'Cirba' isn't a very Irish name.

FTFA: "I'm going to go after them hard now,"


Giggidy?

FTA:

"I'm going to go after them hard now," he said of the teachers' union. "This is what they do, they harass and intimidate." (Criba)

"He better be careful, if he at all impedes me professionally or impacts my ability to teach," he said. (James)


They sure seem to like each other.

/hot like a red haired Irish girl

Bloody pikeys.

More union lawsuit thuggery.

Right here, pal.

One wonders why it would matter what color his Irish ass is. The article fails to mention.

Dear "designers" of news websites, whether TV or newspaper - please include your home address, including state, somewhere in the gorram footer.

Thank you

SearchN: FTA:

"I'm going to go after them hard now," he said of the teachers' union. "This is what they do, they harass and intimidate." (Criba)

"He better be careful, if he at all impedes me professionally or impacts my ability to teach," he said. (James)


They sure seem to like each other.

Maybe they need to get a room.

OldManDownDRoad: Dear "designers" of news websites, whether TV or newspaper - please include your home address, including state, somewhere in the gorram footer.

Thank you

Not to threadjack here but what he said? Very much yes!

We're as stubborn as mules with our blood on fire
When we ain't at Sunday Mass
And we'll look any man straight in his eyes
And say, "Kiss my Irish... heritage"

people that are originally from Massachusetts define themselves more by race and ethnicity than any other people in this country.

*my great great grandfather couldn't hack it in the decrepit little shiathole european country (and in fact was going to starve to death there probably) that hasn't given anything positive to this world in 1500 years but that won't stop me from screaming from the top of the lungs that I am enormously proud of my heritage and and an incredible amount of my identity is wrapped up in what I perceive to be my race!*

relcec: people that are originally from Massachusetts Black/Latino define themselves more by race and ethnicity than any other people in this country.

*my great great grandfather couldn't hack it in the decrepit little shiathole europeanAfrican/Latin American country (and in fact was going to starve to death there probably) that hasn't given anything positive to this world in 15000 years but that won't stop me from screaming from the top of the lungs that I am enormously proud of my heritage and and an incredible amount of my identity is wrapped up in what I perceive to be my race!*

FTFY

"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism... a hyphenated American is not an American at all." - Theodore Roosevelt

lilbjorn: One wonders why it would matter what color his Irish ass is. The article fails to mention.

Well Phil Lynott's dead, so that rules out any other color.

Razorwolf: We're as stubborn as mules with our blood on fire
When we ain't at Sunday Mass
And we'll look any man straight in his eyes
And say, "Kiss my Irish... heritage"



Approve

Approves

relcec: people that are originally from Massachusetts define themselves more by race and ethnicity than any other people in this country.


Was there something about metro Boston neighborhoods or ethnic makeups of older churches that contributed to this? Just curious. Another thing I've kinda noticed is that Italian-Americans (or Italian-Canadians for that matter) like to tell you what part of Italy their family came from. I guess that shows that Italy's more of a political construct than a cultural one.

Joe Blowme: relcec: people that are originally from Massachusetts Black/Latino define themselves more by race and ethnicity than any other people in this country.

FTFY

"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism... a hyphenated American is not an American at all." - Theodore Roosevelt


I understand your point, but I'm wondering if the choice is already made for them more often than not, wondering if they can't escape the hyphenation even if they tried.

But I'm a white guy so that's something I'll never really *know* first-hand. I'll happily stand corrected if I'm way off base about this.

Joe Blowme: relcec: people that are originally from Massachusetts Black/Latino define themselves more by race and ethnicity than any other people in this country.

*my great great grandfather couldn't hack it in the decrepit little shiathole europeanAfrican/Latin American country (and in fact was going to starve to death there probably) that hasn't given anything positive to this world in 15000 years but that won't stop me from screaming from the top of the lungs that I am enormously proud of my heritage and and an incredible amount of my identity is wrapped up in what I perceive to be my race!*

FTFY

"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism... a hyphenated American is not an American at all." - Theodore Roosevelt

its not so much that we define ourselves by race first, its that we have been defined by race first. not everyone was given a choice of being an american-american . at one point black-americans werent even counted as 100% human, let alone real citizens with equal rights and identities.

Spiralmonkey: Does his Irish arse travel separately on it's own Irish passport? If not, he's American.

Sometimes I wish my ass traveled separately on its own Irish passport.


/Black Irish ass - or at least my ancestors on both sides...
//Have old photos of my maternal grampa dressed as a girl.

That's racist.

/should have went with 'mick'

El Ojo: Razorwolf: We're as stubborn as mules with our blood on fire
When we ain't at Sunday Mass
And we'll look any man straight in his eyes
And say, "Kiss my Irish... heritage"



Approve

Heh, except they've never been to Mass, just saying.

Put me down as another one who can't quite work out this weird thing Americans do with hyphens.
You are not Irish-American, the Irish don't know you or care about you. Sure, they pretended for a while there in order to get you to fund the IRA but now that you have decided you don't really like terrorism anymore (because someone used it on you, once oh boo hoo).
yeah, now you aren't throwing fund raising dinners for Gerry Adams they say pogue mahone. (but without caring to specify colour)

ADHD Librarian: Put me down as another one who can't quite work out this weird thing Americans do with hyphens.
You are not Irish-American, the Irish don't know you or care about you. Sure, they pretended for a while there in order to get you to fund the IRA but now that you have decided you don't really like terrorism anymore (because someone used it on you, once oh boo hoo).
yeah, now you aren't throwing fund raising dinners for Gerry Adams they say pogue mahone. (but without caring to specify colour)

It started with African-American. It just got out of control from there.

Sincerely though, my dad is Irish-American. Born in Lisburn outside of Belfast, came to America and runs dual-citizenship now. Seeing as he was born in one place, lives in the other, and is a citizen of both, I give him the hyphen.