There’s an app for that
A guy who works for me from Mexico was singing the praises of Obama and planned on voting for him. I googled up Fast and Furious then hit the translate into Spanish button and handed him the phone. He read and cussed. He changed his tune. One at time, I guess.
And I was surprised he wasn’t aware of it already.
October 23rd, 2012 at 10:12 am
good on you. and good for that guy for having an open mind.
October 23rd, 2012 at 10:46 am
Planned on voting for him? Planned on VOTING, period?
October 23rd, 2012 at 10:51 am
@j t bolt: There is this process known as naturalization.
October 23rd, 2012 at 10:59 am
I would guess that was worth more than one vote: the man no doubt has family and friends.
October 23rd, 2012 at 11:00 am
@JT:
There are people that are “from Mexico” who are citizens of the US. There’s a process for that and some people actually use it.
October 23rd, 2012 at 11:20 am
As a person living in central Texas, I can confirm that many citizens here are of Mexican or other Central American ancestry, and proud of it.
Also, anyone who knows the details of the Fast &Furious scandal recognizes its importance as an election issue. It should be an impeachment issue, and will probably end with US citizens on trial in Mexico for their culpability in the many murders there that resulted from this idiotic political scheme.
October 23rd, 2012 at 11:20 am
Nicely done!
October 23rd, 2012 at 12:57 pm
I’ve been surprised by the general ignorance about Fast and Furious too. There is so little coverage of it that I have found many people with limited Internet Access who have never heard of it–even many gun folks I’ve talked to at gun shows.
October 23rd, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Where I live up here in the upper plains there are many people of Germanic and Scandinavian descent who are darn proud to be Americans. Just saying.
October 23rd, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Oh yeah. Good job, Unc.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Keeping it classy I see…
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:08 pm
I had a rill sergeant who was from Mexico. He did his naturalization oath in uniform in front of his unit, and had the photo framed on his wall. Right under his framed copy of the Constitution.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:08 pm
“_d_rill sergeant”
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:02 pm
My son in law is a naturalized citizen who was born in Mexico, and he’ll tell you he isn’t Mexican, he is a US citizen.
Couldn’t be much prouder of him than I am. We all got to watch him take the oath. It was a great family experience.
He’ll be voting, and Fast and Furious played a part in his decision making process, I can assure you!
October 23rd, 2012 at 4:34 pm
When son went through Basic, there were two legal immigrants in his unit, and several first-generation citizens; and ALL of them were pissed as hell at illegal aliens.
October 23rd, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Well done Sir! 🙂
October 23rd, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Libotards research? Look for facts? Read the news papers?
Nah…. but they just LOVE the Obama walk!
October 23rd, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Good move.
October 24th, 2012 at 8:34 am
People from other countries do indeed become citizens. It’s a long bureacratic process. One of the requirements is showing the ability to read and write in English.
If I moved to Mexico and became a citizen do you think they’d print me up a ballot that was half Spanish half English? No, they expect you to learn to read the lingo.
October 24th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
It appears that Behghazi was Fast and Furious on a even bigger scale. The “consulate” was not even a real consulate but a “mission” – a “shabby, nondescript building” that lacked any “major public security presence” with two large warehouse-type buildings (that are) associated with the so-called “consulate” whose purpose has yet to be disclosed. The Ambassador’s last official act was to hold such a meeting with an unidentified “Turkish diplomat.” and according to sources in Egyptian security, our ambassador was playing a “central role in recruiting jihadists to fight Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.”…