On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:13:25 -0400, Don White wrote:


We still remember that you stole the northern part of Maine from us.....
makes it darn inconvient driving to the central part of the country.
Give it back and we'll leave you alone!

Who's us? If we stole it, we stole it from Great Britain. ;-)

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:04:35 -0000, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:13:25 -0400, Don White wrote:


We still remember that you stole the northern part of Maine from us.....
makes it darn inconvient driving to the central part of the country.
Give it back and we'll leave you alone!

Who's us? If we stole it, we stole it from Great Britain. ;-)

Random query.

If they call the indian nation, Native Americans do they call the
indian nation in Canada Native Canadians?

Whoops - PC Police just reminded me - First Americans. Same question
applies though.

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:10:00 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


If they call the indian nation, Native Americans do they call the indian
nation in Canada Native Canadians?

Whoops - PC Police just reminded me - First Americans. Same question
applies though.

First Nations, I believe. Which leads me to, how come we, in the US, are
"Americans", and all those others in North and South America, aren't?

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:22:34 -0000, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:10:00 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


If they call the indian nation, Native Americans do they call the indian
nation in Canada Native Canadians?

Whoops - PC Police just reminded me - First Americans. Same question
applies though.

First Nations, I believe.

That's it. Well, that answers that.

Which leads me to, how come we, in the US, are "Americans", and all
those others in North and South America, aren't?

I suspect that because we live in the United State of America. Somehow
Nicaraguan American doesn't work.

Which brings up another point.

Why is it we have to identify and quantify ourselves as Polish
American, Irish American or African American?

Even better - why would a person of 50% mixed heritage - say Obama -
choose to identify himself as black as opposed to white?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:22:34 -0000, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:10:00 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


If they call the indian nation, Native Americans do they call the indian
nation in Canada Native Canadians?

Whoops - PC Police just reminded me - First Americans. Same question
applies though.

First Nations, I believe.

That's it. Well, that answers that.

Which leads me to, how come we, in the US, are "Americans", and all
those others in North and South America, aren't?

I suspect that because we live in the United State of America. Somehow
Nicaraguan American doesn't work.

Which brings up another point.

Why is it we have to identify and quantify ourselves as Polish
American, Irish American or African American?

Even better - why would a person of 50% mixed heritage - say Obama -
choose to identify himself as black as opposed to white?


I don't know. I am an Eisboch.

Eisboch

On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 12:13:34 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I don't know. I am an Eisboch.

And a Force of Nature.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:22:34 -0000, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:10:00 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


If they call the indian nation, Native Americans do they call the indian
nation in Canada Native Canadians?

Whoops - PC Police just reminded me - First Americans. Same question
applies though.
First Nations, I believe.

That's it. Well, that answers that.

Which leads me to, how come we, in the US, are "Americans", and all
those others in North and South America, aren't?

I suspect that because we live in the United State of America. Somehow
Nicaraguan American doesn't work.

Which brings up another point.

Why is it we have to identify and quantify ourselves as Polish
American, Irish American or African American?

Even better - why would a person of 50% mixed heritage - say Obama -
choose to identify himself as black as opposed to white?


Because in this country most whiteys would call Obama black. This is
still a nation that defines people by the color of their skin.

Incidentally, I identify myself as a "Yankee" on those rare occasions
when I am asked. I mostly stopped identifying myself as an "American"
when the idiot took over the White House seven years ago.

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:22:34 -0000, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:10:00 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


If they call the indian nation, Native Americans do they call the
indian
nation in Canada Native Canadians?

Whoops - PC Police just reminded me - First Americans. Same question
applies though.
First Nations, I believe.

That's it. Well, that answers that.

Which leads me to, how come we, in the US, are "Americans", and all
those others in North and South America, aren't?

I suspect that because we live in the United State of America. Somehow
Nicaraguan American doesn't work.

Which brings up another point.

Why is it we have to identify and quantify ourselves as Polish
American, Irish American or African American?

Even better - why would a person of 50% mixed heritage - say Obama -
choose to identify himself as black as opposed to white?


Because in this country most whiteys would call Obama black. This is
still a nation that defines people by the color of their skin.

Having lived all across this country and being exposed to many people of
varying races and ethnic heritages it has always amazed me that people
from north of the Mason Dixon line have a need to always state the race
of the person they are talking about. Why do I see you in the statment
above Harry?

Incidentally, I identify myself as a "Yankee" on those rare occasions
when I am asked. I mostly stopped identifying myself as an "American"
when the idiot took over the White House seven years ago.

You can't help yourself can you?

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:08:57 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Why is it we have to identify and quantify ourselves as Polish American,
Irish American or African American?

Do we? I mean, we are a nation of immigrants, but most people I know
call themselves plain American in conversation.



Even better - why would a person of 50% mixed heritage - say Obama -
choose to identify himself as black as opposed to white?

Plessy v. Ferguson comes to mind.

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:39:36 -0000, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:08:57 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Why is it we have to identify and quantify ourselves as Polish American,
Irish American or African American?

Do we? I mean, we are a nation of immigrants, but most people I know
call themselves plain American in conversation.

If we don't, then why do hospital admitting forms include a question
about what your ethnic heritage is?

Around here we have Polish/Irish/Armenian/Greek/Italian American clubs
which restrict membership to those of that heritage.

Even better - why would a person of 50% mixed heritage - say Obama -
choose to identify himself as black as opposed to white?

Plessy v. Ferguson comes to mind.

I understand your comment as it stands, but it's still not relevant.

Why, in this day and age, would a person of 50/50% race composition
call themselves one or the other?

Say it wasn't Obama - say it was Jane Doe who was 50% Asian/50%
African.