Some Advice
The First Lady of the State of Florida was born in Mexico and she doesn’t appreciate the Mexican bashing. She gets unhappy when people burn the Mexican flag and make racial slurs about Mexicans. She expresses her unhappiness to her husband John Ellis “Jeb” Bush who then must make negative statements about conservative Republicans or learn to live in the garage.
Peter Wallsten, a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times needs to do a little more research before appearing on Florida Public Radio to talk about immigration. Peter, Puerto Ricans aren’t immigrants. Puerto Rico is a US territory and its people are American citizens.
The Whiskey Bar is open and Billmon is pounding out wit and wisdom at a prodigious rate.
2 comments
Puerto Ricans aren’t immigrants. Puerto Rico is a US territory and its people are American citizens.
Yeah, but they’re brown and they speak Spanish so they ain’t real ‘muricuns; knowwaddamean?
I just couldn’t believe it when I heard the guy on Capitol Report. This was as bad as the gate guard on a local military base who didn’t know the difference between the Cuban flag and the flag of Thailand. He was holding up traffic because a car had a Thai flag hanging from the mirror, and he thought it was the Cuban flag.
Even if it was the Cuban flag, there are reputedly a lot of Cubans in Florida.
I don’t think you can underestimate the lack of knowledge about the rest of the world by Americans.