Everything – Including a Lack of Tolerance for Asian-Sounding Things – Is Bigger in Texas
Confucius say: No good deed go unpunished. And Rep. Betty Borwin of the Texas House of Representatives is learning that the hard way.
She's recently come under fire for revealing a brilliant plan of hers, designed to make life in general much easier for all the Chinamen streaming into our great country to build our railroads of late.
Bruin's idea? Change their names to something "easier for Americans to deal with."
Why, that's a stroke of brilliance, Rep. Burwone!
"Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it's a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?" Brown said.
I couldn't agree more, Rep. Burnow. Just speaking for myself, those crazy names are way to crazy for me to wrap my simple, little, non-scheming, Jesus-loving, salt-of-the-earth, eugenically-superior, Caucasian brain around…
Brown later told [Oriental person Ramey] Ko: "Can't you see that this is something that would make it a lot easier for you and the people who are poll workers if you could adopt a name just for identification purposes that's easier for Americans to deal with?"
Nice try, Rep. Bronte, but I'm sure that Ko's eyes are way too squinty for him to be able to see that you have his and all his exotic brethren from the Far East's best interest at heart.
I didn't want to mention this, Rep. Birwaw — what with my office so close to the teeming throngs of near-do-wells in New York's Chinatown — but I feel like I have to: Your life might be in trouble. Some wizened old yellow man with a comically-long moustache is no doubt concocting some sort of karate-dragon-tiger potion to curse you with even as we speak.
Run, Rep. Nibrwnow. Run!
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Too true. I mean its tough to say last names like: Wong, Wang, Chung, Chin, Ho, and Lee. I’d rather stick with old fashioned white European names that are easy to pronounce, like "Mike Krzyzewski".
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Okay…I wish I had something witty to say. I also wish I was in shock that a member of Congress would say something so unabashedly ignorant, but sadly I am not..
Tried the link–ACCESS FORBIDEN–in bold type was the heading of the error message. As an explanation, the message states the article is READ PROTECTED. I knew I should have used my less-Asian ID.
One of those moments where I am so stinking proud to be an American.
Yay! Another reason for the rest of the country to think we Texans are a bunch of racists! Thanks a lot, lady.
As a resident of a state (Georgia) where politicians regularly say incredibly stupid, thoughtless, boneheaded, bigoted, mean-spirited and ignorant things I have only one thing to say… Thank God for Texas!!!
What do you suppose she orders from Chinese take-out? Barbeque?
Texas should never have been forced to stay in the Union! Our governors, immediate past and present, are nincompoops, our dear Senator Cornyn is complaining about no stimulus money when he VOTED NO on the package; he is a pretty boy with an empty head.
The state isn't just RED it is maroon, forgive me Aggies. A 3 year old shot himself with a loaded gun while his parents hid Easter eggs. Go Figure….Bush is hiding out with his 33% ultra rich in Dallas and \going to the office to write.\ I thought learning to read came first. Ah, yes, Deep in the Heart of Texas lies far worse than stupid Betty.
Texas is a huge state. please dont associate this woman w/ all of Texas. we arent all like that.
This is the best thing I have heard all week. Best laugh I have had.
As a one-time Alaskan, all I can say is, thank you Texas.