tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post1035284799151606349..comments2023-11-05T20:02:03.805+10:00Comments on Saipan Middle Road: ReunitedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-39282368172727147262008-05-21T17:54:00.000+10:002008-05-21T17:54:00.000+10:00You are a coward and sore loser, trying to scare G...You are a coward and sore loser, trying to scare Guest Workers to leave from the CNMI before we can maybe get a green card or other status such as FAS.<BR/><BR/>We have no idea what the feds will give us. If you still have a job, why not stay? Unless you KNOW your job will be over soon.<BR/><BR/>You are a fear-monger. And maybe making racist hate speech.<BR/><BR/>The Congress hearing you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-34650002770957761802008-05-21T17:27:00.000+10:002008-05-21T17:27:00.000+10:00From another article on the recent ICE raid that w...From another article on the recent ICE raid that was the subject of the Congressional hearing:<BR/><BR/>The American Civil Liberties Union has sued ICE on behalf of one of Gibney's 6-year-old students. The ACLU says the student, a U.S. citizen, had his constitutional rights violated when ICE detained him for 10 hours in a field office after his home was raided.<BR/><BR/>"Today's hearing is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-51336356726967110272008-05-21T17:19:00.000+10:002008-05-21T17:19:00.000+10:00The minimum wage goes up this week.The school year...The minimum wage goes up this week.<BR/><BR/>The school year in the Philippines starts in June. Don't mess up your kids' education by waiting to transfer in the middle of the school year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-76377739337539506162008-05-21T17:17:00.000+10:002008-05-21T17:17:00.000+10:00Eye-opening YouTube!“Federalization: You asked for...Eye-opening YouTube!<BR/><BR/>“Federalization: You asked for it, you got it!”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-45256324331468947872008-05-21T17:11:00.000+10:002008-05-21T17:11:00.000+10:00Actually, you can thank U.S. Congressperson Neil A...Actually, you can thank <A HREF="http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/" REL="nofollow">U.S. Congressperson Neil Abercrombie</A> (D-HI) and <A HREF="http://www.house.gov/bordallo/" REL="nofollow">U.S. Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo</A> (D-GU), both of whom did not want their democratic labor constituents displaced by an unskilled workforce exodus from the CNMI. Blaming (or crediting) Fitial and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-11367103483154025502008-05-20T08:28:00.000+10:002008-05-20T08:28:00.000+10:00No green card in provision because Fitial and his ...No green card in provision because Fitial and his lobbyists got it removed -duh. BUT there is language for to grant status. Reread the MV article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-69795585238497309292008-05-19T09:51:00.000+10:002008-05-19T09:51:00.000+10:00Thank you, Cinta. We know that. Now get back to ...Thank you, Cinta. We know that. Now get back to work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-36574858716682245992008-05-19T09:21:00.000+10:002008-05-19T09:21:00.000+10:00NO GREENCARD provision in new bill according to Al...NO GREENCARD provision in new bill according to Allen Stayman. Thanks you pro fed people. We would be better with NMI residency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-30429023758426499252008-05-19T00:53:00.000+10:002008-05-19T00:53:00.000+10:00"invective" coming from interior? interior pretty ..."invective" coming from interior? interior pretty much behaved like the adult in its dealings with fitial admin, which behaved like a spoiled child and certainly sent a lot of "invective" at interior and everyone else they do not like. interior was much more fair than some people in congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-11328677636609608962008-05-18T13:04:00.000+10:002008-05-18T13:04:00.000+10:00It is time to tear down the walls of nationalism a...It is time to tear down the walls of nationalism and end sectionalism, racism, and other forms of ignorance and hatred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-56342418054033671122008-05-16T15:49:00.000+10:002008-05-16T15:49:00.000+10:00cactus said... “Ideally, the question should never...cactus said... <BR/><BR/><I>“Ideally, the question should never arise, because the greatest point of pride for a nation is (or should be) its respect for its component parts -- its people and the local societies they form themselves into – based on its recognition that it has no existence apart from them. The very fact that a situation arises that can be thought of as pitting one against the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-90555786795517195662008-05-16T15:23:00.000+10:002008-05-16T15:23:00.000+10:00"So according to your logic, Cactus, those of us w..."So according to your logic, Cactus, those of us who are proud to be American and take greater pride in our national identity than our identity with any state, territory or ethnic group (no matter how proud of those ties we may nonetheless be) are the breeding ground of fascism?"<BR/><BR/>In a word, yes.<BR/><BR/>Ideally, the question should never arise, because the greatest point of pride for a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-51369587443262909662008-05-16T15:21:00.000+10:002008-05-16T15:21:00.000+10:00You caught me, Noni ("You guys/gals"). It's me, t...You caught me, Noni ("You guys/gals"). It's me, the Ombudsperson! I'm so busted! But seriously, parroting the PIO party line version of events might help some people cling to the feeling that they've been victimized. That type of self-pity tends to blind people to the real victimization that has been going on all around them for years, and offers people an unconscious excuse to avoid taking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-69822610955466766522008-05-16T15:17:00.000+10:002008-05-16T15:17:00.000+10:00Post 101:Filipinos who have lived here for a few y...Post 101:<BR/><BR/>Filipinos who have lived here for a few years actually start to believe that they are Americans. Take that dip shit from PTI for example. He talks about US politics like what he says matters. He is FILIPINO, go back to the PHILIPPINES. That is where FILIPINOS belong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-90040047525148365092008-05-16T12:27:00.000+10:002008-05-16T12:27:00.000+10:00This is post #100.Three cheers for the Ombudsperso...This is <B>post #100</B>.<BR/><BR/>Three cheers for the Ombudsperson!<BR/><BR/>For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-69331054827469449882008-05-16T12:26:00.000+10:002008-05-16T12:26:00.000+10:00This is post #99.Let us return to the words of wis...This is <B>post #99</B>.<BR/><BR/>Let us return to the words of wisdom displayed in the photos introducing this discussion:<BR/><BR/><I>Thanks God for the “Federalization.” Pls. touch their heart 4 our permanent status.<BR/><BR/>Thank you Pres. Bush! Wendy Doromal<BR/><BR/>Thank you Mr. Jim Benedetto. Pls. echo our voice.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vox%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-8753593979725849252008-05-16T12:17:00.000+10:002008-05-16T12:17:00.000+10:00Disregarding the name-calling, it is true, Jim, th...Disregarding the name-calling, it is true, Jim, that this is a small island, and people talk.<BR/><BR/>Not just workers' advocates and their allies.<BR/><BR/>All of us have a stake in this community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-85927328531199839532008-05-16T11:52:00.000+10:002008-05-16T11:52:00.000+10:00No, that would be the Ombudsperson.No, that would be the Ombudsperson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-68714763106630002932008-05-16T10:52:00.000+10:002008-05-16T10:52:00.000+10:00Nothing like a paranoid conspiracy theory to provi...Nothing like a paranoid conspiracy theory to provide a tidy explanation for facts that you find unpleasant. I use "you guys" because only people in the governor's inner circle believe the nonsense in your last comment. If you're not in the governor's inner circle, then where did you get your "facts", and why do you pretend that you are so certain that they are true? If you're not one of "you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-32319225308346505112008-05-16T10:06:00.000+10:002008-05-16T10:06:00.000+10:00“Spare us the hyperbole. What was really "an exerc...<I>“Spare us the hyperbole. What was really "an exercise in brute force, in raw, naked political power" was when the CNMI hired Jack Abramoff to get Tom DeLay to kill the federalization bill that had just passed the Senate unanimously.”</I><BR/><BR/>No hyperbole, but you are 100% correct about what happened before. Two wrongs don't make a right, though that aphorism carries little weight with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-60684505654339556982008-05-16T08:53:00.000+10:002008-05-16T08:53:00.000+10:00So according to your logic, Cactus, those of us wh...So according to your logic, Cactus, those of us who are proud to be American and take greater pride in our national identity than our identity with any state, territory or ethnic group (no matter how proud of those ties we may nonetheless be) are the breeding ground of fascism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-4062954185293729022008-05-16T08:42:00.000+10:002008-05-16T08:42:00.000+10:00I mean yesterday's Tribune. Sorry -- I'm not doin...I mean yesterday's Tribune. Sorry -- I'm not doing too well on the details today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-58134207681668961522008-05-16T08:33:00.000+10:002008-05-16T08:33:00.000+10:00weird elle - when your labels were CUGW, dekada, H...weird elle - when your labels were CUGW, dekada, HDM, and federalization, you were asking for another 100 commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-8597835101065694082008-05-16T08:32:00.000+10:002008-05-16T08:32:00.000+10:00I mean the Tribune.I mean the Tribune.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-9087782497017178452008-05-16T08:30:00.000+10:002008-05-16T08:30:00.000+10:00If anyone would like a further example of the kind...If anyone would like a further example of the kind of thing I am talking about, you need look no further than the letters to the editor in today's Variety, where we find the following:<BR/><BR/>"National identity is primary. Like it or not, the legal and political reality of belonging to a nation means that regional, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and parochial identities fall into second place Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com