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49. Here where I retired in the Midwest (you know the story all too well by now!),

Wed Jul 9, 2014, 11:36 AM

Jul 2014

someone once asked me what I liked best about living in L.A. so many years. I said the cultural diversity and how I could meet people from all over the world even w/o traveling! When I mentioned how people used to have block parties where they brought traditional dishes from their country of origin, listeners flipped out and raged, "They shouldn't do that! They should be like us!" It made me think, why in God's name would they want to do that?

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"...She did." [View all] babylonsister Jul 2014 OP

Well sure..... johnp3907 Jul 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Adam051188 Jul 2014 #26

Don't worry... PosterChild Jul 2014 #32

May wee, say vraymont. Ikonoklast Jul 2014 #34

I admire your ambition; you'll need fortitude because English is the most versatile and IrishAyes Jul 2014 #35

Cheese eating surrender monkeys! nt LiberalElite Jul 2014 #40

Uhm ...that phrase/plac was removed a while back and sits in a museum. L0oniX Jul 2014 #2

When and why was it removed, do you know? babylonsister Jul 2014 #3

Yea I was baffled by that too. L0oniX Jul 2014 #4

It is still there, on exhibit inside the pedestal. Tanuki Jul 2014 #5

It's in the museum. L0oniX Jul 2014 #7

It was moved to the museum that is inside the statue. L0oniX Jul 2014 #6

I thought it might have been the Republicans who removed it because ... aggiesal Jul 2014 #33

So true. Baitball Blogger Jul 2014 #8

"That's what she said." n/t eggplant Jul 2014 #9

DUzy!! riqster Jul 2014 #13

You Mean Boner and Carnivale Cruz haven't accused Liebrals rustydog Jul 2014 #10

she is now a hostage ... napkinz Jul 2014 #11

Great images! Thanks. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #37

This'll tell my age.... ReRe Jul 2014 #12

Me too evillemike2009 Jul 2014 #14

WOW, I had never heard that before Iwillnevergiveup Jul 2014 #17

Thanks for adding that clip! ;-) n/t ReRe Jul 2014 #22

Awww, harmony Cal Carpenter Jul 2014 #55

I did, too! babylonsister Jul 2014 #18

me too mac56 Jul 2014 #21

that ain't no minor chord. it's a major seventh. nt. navarth Jul 2014 #41

Ok, smarty pants... ReRe Jul 2014 #46

artistic freedom! navarth Jul 2014 #52

Immigration now isn't nearly like immigration between the Civil War and the 30's. nt Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #15

Yes, the immigrants have more melanin. (nt) jeff47 Jul 2014 #23

Simpleminded. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #24

If you think the country is no longer empty, jeff47 Jul 2014 #25

HAH. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #27

Not all immigrants have to be farmers. jeff47 Jul 2014 #28

And those cities had jobs for a lot of those people to do. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #29

If you were correct, we would have zero undocumented workers. jeff47 Jul 2014 #30

No but the anti-immigrant arguments are exactly the same. treestar Jul 2014 #31

No Irish Need Apply. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #38

They were Catholic and would not assimilate treestar Jul 2014 #48

Here where I retired in the Midwest (you know the story all too well by now!), IrishAyes Jul 2014 #49

I know, I'll never get a lack of appreciation for what we have here treestar Jul 2014 #53

Since I suffer an inordinate fondness for Oriental rugs, IrishAyes Jul 2014 #54

Great misdirection! cheapdate Jul 2014 #42

Actually if I remember defacto7 Jul 2014 #43

I don't know. My Great-Grandfather came over on a boat from Greece cheapdate Jul 2014 #44

I've heard it all now. cheapdate Jul 2014 #47

Hear, hear! IrishAyes Jul 2014 #50

K&R nt redqueen Jul 2014 #16

Kicked and recommended In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #19

Ah, yes..... the good old days when people asked, "WWAD"? world wide wally Jul 2014 #20

Believe me, coming from a 2nd-gen Irish American with (ahem) Fenian ancestors, IrishAyes Jul 2014 #39

k&r... spanone Jul 2014 #36

DA*N those FRENCH! WinkyDink Jul 2014 #45

Pass me some Freedom Fries! IrishAyes Jul 2014 #51