[parishht]

Good points JJJ, I agree with you and I appreciate your service to our country.

But your good name is ruined by a few bad apples.

In our area, there are a number of migrant workers and have been for 50+ years.
We have seen all come through the area, Mexicans, Peurto Ricans, Dominicans, etc.
So what they don't realize is that even though the "white man" in this are is extremely white and some talk with a very funny accent (Pennsyvania dutch),
most of us understand Spanish.
So I hate when I am walking through the grocery store and I get bad mouthed in Spanish. You should see the surprised look on the old womens faces when I spin around and say " lo ciento, yo esta no gordo cerdo" I am sure this is not the correct way to say it, but they get the point.

I also hate when I am passing through Miami International or Peurto rico International
and I go to the ticket counter and the gate agent acts like they know very little English so they don't have to help me and then two minutes later I see them speaking to a colleague in perfect English.

By the way, one of my best friends and co-worker is in Venezuela.
He moved to the U.S. to get away from the situation there and on his trip back to renew his visa, it was denied on a technicality.
Here is a case of a guy doing it the right way and then screwed by the system.