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To: combjelly who wrote (283883)	4/12/2006 8:09:24 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572658

Sen. Kennedy Slammed for Comparing Illegal Immigration Rallies to Civil Rights Marches earnedmedia.org ^ LOS ANGELES, April 11 /Christian Wire Service/ -- A black conservative minister and staunch immigration reform advocate Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson today denounced Sen. Ted Kennedy for comparing pro-illegal immigration rallies to civil rights marches for blacks half a century ago. The Massachusetts Democrat, who is a proponent of a Senate plan that would open the way to citizenship for illegals, said recent illegal immigration rallies are “reminiscent of the civil rights movement.” Rev. Peterson said, “Ted Kennedy should be ashamed for comparing the civil rights struggles of blacks to that of illegal aliens.Black Americans are being driven out of their jobs and schools by the influx of illegals—while politicians like Kennedy sell them out for Hispanic votes.”

To: combjelly who wrote (283883)	4/12/2006 9:19:33 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 1572658

Re: The US isn't a monoculture either. Message 21801947 Re: Have you seen "Schultze Gets the Blues"? No. I guess it's essential that we first agree on what exactly is "culture" before proceeding any further.... Of course, in a folksy, exotic, sense, the US can boast of dozens of different "cultures". We can even think of the dozen different religious denominations as belonging to as many different "cultures". Things look different, however, as we climb up the US power structure: whether at the local level (mayors, governors, state legislatures,...) or at the federal one (US Congress, the White House, US Supreme Court, the military,...), US power elites are overwhelmingly monocultural. Whatever their ethnic background --African like Powell and Rice, Hispanic like Gonzales, Chinese like Elaine L. Chao, or Japanese like Mineta-- all US elites speak English, are Christian (or Jewish), watch the same big TV networks, read the same newspapers (NYT, WPost,...) and get their kick out of NFL, NBA,... games. Therefore, unlike their European counterparts, US elites make up a much, much more homogeneous caste. European elites can't even communicate --that is, chat and banter-- with each other without a translator!! You can see pictures and footages of Jacques Chirac welcoming Angela Merkel at the gate of the Elysée Palace, both hilarious and talkative... but the truth is that they can't engage in any meaningful chatter without their translators' help. It's even worse in Belgium where only very recently, prominent Walloon politicians have pledged to learn some Dutch, the country's majority language! I guess that's why European elites failed to agree on a common constitution in 2004..... Gus