDISTRIBUTES THE MONEY.
 
 At this point, "most Americans" have been FORCED to pay nearly TWO THOUSAND BUCKS EACH for that counterproductive bloodbath. I could REALLY USE that two thousand bucks right now. And fuck knows what quotient of that two grand goes to bankers' interest and the government payroll.
 
 Hey, Uncle Samâ??I realize you have the guns pointed at our heads as well as at the Iraqis, and if we don't give you our lunch money you'll throw us in jail, but can you at least, for once, ADMIT it?