MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE TOLERANT?
Posted on 06/03/2007 5:41:20 AM PDT by nj26
NOWHERE in the United States Constitution is there any mention of Miss U.S.A. She has no authority to declare war. She does not build border walls or round up undocumented immigrants. Those things are left to others, none of whom wear a sash.
But that fact seemed to get lost during the recent Miss Universe pageant, when Mexicans greeted Rachel Smith, Miss U.S.A., with one chorus after another of boos. Pageant officials said Ms. Smith, 22, was rattled by the denunciations, which echoed other booing she had received during her monthlong stay in Mexico, notably when she showed off a sleek, white Elvis outfit as her national costume on a runway on one of Mexico City’s grand avenues.
On pageant night, the wrath continued. As Ms. Smith was chosen for the final five, despite an awful fall in her evening dress, the crowd grew more boisterous, especially because Miss Mexico, Rosa María Ojeda Cuen, had been eliminated. Donald Trump, who owns the pageant, said he was nervous the audience might storm the stage. “The level of hostility was amazing,” he said, comparing it to the fury on display at the end of a disputed prizefight...
So, Mexicans say, the booing at this pageant was never about Miss U.S.A. herself. It was those letters on her sash.
“This was about immigration and so many things,” said Nicolas Corte, 23, a student who was in the crowd when Miss Smith was booed in her Elvis outfit. “She represented the United States and many people are thinking negative things about the country right now.”
Mr. Corte and others said the complaints included arrogance by the Bush administration and frustration over American immigration policy, the war in Iraq and the historical grievances Mexico harbors against its neighbor.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE TOLERANT?
After looking at this picture, maybe the Mexicans don't like brown people, Miss USA is the darkest finalist. And the NY Times had to pick, what has to be, the ONLY picture with Miss USA not smiling.
It's unfortunate your post began quite rationally, focusing on the source of your frustration, and then devolved into the all too common "I don't like any Hispanics. Deport 'em all."
Sorry. We are not going away. We are here: citizens born to legal parents, taxpayers, business owners and voters who speak English at home. We hate illegal immigration as much as you. In fact, it's hated more, because we honest citizens get lumped in with criminals simply because we share similar last names. Every time you read a poll saying "Hispanics" favor illegal immigration, understand that real Americans consider themselves Americans first. Please do not revile us for policies in which we have had no hand, but are pleading with our politicians to change. We want our borders secured, and criminal illegals deported.
LOL, great line.
Walling off Mexico from the USA.
It sure didn’t help that the all American judging panel placed Miss USA in the finalist round even after she plopped on her keester.
Afterall...they were supposed to be getting judged on grace and elegance.
As I understand it...she was being treated badly prior to that, and there is no excuse for that.
Even so...when the judges moved her on after her tumble, the booing really escalated.
The Bossman in Crawford wants you to apologize immediately!
Uh-huh. Maybe they've read some of the immigration threads in here from which to foster their position?
...and a week later you will be able to buy second hand mines cheap in Mexico.
(Scoff) Yeah, sure. These are the SAME people who, as soon as they illegally cross the border, "magically" become model US citizens who respect our sacrosanct laws and our culture (/sarc).
Anyone who thinks we will stand by and let illegal aliens destroy our country, stomp all over our laws, decimate our culture, and take back the SW, is a blithering idiot.
The illegals can build the wall cheaper : )
B U M P
OK put up a sniper tower every 500 yards to stop the mine from being stolen.
We'll have to push them back from L.A., Phoenix, Austin, and Santa Fe before attempting that.
(I didn't think too many people would know where Barstow, Cottonwood, Uvalde, or whatever other town New Mexico has, were.)
You obviously have never been to a pro soccer game in California....
To order a Tecate in Ingles, press numero tres.
If you heard anyone shouting la-meeg-ra, there'd be a guy in uniform under the pile.
Disgusting pieces of trash insulted a woman who had done no wrong. Where are the feminazis on this?
A border fence should have been built after the Pancho Villa incident, IMO.
Yes she did and Miss Mexico apologized to Miss USA after the national costume parade when the crowd booed Miss USA. Its crappy that some individuals rude behavior has to spill over like this, both Miss Mexico and Miss USA are sweet ladies.
Rosa Maria Ojeda Cuen, MissMexico 2007, and Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007 pose at a photo session inside a Mexicana airlines plane
May 3, 2007: Rosa Maria Ojeda Cuen, Miss Mexico 2007, left, Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007, center, and Inga Skaya, Miss Canada 2007, pose together in their YMI Jeanswear during registration and fittings for the Miss Universe 2007 competition at the host hotel in Mexico City, May 2, 2007.
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