Mineta saved by illness

TownHall.com ^ | 2/01/03 | Robert Novak

[Bonaparte]

Mineta is old and tired. He needs rest and to spend more time with his family. It would be cruel to keep him on. Letting him go is the compassionate thing to do.

[bonesmccoy]

LOL "I feel your pain"

[ambrose]

No need to "fire" old Mineta. I'm sure there's a nice and warm tropical island somewhere that needs an ambassador...

[all_mighty_dollar]

Maybe this infrastructure thing will help make it easier to move the center of Government to the mid-continent away from the coast. It would be a shame to let all those Amtrak rail properties go to auction for a pittance.

Wouldn't Grand Isle, NE be ideal? Middle of country, easy access for all 4 directions, nobody hardy lives there etc.

I noticed while driving to-from San Jose to central Minnesota that there are railroad tracks/beds running North-South between MN and NE. I was suprised.

[Bonaparte]

Excellent idea, ambrose! Let's find him something interesting but not too taxing. Hmmm. I have it! Let's make him ambassador to the Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros. Being a democrat, he'll be grateful that we've placed him among his natural allies, the muslims. Since the people are poor, illiterate and violent, he'll feel just like he's with his old constituency. Plus, he'll have all the bananas, coconuts and cassavas he can eat.

[ambrose]

I don't know if your remark was an attempt at humor or not, but it certainly was not even remotely funny. Care to provide any evidence that Minetta's parents were "subversive"? Or are you just saying that because they were of Japanese ancestry?

[ambrose]

I was thinking of something more along the lines of the Republic of Palau. Nice nice nice island, and he can't get in much trouble of there.

[Bonaparte]

Palau it is! We can have him air-lifted on a stretcher today! I think the sunshine and fresh air will do him good.

[jude24]

Spew your racist hate elsewhere.

[bvw]

I like that huge Boeing concept cargo plane that flies above the waves. Let's take back the merchant seas!

[bvw]

Mineta is NOT the reason for the demise of the commercial airline industry.

[aristeides]

Read MAGIC: The Untold Story of U.S. Intelligence and the Evacuation of Japanese Residents From the West Coast During WW II, by David D. Lowman. The U.S. government had intelligence justifying the relocation that it could not reveal at the time.

[aristeides]

Was the second operation also to relieve the back pain? I'm not sure that would have been wise, given the complications that resulted from the first operation. Back pain may be unpleasant, but it's not life-threatening.

[swarthyguy]

Thanks. Keep spreading the word. Eventually the shibboleths about US 'racism' against the Japanese Nisei and Kisei will be shown for what they really are.

An ignorance of the true facts. To some extent, the USG is to blame for not putting its case for internment more forcefully over the decades since the war.

And of course, no one refers to the limited number of Germans and Italians interned on the east coast.

Which of course wipes out the racist argument.