Posted on 05/11/2007 9:18:14 PM PDT by teldon30
That’s what my sister and I are watching right now. :P
“IMO, American women are more screwed up then the men. I say that from what I see day to day, in advertising and the media. To make my point, when was the last time you saw a movie about a guy who was trying to hurt his success with women? Never, but a move was put out a few years ago called something like “how to lose a guy in 10 days.”
In that movie, both the guy and the girl were using each other for their careers - she was doing “research” for an article for a woman’s magazine and he was trying to win a bet with his boss in order to get a certain promotion. Both were equally wrong, but the title reflects her actions more than his.
Go back and look at who my original post was addressed to. It wasnt’ only you. Now how about you post something that has a point.
“You all are clueless. The reason asian women prefer white guys is so simple and plain its silly. Its got nothing to do with the size of anyones manhood you dopes!”
The reason Asian women prefer ANYONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY is that they really, really want to leave their own country, esp. those countries which are Communist.
You’re right; size of manhood has nothing to do with it.
The second reason is the same reason that the world’s oldest profession is the world’s oldest profession - dinero, pure and simple. I’ve seen it happen too many times; sad to watch if you like the Westerner involved.
Yep. I visted her last year and we seemed to hit it off well. I hope to be going on a slightly longer visit next month.
Relocation is out of the question at this point because of my kids. One is in mid launch, and the other won't be for a few more years. I don't want to abandon him to the eeeeeeevil slime mom. (She's a liberal)
By the time he's ready, my new company should be at the place where I can sell it off.
It had more to do with the experiences my wife and I have had as an interracial couple and the experiences my kids have had as bi-racial Americans.
I know what you are speaking of. I’ve seen it too. But for this discussion, I THOUGHT we were talking about asian women already here legally, already citizens.
I made my point. You just never read it. One more time, troll: If you insult people before you contribute your ‘better’ knowledge, you’re unlikely to convince anyone of anything. There is no point to insulting anyone you want to convince of your point of view. When you do that, you are convincing no one. Try a little civility for a change and see how you do.
And your example of "assimilating to be American" was the fact that your grandmother was ashamed of her 25% Irish ancestry and wanted to be considered 100% WASP when the Irish contributed so much to the creation of the USA?
But you bring up another topic that I feel strongly about. That is this nonsense more and more americans have about being proud of ones ancestry. It is kinda stupid when you get down to it. We are americans. We are a heinz 57 mixture.
You might be "Heinz 57" as far as ethnic heritage. Some of us Americans were not and are not Heinz 57 but we were and are just as much "American" as Heinz 57 or any other hamburger condiment you care to mention.
That includes the Union soldiers of the Irish Brigade who died at Gettysburg. That includes the Buffalo Soldiers that died on the Western frontier. That includes the Navajo Code Talkers that died in the Pacific. That includes the Tuskegee Airmen that died over the skies of Europe. That includes my uncle that was shedding blood for the U.S. in Vietnam in 1965 after having come here from Cuba in 1960.
You are no more "American" than any of those just because you believe that your American heritage dates from the day you were born and believe that taking into account anything that your ancestors did to form your American character is "stupid".
Promoting pride in ones ancestry is promoting balkanization and that is dangerous.
So, I should tell my children that they should have no pride that their dead maternal Polish American grandfather fought in the Pacific in World War II?
I should tell my children that they should pay no heed that one of my ancestors commanded a frigate in the Spanish fleet that defeated the British in the capture of Pensacola during the American Revolutionary War securing the American Colonies' southern flank and helping America win it's independence?
I should tell my children that they should pay no heed that, five years after coming to the U.S. from Cuba, my uncle was a U.S. Army Lieutenant who was fighting and severely wounded at the Landing Zone X-Ray at the Battle of Ia Drang and is listed seven times in the index of We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young?
Theres nothing wrong with being aware of where you came from, but pride in what culture your great great grandparents were part of is just dumb. They are dead and gone and that culture that they were part of doesnt exist any more ......
Wow ..... That explains why public school left-wing teachers no longer teach children to be proud of being American.
"Your dead great great grandfather came to America because it was a Land of Freedom and fought at Gettysburg with the Irish Brigade? Your grandfather fought in World War II?"
"Hey! They are dead and gone! Who gives a rat's patoot! Fogetaboutit!! "
"You have no heritage. You have no History. You are Heinz 57. Or French's Mustard. Or Tony Roma's Barbecue Sauce."
Have you ever considered that heritage is what keeps a man on a steady course and lack of heritage is why slightly over 50% of America is now drifting like a ship without a rudder?
I can take pride in being a midwesterner. I can take pride in being conservative, or the specific skill set Ive aquired. But how can you take pride in who your long dead ancestors are who you never even met?
Because, if they did their job in nurturing your family tree, they shaped the values that you have today.
As the saying goes, "Good breeding shows."
I happen to know that my genetic composition is primarily danish, dutch and german...with some english, irish, and native american. I feel absolutely no connection to any of those cultures or nations.
So that is supposed to make you more of a "real American" than my uncle who, five years after coming to the U.S. from Cuba, was bleeding from a gaping leg wound at Landing Zone X-ray at the Battle of Ia Drang and, according to the book "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young", was cussing up a storm in Spanish after he was wounded during that battle?
In this country, you don't inherit your station in life. You work for it. That's the american way.
Well, some of us have worked and have bled for our station in America and just because we have not turned our back on the ancestors who shaped our character, that does not mean that we are less "American" than those who believe that being "American" means having no heritage at all.
Man, has this thread degenerated from the earlier, interesting discussion of the actual topic. Let’s refocus on the relationship between race and attracting babes.
I vote for more pictures...
Most of my Latino friends are conservative, the religous ones are fervently conservative and all of them vote Republican. This is in SoFlo.
One of my best friends simply told me he could not reconcile Democrat policy with his Catholic beliefs. Democrats were incompatible with Christianity for him. He's from the Dominican Republic. Dated a Cuban (descent) girl who's father fled Castro. I cant' repeat what they think of Democrats. My wife yells at the TV in Spanish when she sees Reid or Pelosi on the screen and changes the channel when Hillary appears.
We have a tremendous number of Latino conservatives. Vison, when you get down here, if you come to SoFlo and you're interested in a Church, try Calvary Chapel. There are so many conservative Latinas there they overflow into the ailes. Enjoy.
We used to have more post here regularly. I miss seeing Luis Gonzalez and some of our other locals post more. They left after the "Great Shiavo Flame Wars" of 2005. The fought to the last for Terri and some of our own here were pretty hard on them. We have to be able to control our discourse on some matters. We can't agree on every single subject and it cost us some good people.
Never saw it, but remember the trailer. The advertising I saw sold it as some sort of story about how men are easy to get and can be thrown away in a cocky manner.
While nobody can be responsible for advertisers, they are professionals who make a living targeting markets.
AMEN! I don’t mean to sound bigoted, but I make it a rule NEVER to date a black girl or a white girl that prefers to date black guys because of the anti-intellectual attitude.
I would only consider dating another black girl only if she’s educated and cultured. So far, all of those gals were taken by smart, cultured, educated white guys, so I’m stuck having jungle fever for the rest of my life.
I’m not complaining though.
To me, it’s all good.
Big hooters and pink (rhymes with hooters).
AS long as there’s mutual bonding and respect, who cares.
Bigoted parents, bigoted friends, and bigoted mental litter from the surrounding culture are all factors, but there's more at work as well. Stereotypes often have roots in reality -- some aspect of the others' culture that rubs the wrong way. This can be picked up, exaggerated, and distorted but the underlying conflict is still there. Tom Sowell has written on this extensively and I think he's right.
This only becomes controversial when the stereotype is negative. We have many positive -- or at least benign and often humerous -- stereotypes as well. I'm sure some Asian Americans are bums with slacker kids. I've just never met any. Asian Americans are reputed to place a high emphasis on family, work, savings, and education. The stereotype certainly matches my admittedly limited experience. Not all cultures are equal and we can hardly help noticing the difference even if the PC police punish truth telling.
“That was unnecessary.”
Most that have come here from Cuba and have some sort of education and know how terrible communism can be are conservative.
However, most of the 20 million or so Illegal alien invaders are from Mexico and several other latin american countries that are totally corrupt. The great majority of these folks are uneducated and will support whomever will offer them the most freebies. ie Dimocrats
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