Obama: Brooklyn Is "Cool," Inspired Generations of Immigrants

NBC Bay Area ^ | Friday, Oct 25, 2013

[nickcarraway]

The president visited the Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Crown Heights

President Barack Obama praised Brooklyn on Friday for being forever "cool" and noted that it has drawn generations of immigrants seeking better opportunities, which he said should inspire the nation's approach to education.

Obama spoke at the Pathways in Technology Early College High School, known as P-Tech, which he praised for graduating students with a high school diploma and an associates degree. The school opened in 2011 in a rough stretch of Crown Heights.

"What's going on here at P-Tech is outstanding, and I'm excited to see it for myself," he said. "P-Tech is proof of what can be accomplished."

[imardmd1]

A garbage pit draws millions of flies, but it can be cleaned up.

[Gay State Conservative]

OK,so Brooklyn is “cool”.In making that statement I assume he's speaking about the *people* of Brooklyn.I wonder what he thinks of folks who live in the suburban and rural areas of,say,Nebraska,Georgia,Colorado,Texas and North Dakota.Like his two idols,Alinsky and Ayers,I'd wager that he doesn't think that they're very cool at all.

[LibLieSlayer]

Brooklyn is cool and so is Sana'a, Yemen and Mogadishu, Somalia... just bitchin’ places where all of the hapnin’ people go. I also hear Kenya's Malls are terrific this time of year!

[elpadre]

“..drawn generations of immigrants seeking better opportunities..”

true - and they did it the legal way.

[skeeter]

I've been in downtown Brooklyn.

"Cool" was not a word that came to mind.

[raybbr]

For the next few weeks “immigration” will be treated as akin to the Resurrection.

[SunkenCiv]

Rand Paul’s immigration speech
03.19.13 | Hon Sen Rand Paul (KY)
Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2998395/posts

...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.

Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.

Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.

Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.

If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...

This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.

Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.

[but he’s not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

[informavoracious]

...drawn generations of immigrants seeking better opportunities...”

Better opportunities. Not a free ride. They worked or went hungry or returned home. They didn't drop an anchor kid and instantly qualify for "free" food, housing, cash. They had incentive to improve their lot in life.