Dear United States of America —
Fuck you. I hate your culture, I hate your people, I hate your goverment. XBoxes are cool, though.
Now give me my financial aid check, bitch.
Sincerely,
Rene Gonzalez
PS. And you best find me a job, too. You owe me. Because, y’know, Clint Eastwood shot a gun in that movie — and because I’m from Puerto Rico and all. Asshole.
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QandO has additional thoughts. So does Michele. Lee, too. And here’s all you ever wanted to know about Rene Gonzalez. Is it me, or does he look like a slightly retarded John Cryer?
I know. Sorry.
Dear Rene,
I wan you to meet my lil’ fren . . . bitch.
I wouldn’t waste a perfectly good mouthful of spit on this kid.
Something you might have picked up on (last word of your post), she translates “pendejo” as “idiot”, but I’m pretty sure that means “asshole”.
So I’ll call her a “puta”, which means “woman of high character”.
Turns out Rene is a dude, but I’m sticking with “puta” and changing my translation to “man of high character”.
Oh, those wacky, zany people-from-other-countries! Ya gotta wonder, what will they say next?
Seriously, you get to come here, blow off the whole language thing, suck on the teat of the US taxpayer, and – get this! – You still get to bitch about stuff you know nothing about.
Man. What a country.
I can’t believe the bastard felt the need to drag Rambo into this. Rambo never hurt no one!
For what it’s worth, I found a pretty fair profile photograph of the guy. (Don’t know how long they’ll keep it up now that I’ve linked to it, however….)
rene is clearly a serious journalist. I know this because he understands that facts shouldn’t get in the way of a perfectly good liberal rant, and chances are nobody knows enough to call you on it, to wit:
“Tillman got himself killed in a country other than his own without having been forced to go over to that country to kill its people. After all, whether we like them or not, the Taliban is more Afghani than we are. Their resistance is more legitimate than our invasion, regardless of the fact that our social values are probably more enlightened than theirs.”
this is really insightful, if you can ignore the fact that the taliban was a recent INVASION of Afghanistan. and the fact that we aren’t fighting the taliban in Iraq. but don’t think that Rene’s equating Iraqis with Afghanis is racist or elitist or anything.
And don’t muddy the waters further by asking if a culture that follows similar Mulsim tenets, only to the extreme of ejecting women from daily life and stoning them whenever you get the chance, is really more similar than we are? tu quoque, or he hit me back, or something like that.
PPS Rick, et al.: Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Columbus’ second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917 and popularly elected governors have served since 1948. In 1952, a constitution was enacted providing for internal self-government. In plebiscites held in 1967, 1993, and 1998 voters chose to retain commonwealth status.
Rick: he’s not from another country, he’s as American as you.