Why don't you ask why aren't Puerto Ricans going to Myammar, Montserrat, Trinidad Tobago, Venezuela? Because there is no historical reason to migrate there. Puerto Ricans, just like Cubanos have been going to New York (Cubans to Tampa and Key West) since the 19th century. In migration people travel to places where they can connect with other paisanos. There is no Puerto Rican community in

I wonder how many Puerto Ricans went to Cuba instead of going to cities in the US? I hope Barry has stats on this. Regards, Antoni Barry Schier wrote: As some who has taken teaching courses at colleges at the Orange County on the other side of the country, 'll deliberately temporarily abstain from commentary about the topic of the article since the racism and xenophobia of

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:58:28 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: Verdigris <verdigris@deadspam.com> wrote: On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:10:37 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: <SNIP> Man for man, unit for unit, the Wehrmacht wiped the floor with every opponent it met. It was only ever beaten when opposing air cover and materiel was overwhelming. That's simply not

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:51:05 -0400, Gerry you have some amazingly creative ideas here That fact that you simply attempt their language makes you okay somehow. Last night in a Lebanese restaurant I asked in Arabic if they had red wine ("andukum nibeet ahmar"). I had learned it three minutes before in the car from one of about 20 phrase books I keep in the glovebox. I was wearing

In article <5ktjc29i5elbnv3g54u622i3nt7v5umu6i@4ax.com>, Lori Lee <lrlwnospam@earthlink.net> wrote: Do you speak even a little bit of Japanese? It's helpful to learn the basic phrases, "may I have..." "what is this..." "where is the..." "another, please." "what do you recommend" and so forth. Yes, I speak sushi, and enough polite phrases to get by. I've found, regardless or