Facebook founder and uber billionaire Mark Zuckerberg donated $100,000 million dollars to the Newark school system yesterday. Thanks for the charity Zuckerberg, but if you really wanted to do something charitable you should have donated a couple hundered million more. We could have bought the whole state and built a giant fence around it.
Now that's a service to humanity.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
It's because I'm Italian...
"Oh, it's because I'm Italian". Sometimes it's a badge of honor, sometimes, an excuse. It's the catch all phrase that many from Jersey use to explain their outrageous behavior.
You know what. It's horseshit. What does your ancestry have to do with the way in which you conduct yourself? Maybe I don't understand this because I'm from the South where we just simply separate people by color. (kidding!)
If you were born in Italy and moved here. Congrats, you're Italian. Pat yourself on the back and feel free to say "It's because I'm Italian" all you want. We're cool.
To the rest of you. You're not Italian. You're an American. You, you're from Hoboken/Ewing/Egg Harbor/Asbury Park/Middletown/Cinnaminson (whatever) and that makes you an American. Just like the rest of us.
To say that you're Italian because your ancestors were is idiotic. Sure, somewhere on the far reaches of your family tree, someone was once Italian. Was your Grandmother born in Naples? Did she swill wine, pick grapes and live a charming life. Fantastic, she's Italian.
You're an impostor and an asshole.
If you were born here, you're an American. End of story. You are a part of American culture, you watch the same stupid American TV and drink the same cancer-laden water as the rest of us.
What's wrong with that? Why can't you just be an American? Is that not enough for you?
Sure it's fine to celebrate your heritage. There's nothing wrong with that. I celebrate mine. I'm from the South, that's my heritage. But I don't use it as an excuse for my behavior.
"I got drunk and pooped in your mailbox Ma'am, but you can't blame me, I'm from the South."
To say that you act and behave a certain way because you're of Italian ancestry makes about as much sense as saying that you really love going to IKEA because your great uncle was Swedish.
My family has a small bit of Irish ancestry. Does this entitle me to steal money from you if you happen to stash it at the end of a rainbow?
I have Polish relatives too, so I'm going to need someones help installing this screen door on my submarine.
Oh, by the way, my family is also a little bit Scottish. So please forgive me if you have no idea what I'm talking about.
You know what. It's horseshit. What does your ancestry have to do with the way in which you conduct yourself? Maybe I don't understand this because I'm from the South where we just simply separate people by color. (kidding!)
If you were born in Italy and moved here. Congrats, you're Italian. Pat yourself on the back and feel free to say "It's because I'm Italian" all you want. We're cool.
To the rest of you. You're not Italian. You're an American. You, you're from Hoboken/Ewing/Egg Harbor/Asbury Park/Middletown/Cinnaminson (whatever) and that makes you an American. Just like the rest of us.
To say that you're Italian because your ancestors were is idiotic. Sure, somewhere on the far reaches of your family tree, someone was once Italian. Was your Grandmother born in Naples? Did she swill wine, pick grapes and live a charming life. Fantastic, she's Italian.
You're an impostor and an asshole.
If you were born here, you're an American. End of story. You are a part of American culture, you watch the same stupid American TV and drink the same cancer-laden water as the rest of us.
What's wrong with that? Why can't you just be an American? Is that not enough for you?
Sure it's fine to celebrate your heritage. There's nothing wrong with that. I celebrate mine. I'm from the South, that's my heritage. But I don't use it as an excuse for my behavior.
"I got drunk and pooped in your mailbox Ma'am, but you can't blame me, I'm from the South."
To say that you act and behave a certain way because you're of Italian ancestry makes about as much sense as saying that you really love going to IKEA because your great uncle was Swedish.
My family has a small bit of Irish ancestry. Does this entitle me to steal money from you if you happen to stash it at the end of a rainbow?
I have Polish relatives too, so I'm going to need someones help installing this screen door on my submarine.
Oh, by the way, my family is also a little bit Scottish. So please forgive me if you have no idea what I'm talking about.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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