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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
They are worried that the Dolls will be taken Hostage by insurgents.
2 posted on
02/02/2005 12:11:23 PM PST by
Murphy63
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
3 posted on
02/02/2005 12:11:48 PM PST by
FormerACLUmember
(Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
The storybook describes how a Mexican-American girl named Marisol Luna moves to suburban Des Plaines after her parents fear for her safety.I've been hearing this story all over talk radio the last couple of days, but I never heard them mention that the family is supposed to move to Des Plaines! LOL!!! Yeah, that's ALOT better then Pilsen! LMAO!
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Have these same Dems ever spoken out against Gangsta rap lyrics?
5 posted on
02/02/2005 12:15:11 PM PST by
LibFreeOrDie
(A Freep a day keeps the liberals away.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
A few years back my daughter asked if I could look up some information about American Girl Dolls...warning to the wise...don't allow your children to do an internet search on their own...the pornographers are all over those keywords.
6 posted on
02/02/2005 12:16:24 PM PST by
highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
When GI Joe gets free is going to come over and kick their ass.
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Picking on a doll.
My, my, my.
8 posted on
02/02/2005 12:17:11 PM PST by
SmithL
(ex-Boomer Rider)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Used to hit 18th Street in Pilsen for the annual art fair. I also used to enjoy the Mexican bakeries and restaurants along Cermak. Nevertheless: 1. The nabe is dangerous at night, especially the farther west you go towards Little Village/Cicero and 2. Many second generation Mexican Americans have moved to places like Des Plaines and Addison to get away from the criminal element.
9 posted on
02/02/2005 12:17:26 PM PST by
Clemenza
(I Am Here to Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass, and I'm ALL OUT OF BUBBLEGUM!)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Crime in the beat around Harrison Park included three murders and 41 aggravated batteries in 2004. If there were three murders and 41 aggravated batteries in my neighborhood in a year, I would move, if I could. This is a no-brainer.
10 posted on
02/02/2005 12:17:38 PM PST by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
In the book, which accompanies the $84 doll, Marisol's parents tell her "It's time we get out of this neighborhood.'' That's scandalous!
84 bucks for a doll?
11 posted on
02/02/2005 12:17:43 PM PST by
ScottFromSpokane
(http://drunkengop.blogspot.com/)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Another example of political correct bullsh*t! The stories of each of the American Girl are meant to teach young girls the diversity in which each of the American girls grow up.
13 posted on
02/02/2005 12:19:21 PM PST by
peacebaby
("...please refrain from impugning my integrity." Dr. Condoleezza Rice, 1/18/05)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Pilsen is not specifically named but the family is described as living across the street from Harrison Park at 18th and Damen.Bishop's Chili Restaurant used to be located at 18th and Damen. It was the best chili, I've ever had. Used to eat there several times a week while in graduate school. Unfortunately, it's no longer there.
14 posted on
02/02/2005 12:20:12 PM PST by
Faraday
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
18 posted on
02/02/2005 12:20:38 PM PST by
Raven6
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
the neighborhood in a storybook as "dangerous.'' Sheez ... storybooks have sure changed since my time.
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
you couldn't pay for better comedy than what is done by our own politicians.
20 posted on
02/02/2005 12:24:01 PM PST by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
The Mattel folks should just explain that the danger came from right wing Republicans trying to suppress the hispanic vote. Then they'd realize it was a politically correct story after all. (Eyes roll)
26 posted on
02/02/2005 12:27:54 PM PST by
Rippin
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
These are probably the same people who blasted Dan Quayle for dissing Murphy Brown! SHEESH!
30 posted on
02/02/2005 12:28:53 PM PST by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Juana Guzman, vice president of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, called the book "insulting to the neighborhood'' and complained that the story line carries the message that one has to "move to the suburbs to be safe.''
Clean up your neighborhood and stop complaining.
An American Girl spokeswoman said the danger reference is to street traffic.
Seriously, that is the biggest line of bullsh*t Ive ever read, and Im on their side!
35 posted on
02/02/2005 12:31:10 PM PST by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
I just knew that the American Girl dolls were going to get lousier as they began to incorporate the worst aspects of "inclusivity" and political correctness to make more money. It happens to everything that becomes a marketing machine, like night follows day. I did think, though, that they would have stuck with a good thing by trying to make their "hispanic" entry more of a historical type, like, maybe, "Maria, the little Mexican girl from Chihuahua, with her father, Jose, who is a Juarista revolutionary fighting with Zapata", or something like that.
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Chicago) Tuesday invited the president of the company that makes American Girl dolls to visit Pilsen after the firm angered some Hispanics by describing the neighborhood in a storybook as "dangerous.'' No, what is dangerous are these hypersensitive imbeciles. Sorry, Charlie, but there are neighborhoods across the land that are considered "dangerous". Just yelling about it does not make it less so.
45 posted on
02/02/2005 12:48:02 PM PST by
Houmatt
(America's own Holocaust: Abortion.)
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