Re: OT, found this tidbit, a bit racist, but fits the times.

Roger Zoul wrote:
Bill Baka wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: Bill Baka wrote:
::::: Paul Hobson wrote:
:::::: bobino@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
::::::: Bill Baka <bbaka@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
:::::::: Roger Zoul wrote:
::::::::: Bill Baka wrote:
::::::::::: Subject: Kentucky Drinking Rules
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::::::::: It's completely racist and doesn't fit the times.
:::::::: OK,
:::::::: So take out the Iraqi.
:::::::: Happy now?
:::::::
:::::::
::::::: It shows bigotry and racism in regard to Arabs/Iraqis, Mexicans,
::::::: those from Kentucky and gun owners. Did I leave anything out?
:::::::
::::::: In very poor taste, it's unfortunate that anyone thinks this is
::::::: funny or that it "fits the times".
:::::::
::::::: -Bob "member of none of the above groups"
::::::
:::::: Don't worry. Bill's cool. Since he's not from the South, he's
:::::: not racist no matter what he believes or says[1].
::::::
::::: I have Chinese friends and East Indian friends and even black
::::: friends since they somehow managed to learn English.
:::
::: I am still trying to process this statement, Bill. What do you
::: mean by "since they somehow managed to learn English?" And why did
::: you include in this statement "and even black friends"?
::
:: Misplaced, since they were born here and know English (southern
:: style) by default. They aren't here by choice and I have nothing
:: against them, since it was your ancestors (not mine) that brought
:: them here against their will to be slaves.

Mine? How can you say that?

Damn sure not mine. My fathers parents came by Ellis island in 1907 and 1912 and met in Chicago. My mothers mother came over from Ireland because of the great potato famine. Her father was French/Indian descended from resistance fighters warring against the whites practicing genocide on the Indians, old Honest Abe included. The white savages with guns were settling the savages without guns by shooting them in the back as they ran. Yup, Lincoln sure was great. It's in his memoirs.

Apart of that, many highly-skilled and educated people come to this country every year who can barely speak the langauge.

They do that to further their education by working in the US.

You don't have a problem with
them, do you?

Yes I do. They are taking jobs away from us Americans born here.

Those who cross the border illegally often do so to have
greater opportunities to a better life.

They could at least learn English and history and petition to become legal citizens, like my grandparents did. Without getting the whole family on welfare because they got here in time to have baby number x.

And of course, some of them will
steal & rob, etc. But how are they really any different than those who were born right here and do the same things?

This country does have it's fair amount of white trash mixed with others.

To a very large extent, it's more
of an economic issue than one simply of race.

If I didn't have to find the English side of the can every time I went into a grocery store it might not be so bad. Imagine the conflict when they get to clogging up Wisconsin and Minnesota, where things are already dual labeled in French. English, French, and now Spanish?

:::
::: This statement is leading me to think all kinds of ugly things
::: about you. Surely no!
:::
::::: Most were engineers.
::
::
:: The Chinese and East Indians were.
::
::::: I have never seen a Mexican rise above an accountant. When I was
::::: working at H.P. all the janitors were Mexican.
::::: You figure it out.
:::
::: Figure what out, exactly? Why you haven't seen a Mexian rise about
::: an accountant? Is there something wrong with accountants, now,
::: too? Is it not a worthy goal to be an accountant and are they
::: somehow lower quality people than people who choose other
::: professions?
::
:: Add/subtract/multiply/divide. Grade school math. Try engineering for
:: a sore brain.
:: Bill

Accounting isn't simply grade school math. And engineering needn't give anyone a sore brain.

Have you a clue what you are talking about? Math is math, period. I have to keep up with not only the latest programming languages, basic, Pascal, C, C++, Java, C#, ADA, etc......, and that's only the programming. Next try hardware and the near daily changes, even in AMD and Intel chip names, much less all the CAD programs. I read about 3 magazines a day and things change week by week.
Bill Baka
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