Comments on: How Empires End

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:26:41 +0000

The Council Has Spoken!

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By: BIRDZILLA

BIRDZILLA — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:49:51 +0000

And to yhink that it was france who helped our country to become the USA when they sent in the navy to YORKTOWN to keep the british from sneaking out now look whats happened NAPOLIAN is spinning in his tomb

By: Anita

Anita — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:26:44 +0000

I hope and pray Buchanan, whom i usually don’t agree with, is right about black folks being american, still. i say this because since 9/11 i have been surrounded by folks who are on the other side! my grandparents and parents did not lie about racism, but they were americans and proud of it. today, some people seem to think the war on terror is a war between the coloreds and non coloreds and we have to fight on the colored side. at least they talk that way. i’ve given up arguing with them. i just hope they don’t mean what they say. what’s really galling to me as an american who is black is that lots of these people are immigrants from the caribbean and africa, some of the africans would have literally died or been in prison if they were not here, they came here voluntarily are doing very well and would die if someone tried to make them live in a country of people of color.

By: actus

actus — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:43:13 +0000

“The sub-title of the book was â€œCompassion as Contemptâ€.”

Sounds like a rehash of “The White Man’s Burden.”

By: George Marks

George Marks — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:40:38 +0000

A few decades ago, a fellow named Pascal Bruckner wrote a book called “Tears of the White Man”. It described the self-righteous attitude of French Liberals in their dealings with the third world. They would provide help and benefits to the poor but grow bored and indifferent rather quickly, particularly if those receiving this French beneficence didn’t behave as expected. The sub-title of the book was “Compassion as Contempt”. The French refuse to learn from the past yet again.

By: David Downing

David Downing — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:47:44 +0000

We used to be proud of the American “melting pot” that made us all Americans. In recent years, we’ve been told that metaphor is not politically correct. Now, we’re supposed to be a “salad bowl,” with various ingredients in the same bowl, but still distinct from one another.

The French have followed that recipe, with French citizens who aren’t really French, and don’t feel French. And now look at what they’ve cooked up! The kitchen is burning.

We need to forget all of our hyphens and get back to all being Americans, before we head down the same road as the French.

By: BIRDZILLA

BIRDZILLA — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:33:52 +0000

Is france going to crumble will all french women be forced to wear burkas and all french men forced to grow beards and face mecca will they rip down the efelle tower and the arc de truimph will the make pepi le pew a crinimal

By: actus

actus — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:04:28 +0000

“Have any of you ever read the Koran? The poisoned source of Islime?”

Karen Hughes said dubya is reading it.

By: Rant Fever

Rant Fever — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:46:12 +0000

France Burning

I have been astounded at the news from France these last two weeks. I suppose I shouldn't be surprized, though.

France is a nation that, above all, loves social programs. For years they have warehoused immigrant North Africans and Arabs in hu…

By: Ciaran Denise

Ciaran Denise — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 04:48:53 +0000

Have any of you ever read the Koran? The poisoned source of Islime?

There is NO hope for integration and peaceful co-extisence with the mohammedans. The “tolarance” of “diversity” is a deranged, suicidally VAIN fantasia on the part of self-indulgent Westerners.

By: buinovsky

buinovsky — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:20:35 +0000

My experience with Latin Americans, especially Mexican immigrants, is that they really want to be Americans. They don’t hate us, our culture or our religion. They want to intermarry and be part of the mainstream. Don’t pay attention to the self-appointed spokespeople (like MALDEF), many of whom don’t speak Spanish, don’t know anything about their parents’ culture and despise their religion (typically Roman Catholicism). We need to cultivate an alternative Hispanic intelligentsia to confront these socialist multiculti tribalists. Moreover, the USA should do much more to encourage assimilation of the right kind. Teaching English by making its use more of a daily necessity would be a start. What motivate the immigrant to learn a foreign language is necessity. What motivates the student is necessity. We should also do a better job teaching our glorious history, our values and our heroes. Warts and all, our heritage is something to be damn proud of.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:24:35 +0000

#42 – I don’t believe I (or anyone else) suggested secession per se, I posited that autonomy based on ethnicity and language is a possibility that cannot be discounted, on account of the sheer number of people and their concentration. When southern California is 75% or more Hispanic and Spanish, rather than English is the everyday language spoken on the street, it’s naive to think that there will not be a well organized effort to create a Puerto Rico or Quebec-like state within the USA, complete with demands for special privileges and massive federal handouts “or else”, the “or else” being a referendum on secession…to be followed by more shakedowns.

By: jGeee

jGeee — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:13:20 +0000

I think people are going a little overboard with the Hispanic wanting the leave the US union. It is a greater probability that Northern Mexican states will see the US as a country that can help them and be drawn more toward us rather than the other way.

Keeping your native language is very common, it decreases through successive populations. Teaching in English is essential to integration however.

I leave this up to market forces, so the US will be fine. You see lots of Spanish stations and such right now because there is demand. If your Spanish and want to be in the high return workforce you need to learn English.

If Hispanic parents want their children to succeed they will learn English. Just like the secessionist movement in Hawaii, any Mexican one will fail because it is not in the majorities best interest.

By: Dan Hamilton

Dan Hamilton — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:21:25 +0000

The problem with illegal immigrants is the ILLEGAL part.

What don’t you understand about that?

I don’t give a flying &&%$^&^ WHAT the policy on immigrants is.

BUT I do want control over who comes in and who goes out of this country. And if they are not citizens then how long they are here and get them out when their time is up.

You can have completely OPEN immigration AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHO IS COMING IN AND WHO IS GOING OUT.

The question today is not about immigrants it is about illegal immigrants.

There is a big difference for anyone with brains.

By: Gina Cobb

Gina Cobb — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:05:11 +0000

French Riots Abating? Shhhhh!!! Don’t Provoke Them Again!

On the plus side, attacks by rioters in France dropped sharply overnight. France’s overnight success (only 617 cars torched in 100 towns!) may be due to curfews and emergency security measures. And here’s an encouraging sign that somebody in France