From: Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Case of Foot-in-Mouth Disease Found in New York Senator
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:54:44 -0800 (PST)
--- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ritu-- > Good to hear from you on this. (Now if I only knew > what > a 'gujju' was...) > Around here, most foreign convenience store clerks > seem to > be Pakastani or Iranian. But you know how bigots > are, they usually > are not that picky about who they are prejudiced > against. > > ---David
I tend to think that only a professional grievance-seeker would be offended by this.
After reading the article, I wondered if Apu from the Simpsons also drew ire when he first debuted.
I'm proud that Indians are working in gas stations and convenience stores - that's the first step on the ladder of the American Dream, and good for them for getting out there and working hard instead of sitting on their ass complaining about racism and the oppression of American society.
Hear, hear.
I don't think there's anything demeaning about it at all, and I don't think any less of Hillary for making the joke.
This makes the email rounds every once in a while. Check the last bullet:
You Live in New York City If...
* You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan.
* You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
* The subway makes sense to you, and the subway should never be called anything like the Metro.
* You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multilingual.
* Your door has more than three locks and is made of steel.
* You think Central Park is "nature."
* You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the US pay on their mortgage.
* You haven't seen more than 12 stars in the night sky since you went away to camp as a kid.
* You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents.
* You have 27 different take-out menus next to your telephone.
* Going to Brooklyn is considered a "road trip." Of course, you only go there to attend weddings or funerals.
* America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.
* You have jaywalking down to an art form. You're born with it.
* You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.
* You don't hear sirens anymore.
* You live in a building with a larger population than most American towns.
* Your doorman is Russian, your grocer is Korean, your deli man is Israeli, your building super is Italian, your laundry guy is Chinese, your favorite bartender is Irish, your favorite diner owner is Greek, the watch-seller on your corner is Senegalese, your last cabbie was Pakistani, your newsstand guy is Indian, your favorite falafel guy is Egyptian, and your neighbor is Swedish...
She has been a surprisingly good Senator and is, with Joe Lieberman, one of the handful of really effective and reasonable voices on foreign policy in the Democratic Party.
I've been happier than I expected. My vote for her a few years ago was more of a strike against Rick Lazio than a Hillary endorsement. Lazio ran a nasty, vile campaign and his most vocal advocate, Al D'Amato had lost an election in '98 to Schumer for similar tactics.
I'm also impressed that she's kept one very important campaign promise to New Yorkers: she's not running for President. She repeatedly stated in 2000 that she would serve a full term and not abandon the state for a presidential run if elected.
Jon
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