Isn’t it interesting. Consider the metric: Population vs % Naturalized Citizens. And now, ask yourself “Why?” ========= Try as I might, I just can’t become Chinese. It started as a thought experiment: I wondered what it would take for me, the son of Chinese immigrants, to become a citizen of China. So I called the nearest Chinese consulate and got lost in a voice... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
A Lesson for America in Poland’s Rise and Ukraine’s Fall
August 31 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, UkraineA pity that many Americans do not seem to have the ability to connect these dots. ========= By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon “As President Obama is learning, no political victory is permanent without economic success. Consider the fates of two former Soviet vassals.” In forging Turkey out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk warned his countrymen in 1923 that... Read more
Noonan: A New Kind of Terrorist Threat
August 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iraq, Middle East, Noonan, Radical Islam, TerrorismDid you notice there were NO “declarations of dismay” when Obama authorized air strikes against ISIS? Have we got “The Left’s Attention, finally???” Let’s be done with all this talk of “let’s just co-exist in a happy world”. How many “religion haters” “Jewish haters”, “Christian haters” are lining up to join ISIS and their view of “co-exist”?? =============== The question... Read more
Al Gore v. Al Jazeera v. the Truth
August 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat PartyOf course, The Left will not attach one of their own. ========== As with the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, let’s hope both sides lose. Al Gore sued Al Jazeera, saying it still owes him $65 million from the sale two years ago of Mr. Gore’s unwatched liberal cable channel for $500 million. Al Jazeera says it’s rightfully holding back monies left in... Read more
What’s Missing in Ferguson, Mo.
August 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The LeftVery thoughtful piece worth reading. ========== The lead item on much television news since the weekend has been the shooting in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer. On display was what has now become the fairly standard response in these matters: the inconsolable mother, the testimony of the dead teenager’s friends to his... Read more
Silicon Valley Takes on North Korea
August 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, N KoreaInteresting. I’d bet this group will make more progress than any government effort. ========== Silicon Valley’s ambitions range far and wide, from taking on hotels and taxi operators to connecting toothbrushes to the Internet. Now, it’s starting to turn its focus to North Korea. Over the weekend, about 100 hackers, coders and engineers gathered in San Francisco to brainstorm ways to pierce the... Read more
