Posted on 04/20/2007 4:29:22 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
V.P.I - Virginia Polytechnic INSTITUTION
See post 36, I tried to explain what I meant.
-the story reminds me of Rainman....only he was described as a savant.
I think your right ,”everyone gets the money”, Uh, Except Americans.
The guy never should have been let in this country, during the immigration period when Ellis Island was operating , people with sickness or defects were sent back to their country of Origin.
As a non Citizen , How was he able to buy a gun??
Took me about 6 months or so to get a Concealed Carry Permit.
In Virginia, it’s legal for a resident alien with a valid green card and secondary proof of in-state residence (like a utility bill or a check with a matching address on it) to buy a handgun. They’re considered Virginia residents, just like US citizens. (Virginia does have a one-handgun-per-month restriction, which is probably why he bought the .22 Walther on 9 February, and the 9mm Glock on 9 March.)
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How is the fam? I'll bet they are all ready for summer vacation already.
After this last vacation filled with rain/snow/and stomach bug, it’s going to be a long time before I want to hear the word “vacation.” :)
We’re all glad to be back to the school routine.
Just waiting for the ground to dry out for baseball.
And you?
How’s hubby and family doing?
Just had to link my thread here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1820721/posts
(My reaction to a blog that in part insuates that mass reprisals will ensue)
Spare me the ethnic victimology. I've never thought of Asians as anything but hard-working, but hard work is not confined to one culture. We owned our own family business for years, and I'm no stranger to 12-hour days, manual labor, raising kids and making ends meet. My parents were poor hard-working immigrants with a child, my brother, who had severe learning difficulties and emotional/behaviorial problems, and they begged -- no crawled -- to get him help, and they did. He never went to college, but he's now a self-sufficient, financially comfortable adult. It took a long time, and a lot of sacrifice on my parents' part.
I made no mention of ethnicity, nor did I imply it, in my original comments -- those assumed insults are solely your projections.
My comments were made in response to the quotes from the grandparents that Cho's parents "could not afford" to get him help, and the contrast between that and what we know of their lifestyle. I would certainly consider it far more important, and responsible, to get a disturbed youngster professional help than to send him to college, and if the grandparents' comments are true, he did not get that help.
LOL!!
I don’t get out much!
I love that stage tho where they are chattering gibberish.
You get to where you can actually understand them!
It’s a beautiful day (finally!) to take a little one out.
VT is not expensive if you’re an in-state student.
I think Sample Man is right. Individuals are to honor their families. And their countries. People who do not do that are a disgrace and, apparantly, are disowned. We are such a highly individualistic culture with ideas about individual rights and freedoms that’s it’s hard to see or understand. But these folks are not individuals apart from their family. Certainly not immigrants.
I don’t know that it’s victimology. I think it’s part of their worldview. I’m not as sure of Koreans, but for Chinese, their material status is more important than anything. We have Chinese friends who are keeping their son (1 year old) in China so they can stay here and work. They are not poor, but neither are they rich. Their son is already exhibiting poblems, but they will not bring him here before they earn what they consider enough money. These are good people and the husband is a college professor. But it is their worldview.
I remember when the kids were little and a trip to the grocery store without kiddies was a welcome respite. LOL....enjoy them while they can — one day they will grow up and move far away to San Jose......LOL
There’s days the noise, mess and chaos literally drives me insane and I’m a snarling snapping maniac.
That’s when Scot reminds me that someday the house will be real quiet and I’ll miss the chaos.
You WILL miss it one day. Our youngest, a daughter headed to San Jose a few years back. I miss her a lot. I usually IM her....I sent her the link to baldwin’s voice mail message to his daughter.....then she called to ask what the heck that was. LOL....she said she KNEW her own Dad would never talk like that....she was as shocked as any true FReeper was.
I wasn’t all that shocked about Baldwin...he’s been caught before having raging hissy fits.
I guess when he was on broadway there were actors afraid to work with him.
I still can’t help but laugh when he’s on SNL or 30 Rock.
“I wondered about autism when it was revealed that the kid had never really “talked” to anyone at anytime in his life.”
Autism I doubt. Crazy, most likely! He sure talked up a storm on tape for all to hear!
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