Obama keeps lying about number of uninsured "Americans"
Earlier today, Barack Obama held a town hall about healthcare [1] and - leaving all other issues aside - he lied:
I don't have to explain to you that nearly 46 million Americans don't have health insurance coverage today. In the wealthiest nation on Earth, 46 million of our fellow citizens have no coverage.
As pointed out many times before, that number is off by around 9 million. According to the Census Bureau, only around 35 million Americans - i.e., U.S. citizens - are uninsured. The other 9 million or so are foreign citizens, whether here legally or illegally. Whatever their status, they aren't Americans and they aren't "fellow citizens". If Obama can't be honest about a matter involving millions of people, what else is he misleading you about?
[1] whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/
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Fred Dawes (not verified)
Tue, 08/11/2009 - 21:08
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HS 19027 dawes57@cox.net 2009-08-11T23:08:51-05:00
We know the next move will be a total government of total fascism. But its funny that obama is not lying about the uninsured in a way; when this little monkey talks he is telling you that Americans are uninsured, "but it all depends on what you mean by Americans", if you put all the third world people who have invaded "the former USA", This monkey would be telling you the reality and reality to a monkey person is called uprightness. buy guns!
Leave it to Beaner (not verified)
Tue, 08/11/2009 - 21:42
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HS 19028 2009-08-11T23:42:05-05:00
Obama is in for the biggest battle when amnesty comes around next year. But first, our Greatest Generation is going to teach him a lesson about Patriotism and respect for the elderly.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Tue, 08/11/2009 - 23:19
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HS 19029 2009-08-12T01:19:56-05:00
Yes beaner. This jackass just picked a fight he is certain to lose. Amnesty will bring him down to the abysmal disapproval percentages Bush once enjoyed. Our alien-in-chief is going to have his clock cleaned. Could someone please show me where in the Constitution that education and health care are an ennumerated right?
Mary (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 01:17
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HS 19030 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-12T03:17:59-05:0
I don't know why you guys don't trust this congress to do what their constituents demand............I mean we demanded they build a fence and they signed that bill even though Bush gritted his teeth when he did it! And now we feel secure because they have built the fence as promised.!.....Huh, what , really? Oh yeah that's right they didn't build the fence and the same damn problem exists because they are lying PIGS!!!!!!Why are people angry? Because we have to do the same thing over and over and they still refuse to do the simple things that solve problems. THROW THE BUMS OUT!!!!
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 17:06
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HS 19031 2009-08-12T19:06:12-05:00
Im getting tired of all you conservative assholes bitching about the same things over and over. First of all 39 million people is a whole lot of people that don't have access to healthcare. With a nation as wealthy as ours you would think that we could do much better when it comes to that. You inbred bastards rather bitch and moan instaed of contributing to a solution. The system as it stands is broken, but you wont realize that until its too late and you mother dies in front of you. You had 8 years to solve the problem. You fucked it all up and now its our turn so go sit your stupid asses in the back of the bus and let us drive it for a while. And stop your bitching about your tax dollars being spent wrongly. I pay alot more in taxes then you bastards and that is an honor to live in the greatest country in the world. You cunts always want something for nothing. Good day.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 17:39
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HS 19032 2009-08-12T19:39:58-05:00
Everyone has access to health care dumbass, just go to an ER next time you have the sniffles you leftist pussy. The system as it stands works just fine for me. There is nothing "broken" about it, except that illegals get health care without paying for it. They should be sent home after they pay their bills and serve time for being criminals. Please explain how "we" fucked it up when your invading countrymen from mexico bankrupted every hospital in sight? You pay more taxes than me? Such a statement is obviously coming from someone who could not find their ass with both hands. We had 8 years to solve the problem? No one who regularly comments here voted for the leftist Bush, you fucktard. Remember, your bulldyke bitch Hillary tried the same thing in 1994 and it failed. If you don't like it go live in a single payer country like Canada or the UK so you die standing in line like the DMV. Government is the problem, not the solution you Stalinist piece of shit. And what is it we are asking for that we are not paying for? We are asking to be left alone from socialist cunts like you. You have to be the stupidest commenter I have ever seen here. No wonder, as "hispanics" are generally a full standard deviation in IQ than whites, but don't let your own stupidity stop you from opening your rotten piehole. Jackasses like you only help the cause. Please, keep commenting.
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 17:59
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HS 19033 2009-08-12T19:59:42-05:00
Nice, i like more bitching from a conservative dickhole. By the way you think you are probably a fuckhole that lives somewhere in an uneducated part of this country. You dont give a fuck about anybody but yourself do ya. What do you think bankrupts hospitals. It's the people that don't have insurance that all of us have to pick up the bill for you prick. Im pretty sure you have at least someone in your piece of shit family that is uninsured. Do you care for those people? Oh, and going to the hospital emergency room is not having insurance you stupid fuck. They only have to stabalize you and send you on your way to suffer. By your little IQ comment there i presume you are also a rasist fuckhead who thinks whites are superior. let me let you in on a little secret. Hispanics a the biggest minority here you fat fuck, and we are here to stay. Why is it you have to resort to the color of someone's skin and/or their last name to make a point. I hope one of your uninsured family members dies a painful and long death. We'll see if you are not beggin for the government to save that person you love. And if you think you are smarter than me try me. The only reason i found this piece of shit website is by another conservative dickhole (probably your mother) leaving this URL on another site's comment. Hey, by the way. Go fuck yourself...
Mary (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 18:45
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HS 19034 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-12T20:45:25-05:0
"With a nation as wealthy as ours"..... Check that bank statement again clueless. Who's the dickhead???And probably illegal and a lawbreaker. Great, let's build the country on more of your kind of gang banging third world creeps. You left a shithole to make ours like home...Sorry, we refuse to let you so go back to your gang life and leave our country alone.... How does the health care plan most resembles the post office? Answer- The DEAD letter Dept. Got a mirror?
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 19:04
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HS 19035 2009-08-12T21:04:49-05:00
You think im in a gang because im hispanic you stupid cunt!!!!!???? WOW, your family tree is a shit hole, full of insest and failed dreams. You probably barely make ends meat while a hispanic at your job is moving up and leaving your fat ass behind, huh. It sucks right, to see a hispanic which is doing better than you.... It must hurt inside knowing you don't have any talent... Ive seen people like you were i work. I got the promotion and they didnt and then they try to pull the race card. You and your family are being left behind while black/latinos become more and more powerful, take better jobs, move to the nice sides of town. Fuck you bitch. I come from a great country and thank God i have dual citizenship. I belong here as so do y hispanic brothers and sisters. You racist cunt!!! When I look in the mirror i see a successful Senior web developer, married with a hispanic kid on the way. What do you see yuo stupid bitch? Maybe a single mother, maybe an abused wife. Are you sad at what you see, im not. Im als,o a lawbreaker??? You really are stupid and ignorant. Thats why nobody respects you. I really hope one of those lawbreaking, illegal aliens rapes you while you are walking home. Due justice i would call it. Keep your mouth shut bitch. I respect women, you are just a cunt.
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 19:08
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HS 19036 2009-08-12T21:08:19-05:00
And about checking the bank statement, WE are a wealthy nation with an incredible standard of living. Next time you decide to start your bitch fit take a look around. Anything is possible. Thats why an immigrant can come to this country and with alot of hard work become a successful person. Its sad your family has been here for generations and you have not accomplish nothing.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 19:36
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HS 19037 2009-08-12T21:36:43-05:00
"By the way you think you are probably a fuckhole that lives somewhere in an uneducated part of this country." I am a Berkeley grad who lives in the most mexican city in the USA. Go fuck yourself retard and take some remedial LOGIC classes. I know more about mexican culture than you, which is why I am out to fuck up your master race and impregnate as many mexican girls as I can. Haha! I am taking YOUR women, because they do not want you, lowlife. They love smart fit gringos like me! I care about AMERICAN citizens. You can go back to your shitty pueblo from whence you came. "By your little IQ comment there i presume you are also a rasist fuckhead who thinks whites are superior." Name one scientific contribution mexicans have ever amde, I dare you. You should probably take some remedial ENGLISH classes too while you're at it: it is spelled "racist," and that's what you call someone who is winning an argument with a shithead intellectually bankrupt leftist. But hey, don't let reality get in the way: you "hispanics" are more likely to be from illegitimate parents, never graduate from high school and wind up in prison even after three generations. Lower IQ is a scientific reality (just like Chinese and Ashkenazi jews tend to be smarter than whites), but don't let your low IQ keep you from opening your piehole, We love it here. "It sucks right, to see a hispanic which is doing better than you...." That statement is laughable, unless you consider being a high school dropout, being drug addicted and in prison as "doing better!!" Haha! Sure you're here to stay--during a long prison sentence or living in abject poverty. Good luck with that! Dual citizenship? You hate your own country and people enough to vote with your feet. You come from a shithole full of stupid people, that's why you're here. If it is such a great country then why don't you live there? You are the stupidest piece of shit ever. Your own arguments don't follow any logic whatsoever. You have lost the argument, but keep trying. The only cunt I see here is you, so fuck you stupid low IQ piece of shit, and have fun with the realization that YOUR people will never be in power, just like white people rule mexico as we speak. You will never amount to anything, and I take great pleasure in that.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 19:40
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Oh and by the way, if you had bothered to learn how to read a newspaper, California is BANKRUPT, thanks to your invading criminal countrymen who were not invited here, are not welcome here and could not make anything of the country from which they came from. You came here because white people built it and made it so nice, and it kills you knowing this.
Leave it to Beaner (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 19:57
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HS 19039 2009-08-12T21:57:47-05:00
Name one Mexican scientific contribution? Thats not fair! There is none
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 20:13
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HISPANIC THREADS IN AMERICA INTRODUCTION The contributions of Hispanics to the development and success of America are woven into almost every segment of the nation's history. To envision America untouched by Latinos is to imagine a country without much of its folklore and many of its achievements. Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the Latino contribution. It also lets us recognize that America's cultural diversity--and the contributions of all its citizens--have made America's fabric strong throughout its history. The United States has a rich history that goes back 218 years. Hispanics have always played major roles in building this country and making it a better place. From the Revolutionary War that freed the United States from England to the Persian Gulf War, Latinos have proudly served this country in the Armed Forces. And throughout U.S. history, Latinos have prominently participated in building the West; in medicine and science; in entertainment, business, education, civil rights, and politics; and in the great American pastime of baseball. BEGINNING WITH REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS When the colonies on the East Coast of what became the United States rebelled against England, Hispanics played a pivotal role. As Governor of the Louisiana Territory, General Bernardo de Gálvez sent money, rifles, and other supplies to General George Washington. Latinos also raised special collections to aid the fight for independence. Captain Jorge Farragut came to the U.S. from the Spanish Island of Minorca to fight against the British. Captain Farragut fought in the Revolution, then in the War of 1812, as part of the U.S. Navy. CREATING U.S. TECHNOLOGY As the new nation expanded across the continent, pioneers sought both homes and wealth. The West seemed rich in metals and ores, but the settlers knew little about how to mine them. When gold and other valuable metals were discovered in California and other states, many prospectors knew only what they had. They had no idea of how to get it out of the ground. To do so, they borrowed mining techniques from Mexico, Peru, and Chile. In a popular California mining legend, James Marshall, upon discovering gold, supposedly proclaimed the news yelling, "Gold! Gold!" What he really said was "Chispa," Spanish for "bright speck." BUILDING THE WESTERN U.S. The end of the Civil War marked the start of a mass migration of people into the Western territories. While settling the frontier, people realized that the farmland differed from the land in the East. Irrigation and water supply became far more important to frontier settlers than they had been back East. Managing the water supply was an art the settlers learned from the Mexicans, who learned it from the Pueblo Indians. Early songs and legends of the Old West featured an Americanized version of the "vaqueros" (cowboys) from México. Thus, the enduring legend of the cowboy of the Old West came almost entirely from the Hispan
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 20:35
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HS 19041 2009-08-12T22:35:26-05:00
There you go fuckhead. And if you think that California is going bankrupt because Mexicans you have not read all that much fuck face. Dont say im un-educated because i misspell a word or two bastards. That is a shitty comeback. You fucking all the mexican girls!!!... really. Since when did Mexican girls liked fat bigots... You probably masterbate to Mexican girls or fuck that fat ones... You made my day, bud. Thank you for entertaining me today. Have fun taking advantage of the new healthcare. It might save your sad little pathetic lives one day. Who knows, maybe a hispanic doctor might do the honors. That would be irony at its best. Have fun fucking you sister. And if you come down to San Antonio, TX. Make sure to email me. I can show you some nice fat mexican girls that are into little dick bigots like you. Word of advice. Next time you address a hispanic, do it with respect. I feel bad for you, and im in a great mood. Not all of us are like me. There are some gang rolling, crazy ass Mexicans that would love to kill i bitch like you for disrespecting them. Try not to teach your kids that way of thinking, they might fall in a similar predicament and end up raped or killed. You know we are all criminals...hahahah This has been fun. Wish me well in the Klan meetings and last but not least.... GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 21:10
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HS 19042 2009-08-12T23:10:09-05:00
I knew you could not cite one scientific contribution any mexican has ever made. You cite Spaniards to support your position---Spaniards are anglo europeans you retard, as white as me! And they rule mexico to this very day. You hate mexico so much you left! The fact is the spanish came in and subjugated and conquered you pussies, then they started fucking all of your women and diluting your race. You are a self-hating mexican who despises the anglo blood that courses through your veins. You are a bastardized child of the conquered, the loser of all the wars ever engaged in. Even Zapata had a Spaniard in the family woodpile. Not to mention the USA kicked your ass as well in 1848. No wonder your national hero Frida Kahlo is a woman who looks like a man. All of you mexican men are actually women who look like men. But your little vergas sure know how to make illegitimate children. Your spanish is even bastardized--mexico has no formal language academy. Even spaniards don't regard your language as spanish. Calling women cunts shows what you are made of. You are a misogynist coward like the rest of your countrymen. Look between your legs and you find a big stinky hairy vagina. They removed your balls when you came scurrying across the border with your tail between your legs you chickenshit pussy with an internet connection living in your mom's basement. Have fun with your own miserable self-hating existence, bastard. Again, you will never amount to anything, and that makes us happy.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 21:16
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HS 19043 2009-08-12T23:16:03-05:00
Funny how you call whites fat when everyone knows mexicans are some of the most obese people on the planet. Go eat some more chicharrones deep fried in manteca. We know who the lard asses are around here mojado. This is why your latinas love the chorizo blanco: because pussified mexican males such as yourself have the machismo of a cross-dresser sitting on a street corner in tijuana turning tricks up the culo (that's an asshole for all of my gringo friends).
Mary (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 01:01
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HS 19044 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-13T03:01:03-05:0
Take your disgusting language and ignorance elsewhere. Go to LA, now that your folks have destroyed it, it probably feels like home!
Leave it to Beaner (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 06:19
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HS 19045 2009-08-13T08:19:51-05:00
With all due respect, Mary is a hottie and I wish there were more women like her out here in orange county, CA. I recall the day(s) some 35 years ago when that's all you would see around here.....were nothing but good ole Americans on Beach Blvd In H.B. Now we have the likes of you and your cousins Daniel, running around all over the place bitching (in Spanish) about how awful us Americans are, getting in our way every fucking day, making our quality of life......well......insufferable. And now we say collectively as a nation: Go back! Your no longer welcome here, not because of your D+ heritage , but because of your hostile actions towards everyday citizens. And now you Libs want to take away healthcare from our elderly to give to your lawbreaking toilet scrubbers? Your attitude towards welcoming Americans is not surprising to us immigration patriots. Your sense of entitlement is underwhelming. Those footing the bill are sick of it. You will see the results after republicans sweep your lefty asses right out of Washington in 3.5 years. I just hope a true conservative is chosen over rino's and globalists. How's that for rambling on? Lastly, If you (the low class lefty Daniel) had any qualities at all, you would never speak to a woman like that. Just one more job us americans won't do here. Show s
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 13:52
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HS 19046 2009-08-13T15:52:01-05:00
This is me pussy. I take enough of your fellow white man's money to take vacations to yuor best cities with my wife. You might be saying, "dam, he does not look like a thug that stupid bitch Mary called him" or "His wife is pretty hot!" Mary, go fuck yourself you stupid cunt!!!! Petty, i feel pity for you man. You are ignorant white trash. Remember bud, you cant polish a turd and that is what you are. Do a little research on obesity in the US and Mexico. Your mom and uncle are not helping the cause, them being fat fucks. Look up hispanic in the dictionary to find the true definition of hispanic you stupid bitch, and while you are there look at your stained family tree. You are a mutt that thinks its full breed.... Leave it to beaner, you are more ignorant than both these stupid fucks combined. You have to be one of those older, deep rooted bigots that commits petty crimes to shed light on your cause. The world is changing bud, you need to get used to it... Conservatives are a dying breed, America and the world has had enough of you. There is a better chnace of you being hung for your cause than we ever leaving.... This country is maturing and leaving all of you in the dust. One day a Hispanic will open your eyes to this truth and you will weep like your mom's wept when your daddy walked out on you.
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 13:53
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Mary (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 13:58
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HS 19048 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-13T15:58:24-05:0
Hey LW, I am not in favor of censorship perse, but the disgusting filthy rants of this ILLEGAL , Lawbreaking parasite should not be welcome on a legitimate site.
Mary (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 13:59
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HS 19049 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-13T15:59:27-05:0
"This country is maturing " Are you at least 13?
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 15:13
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HS 19050 2009-08-13T17:13:05-05:00
"Look up hispanic in the dictionary..." Yes, it means "from the Iberic peninsula" not "from a shithole third-world narco-terrorist pedophile state." Did you marry your wife before or after her quincanera? I love it when mexican parents parents marry off their 15-year old daughters to some lecherous 40-something in cowboy boots and gold teeth. Your country and your culture is filthy, disgusting and barbaric. You people are barely neanderthals. Actually, that is an insult to neanderthals.
Daniel Fernandez (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 18:03
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HS 19051 2009-08-13T20:03:36-05:00
hahahaha, you guys are funny. Conservatives have humor after all!!!! Im 26 and my wife is 21. I am a senior web developer for a financial institution. Never been to jail. Pay my taxes. Both my wife and I are US citizens love my wife. Go on vacation once a year. Bought a new car this year. Own a home valued at 135K (not to shabby for San Antonio avg. prices) Have a baby on the way!!!! im just a happy guy right now. Im done with the insulting and ranting. This will be my last post. It was fun messing with you. Thank you for playing. nobody likes to be insulted right!?!? I thank God for living in a city that does not have such bigots as you. We have a whole lot of mexican here and we are not going broke like California, imagine that. Do visit one of these days, i may even take you to an awsome mexican restaurant. Enjoy your sad little existance you call a live. Ta ta... Ps. this site is incredibly ugly. You might want to let your Klan leader, sorry webmaster in on that.
Mary (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 18:51
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HS 19052 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-13T20:51:48-05:0
sick, sad excuse for a human being. Go back under the bridge.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 19:37
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You're a citizen on paper, but in reality you're nothing more than racist mexican thug, a coward with an internet connection. You are NOT a hispanic--you're a dirty mexican, and always will be. You won't ever amount to anything in this world. You will always be ruled by WHITES, like you people have been for centuries. Come to Santa Ana and we can settle this like men. You won't because you're a pussy of the highest order. I bet Mary could kick your ass (I would put money on it). You are a pathetic little boy spawned by a fat-ass chicharrone-eating mother. Let's summarize some of your statements Daniel: "I hope one of your uninsured family members dies a painful and long death." and "Have fun fucking you sister." and "I really hope one of those lawbreaking, illegal aliens rapes you while you are walking home. Due justice i would call it." Sad to see you go. Every time you open your piehole it makes others aware of why pieces of shit like you need to have your papers revoked and sent home to your squalid, corrupt country. It kills you to know you hate your country so much you had to come live here, and it kills you to know you are the conquered one, unable to defend yourself from the truth that you are inherently a stupid person lacking in the most basic intelligence. Go fuck yourself Daniel, you self-hating racist piece of shit. This is America, and we are going to be here for a very long time as the majority. You and your permanent underclass paisanos will be ruled by the majority, like it or not, so chew on that for a while.
Leave it to Beaner (not verified)
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 03:21
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HS 19054 2009-08-14T05:21:47-05:00
Danny Boy? Your a total big mouth and nothing else. Probably a scrawny toilet scrubber that your leader tony villar represents.
Smithers (not verified)
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 19:21
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Language Main article: Languages of Mexico Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.[1] The overwhelming majority of Mexicans today speak Spanish, however, the government recognizes 62 indigenous Amerindian languages as national languages. Some Spanish vocabulary in Mexico has roots in the country's indigenous languages, which are spoken by approximately 6% of the population.[2] Some indigenous Mexican words have even become common in the English language. For example, words such as tomato, chocolate, coyote, and avocado are Nahuatl in origin.[3] [edit] Religion An image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico. Main article: Religion in Mexico The Spanish arrival and colonization brought Roman Catholicism to the country, which became the main religion of Mexico. Today, 95% of the population are baptized Catholics, making the country the second largest Catholic nation in the world, after Brazil.[4] According to the Government's 2000 census, approximately 88 percent of respondents identified themselves as at least nominally Roman Catholic. Other religious groups for which the 2000 census provided estimates included evangelicals, with 1.71 percent of the population; other Protestant evangelical groups, 2.79 percent; members of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.25 percent; "historical" Protestants, 0.71 percent; Seventh-day Adventists, 0.58 percent; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 0.25 percent; Jews, 0.05 percent; and other religions, 0.31 percent. Approximately 3.52 percent of respondents indicated "no religion," and 0.86 percent did not specify a religion.[5] [edit] Art Main articles: Pre-Columbian art and Mexican Muralism Maya relief sculpture from Palenque Mexico is known worldwide for its folk art traditions, mostly derived from the indigenous and Spanish crafts. Pre-Columbian art thrived over a wide timescale, from 1800 BC to AD 1500. Certain artistic characteristics were repeated throughout the region, namely a preference for angular, linear patterns, and three-dimensional ceramics. Notable handicrafts include clay pottery from the valley of Oaxaca and the village of Tonala. Colorfully embroidered cotton garments, cotton or wool shawls and outer garments, and colorful baskets and rugs are seen everywhere. Mexico is also known for its pre-Columbian architecture, especially for public, ceremonial and urban monumental buildings and structures. A photograph of a 1954 stone carved mural at the ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico, portraying a battle between the gods Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca. Between the Spanish conquest and the early Twentieth century, Mexican fine arts were largely in imitation of European traditions. After the Mexican Revolution, a new generation of Mexican artists led a vibrant national movement that incorporated political, historic, and folk themes in their work. The painters Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Federico Cantú [1]and David Alfaro Siqueiros bec
Smithers (not verified)
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 19:22
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Official and Religious Holidays January 1: Año Nuevo (New Year's Day), is an official Mexican holiday. January 6: DÃa de los Santos Reyes is the day when Mexicans exchange Christmas presents in accordance with the arrival of the three gift-bearing wisemen to Jesus Christ. This day culminates the Christmastime festivities. January 17: Feast Day of de San Antonio de Abad is a religious holiday during which the Catholic Church allows animals to enter the church for blessing. February 2: DÃa de la Candelaria is a religious holiday that is celebrated with processions, dancing, bullfights in certain cities, and the blessing of the seeds and candles. The festivities are best seen in: San Juan de los Lagos, Jalapa; Talpa de Allende, Jalisco; and Santa Maria del Tuxla, Oaxaca. Since some of the tourist highlights are roads away from each other, the best way to go about your stay here in Mexico is to use a car hire. Like rentals in other parts of the world like car rental ireland, cars for hire are fit for every travel purpose. February 3-8 (2005): Carnaval is an official Mexican holiday that kicks off a five-day celebration of the libido before the Catholic lent. Beginning the weekend before Lent, Carnaval is celebrated exhubrantly with parades, floats and dancing in the streets. Port towns such as Ensenada, La Paz, Mazatlán and Veracruz are excellent places to watch Carnaval festivities. Dates change slightly as follows: 2006: Feb 23-28; 2007: Feb 15-20; 2008: Jan 31 - Feb 5; 2009: Feb 19-24; 2010: Feb 11-16. February 5: DÃa de la Constitución an official holiday that commemorates Mexico's Constitution. February 24: Flag Day, This Mexican national holiday honors the Mexican flag. March 19: St. Joseph's Day, DÃa de San José, a religious holiday best seen in Tamulin, San Luis Potosi. March 21: The Birthday of Benito Juárez, a famous Mexican president and national hero, this is an official Mexican holiday. Semana Santa: Semana Santa is the holy week that ends the 40-day Lent period. This week includes Good Friday and Easter Sunday. It is Mexican custom to break confetti-filled eggs over the heads of friends and family. May 1: Primero de Mayo is the Mexican national holiday that is equivalent to the U.S. Labor Day. May 3: Holy Cross Day DÃa de la Santa Cruz, when construction workers decorate and mount crosses on unfinished buildings, followed by fireworks and picnics at the construction site. May 5: Cinco de Mayo is the Mexican national holiday that honors the Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla de los Angeles in 1862. May 10: Mother's Day, Due to the importance of the mother in Mexican culture, Mother's Day is an especially significant holiday. June 1: Navy Day is an official Mexican holiday. June 24: Saint John the Baptist Day is celebrated with religious festivities, fairs, and popular jokes connected to getting dunked in water. June 29: Fiesta of Saint Peter and Saint Paul notable celebrations in Mexcaltitán,
Fred Dawes (not verified)
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 19:24
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HS 19057 dawes57@cox.net 2009-08-14T21:24:48-05:00
Mexico means mass evil and big time monkeys running and gangs and drugs and race hate and lovers of hitler. and dancing in the roads of mexico city after 9-11. Mexico and its people are our enemies and hate our freedoms many mexicans love bin laden.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 20:00
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HS 19058 2009-08-14T22:00:30-05:00
Mexico has no formal language academy. The "spanish" spoken there is not recognized as a legitimate language. It is bastardized spanish. Spaniards speak spanish, Mexicans speak mexican. Nice try though.
Mary (not verified)
Sun, 08/16/2009 - 01:04
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HS 19059 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-16T03:04:50-05:0
Smithers. why don't you and your buddy go back to your mindless video games and take a hike!
Fred Dawes (not verified)
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 22:49
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HS 19060 dawes57@cox.net 2009-08-18T00:49:39-05:00
Mary is right.
Smithers (not verified)
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:12
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HS 19061 2009-08-18T19:12:17-05:00
Just want to educate the ignorance found in this thread. The world could say the same about us. We were Europeans once. We fled the country due to the injustices founds there and formed our own colonies here. We thrived and created this wonderful country. It seems due to our success other cultures, not just Mexicans, are attracted to our way of life. They have the same urge to thrive just like we did when we left our motherland. They are fleeing do to injustices in there respective countries. This is what we need to understand to be able to find a solution, instead of being ignorant and uneducated about the issue. Once this country's success was fueled by immigrant's sweat and blood and it still does. This country is beautiful and powerful because immigrants have fought next to Americans to defend our rights. Try to be more educated when you talk. You bunch make us look bad. Being prejudice to other cultures is stupid and backwards. All races have their scum. Those individuals that make the rest of the culture look bad and smear its reputation. We have rednecks or white trash. Mexicans have their own, and so forth. We need to understand that does not represent the culture in general.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 19:46
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HS 19062 2009-08-18T21:46:44-05:00
"Being prejudice to other cultures is stupid and backwards." What you call "prejudice" is what I consider to be an accurate assessment. The only thing "stupid and backwards" is mexican culture. Take your multiculturalist bullshit and shove it up your ass. The Indians (also a backwards culture, distinct from mexican culture) did not give up this continent without a fight (which they lost) and neither are we going to allow ourselves to be displaced by an inferior, third world culture. WE are here to stay, but you can waive the white flag if you so choose. Just do not expect your countrymen to be pussified like you. If you hate this country so much, I implore you to leave. If you are not willing to fight for what your ancestors created, then you deserve to lose your dear country, and as far as I am concerned, you can go to hell. You are the epitome of a pussified American male--you lost your testicles and your American identity. You deserve to be displaced or relocated to someplace where relativistic "multicultural" propaganda is the norm. We are not buying any of that crap. I might suggest Canada or Great Britain where surrendering pussies like yourself are plentiful.
smithers (not verified)
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 00:20
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HS 19063 2009-08-19T02:20:45-05:00
Look you stupid fuck, dont call me a pussy because im not a fucking redneck like you. Do not think you are speaking for all America, just the retarded side that talks and then thinks later. How the fuck do i hate my country asshole. My family has fought and died to protect your miserable freedom. Have you done that asshole... Have you lost someone in a war... Do you just talk out of your motherfucking ass. You are a sad excuse for an American. I hope you get drafted so you can see who defends and dies for this country. Believe it or not, there not all white males. You owe those people your pathetic life. You are a bigot of the first class. This is not what America is all about. We are not all like you, stupid asses. like Daniel said, go fuck yourself you ignorant asshole. I have sacrificed more for this country than you can imagine.
smithers (not verified)
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 00:25
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HS 19064 2009-08-19T02:25:42-05:00
By the way, do you know what petty bourgeoisie means lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)despair I hope thats not your name!!
Mary (not verified)
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:25
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HS 19065 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-19T15:25:28-05:0
Hey Smithers...Emulate the early settlers and TAKE A HIKE!!!
Smithers (not verified)
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 14:19
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HS 19066 2009-08-19T16:19:20-05:00
Early settlers... Are you 10 years old... Were you told that you are funny.... That is the stupidest post i have ever read!!!! Are you trying to tell me to leave. I feel sorry for your husband.
petty bourgeois (not verified)
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 15:37
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HS 19067 2009-08-19T17:37:58-05:00
"Look you stupid fuck, dont call me a pussy because im not a fucking redneck like you." So I am redneck now? Thank you for bestowing the honor upon me. The only "stupid fuck" I see commenting here is you, but as long as it gets your panties in a bunch, then I am being effective. You are a pussy of the highest order, now run along little girl. "Believe it or not, there not all white males. You owe those people your pathetic life." White males built this country, and you cannot stand it--you hate whitey with such a deep bitterness and resentment it must keep you up at night. I don't owe anyone anything you fucktard. Daniel was a self hating mexican, just as you are a self hating white person. You're not an American, You must be a frenchie the way you surrender and wave a Nazi flag to welcome the invaders. The petit bourgeois were the greatest enemy of Lenin, just as I am your worst nightmare, you fucking pinko commie coward.
Mary (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 14:10
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HS 19068 maryellenburke2005@comcast.net 2009-08-20T16:10:42-05:0
Hey Smithers..about your posts, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz