Originally Posted by
luvyesmusic
Everyone has there own views. I don't need to apologize for my views based on life experiences to anyone. I was born outside of the states in a U.S. territory at the time. I've lived in and been educated in a few different countries learning various languages to an extent and traveled extensively. Native American got shafted more than any other demographic group in U.S. history; that's a no-brainer. Spanish was not spoken by the Indians or native people by the way until other "invaders" came around. Many areas of this country now have many folks who aren't here legally affecting the entire country. I can understand why folks come to the promised land where the streets are lined with gold-this story is still told. Many areas of the country cater to these folks, even though it goes against Federal law, even getting state and soon Washington d.c. issued driver licenses. The phrase only in America ( The U.S.) is very relevant here. Try going to another country without a visa, trying to get out of the airport, even owning property if you've been born there in some instances. There are procedures and legal ways to come to the U.S.. The U.S. is and has been more than generous in adding to the great-melting pot that is indeed the United States of America. Again, I can't say that is the case in most countries. My wife who came from Vietnam to join other members of her family here, followed the procedures, submitted all kinds of paperwork, paid fees and did not rely on the American taxpayers to take care of her. She did not, other than official forms if requested, have signs up in her language everywhere she went as is the case in much of the area north of Miami ;-) - joke there, btw. She learned the language-both reading and writing and went to school. Education is not an option for many folks and in many cases, assimilation does not happen, even though in most cases, it's the best way to succeed with a better job, etc.. My wife's sister's who live outside of L.A. might as well have stayed in Vietnam as they have decided to stay in their own little world.
I am proud of my "mutt" heritage and even more so of my daughter's. It's a small world so don't get me wrong. I decided to have one child who I can provide for. We've got generations of folks here who expect to be taken care of and only look. sometimes, as another mouth to feed as more government issued benefits. Yeah, I would say I'm the Archie Bunker type when I've been around the world and work six days a week to help provide meals and a future for many folks who just don't get real responsibility. ;-) It's really the natural cycle of things to come. And as far as Americans being lazy in many different culture's eyes, we certainly also seem to be the most generous, whether wanted, appreciated or not. The last few times I've traveled, I've been disappointed in the fact that many folks in the countries I've traveled to would rather try and communicate with me in English than have me try to converse in my attempt at theirs. You folks want to discuss pronunciation or dialect, what's up with most English/UK singers sounding like they are "white-bread" American? LOL
As for high altidude/Qara qoz, I can understand your sour grapes with yesfans. You did it to yourself, brother. I had little to do with it myself. You seemed to be amusing yourself, and that's really all that seemed to matter with your cryptic posts. Glad to see more of the real you here. yesfans.com was a great place for a few years for me. It ran it's course for me for the most part and that's why I feel I have little to contribute there and moved on. Becoming a mod. and dealing with whining, insulting to others who don't seem to have a clue when given friendly reminders, warnings, temp. bans,. etc, such as yourself, it only seemed you should post in your own world. You didn't really have much to say, did you? Not that most folks could understand anyhow, "broken" English or not. You actually post here as a adult human but I guess that was part of your shtick there. I enjoyed my chats with you ( when you contributed or didn't act too silly) and I will remember those fondly as good memories back in time. Again, blaming me for your "victimization" at yesfans.com ( which by the way is still a great site; check it out if you like). You are barking up the wrong tree; same with others here if you have past issues with yesfans.com.. It shouldn't reflect on me here. ;-) Btw, this place/progressive ears.com is pretty cool, too and it's good to see and interact with new and old friends. I look forward to seeing many of you at ROSfest this year and introducing myself to folks I have yet to interact with up to this point. The prog community is one "little" family. My name is Rob, btw, and I am a musicholic who has indeed injected some prog into my system but am always looking for new "stuff".;-) LOL!
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