Beaverton To Hold Mexico Bicentennial Party (but no 4th of July)

KPTV (Portland) ^ | September 16, 2010

[hiho hiho]

BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Beaverton remains in full party-planning mode for Mexico's bicentennial despite outcry from pundits across the country.

The city's celebration is scheduled for Thursday at City Park. City officials said they planned to mark the bicentennial because a large number of residents said they wanted more international festivals as part of Beaverton's community vision project.

The city's budget committee then set aside $6,000 for the bicentennial.

A number of conservative commentators criticized the decision to spend money on Mexico's independence, but not on America's independence.

Thursday, Sept. 16 will mark the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

[gundog]

Listened to the Beanerton city stooge that planned this on Lars Larson’s show. Utter fool.

[Hans]

This is their moment, our Nation’s utter fools.

[mrmeyer]

"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt

[Jagdgewehr]

Interesting. The news station went out to invite members of the community to “weigh in” on the controvery and get a feeling how Beaverton residents feel about it. Only one resident....blah blah “people’s racism” blah blah “diversity” blah, blah.

[Jagdgewehr]

controvery = controversy

[Bitsy]

This is their moment, our Nation’s utter fools.

I lived close to Beaverton for a while and that part of Oregon is absolutely georgeous - those lunitics don’t deserve to live there. The libs moved in and ruined the neighborhood!

[expatguy]

The Muslims overseas are predicting America's total collapse by 2020, I think it will be much sooner.

Just watching all of this is so painful for me.

[DwFry]

Celebrating the founding of a country they find too chaotic to live in.......and they wonder why their society failed.

[LibLieSlayer]

Put it on the “must nuke one day” list.

LLS