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To: Gay State Conservative

I grew up in New York City in a neighborhood that was heavily Puerto Rican. They had about the same number of good and bad people as any other economic-refugee immigrant group, and most the children of that generation have in any case moved to nicer places in the outer boroughs or the suburbs and assimilated so thoroughly that they’re undetectable.

I don’t see that they’re any different from Italians, Eastern European Jews (many of the early organized crime figures were from immigrant Eastern European Jewish families), Russians or any other economic-refugee immigrant group.


16 posted on 11/07/2012 7:27:53 AM PST by livius
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To: livius
I grew up in New York City in a neighborhood that was heavily Puerto Rican. They had about the same number of good and bad people as any other economic-refugee immigrant group...

It would take about 20,000 words for me to even begin to answer you...to address this basic issue.Those 20,000 words would include my immigrant family's multi-generational history (one of my grandparents was born in Ireland and spoke no English when she arrived,nor did her mother) but I'll just leave it at...since they've come here not a single member of that family has *ever* received a penny of government cash except for military pay and *ordinary* Social Security payments (not disability).It never occurred to anyone in my family to expect *any* kind of government largess...even during the Depression.And those Gaelic speakers I mentioned...they learned English...and assimilated... *in a hurry*! Contrast that with the "multi cultural" immigrants of today,many,many,*many* of whom demand that *we* learn *their* language and demand everything from food,shelter,health care and even cell phones from American taxpayers.To see a great example,check out this interview that Obama's Kenyan aunt gave to a Boston TV station a year or two ago.But make sure you've taken your blood pressure medications first or else I guarantee you'll have a fatal stroke.

27 posted on 11/07/2012 1:13:48 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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