DaveE111

This is probably the most insensitive VJ post I have ever seen. It is none of the governments business how they spend their money. IF my wife worked outside the home (and she doesn't), she could send whatever she wants back to the Philippines. When you marry a filipina, it is no longer HER FAMILY, it is YOUR FAMILY. Anyone who married a filipina better understand their responsibilities to their extended family. No, not eveyone sends money home, but if her husband has no problem with her sending her entire paycheck back home, the government damn sure shouldn't be involved. We are good friends with a filipno american couple who have lived here in excess of 30 years. They have two daughters and one son, all college graduates and now parents. The lady, worked almost all of that time for the US Government and sent virtually 100% of that salary home to her family. They are now retired and have a nice place in Florida, and she still sends money home. She is one of the best mother's I have ever seen, and totally devoted to her family, YET, by your standards, she is a gold digger. I personally didn't marry a filipina to turn her into a western, (everything is mine type of person). Heck, this was even briefed to me by the US Embassy personnel in Manila when I got my Legal Capacity to Marry document. The lady asked me if I knew that I was actually getting an extended family with unspoken responsibilities to them. Never used that document as we went K1 instead, but the message stuck with me.

This is probably the most insensitive VJ post I have ever seen. It is none of the governments business how they spend their money. IF my wife worked outside the home (and she doesn't), she could send whatever she wants back to the Philippines. When you marry a filipina, it is no longer HER FAMILY, it is YOUR FAMILY. Anyone who married a filipina better understand their responsibilities to their extended family. No, not eveyone sends money home, but if her husband has no problem with her sending her entire paycheck back home, the government damn sure shouldn't be involved. We are good friends with a filipno american couple who have lived here in excess of 30 years. They have two daughters and one son, all college graduates and now parents. The lady, worked almost all of that time for the US Government and sent virtually 100% of that salary home to her family. They are now retired and have a nice place in Florida, and she still sends money home. She is one of the best mother's I have ever seen, and totally devoted to her family, YET, by your standards, she is a gold digger. I personally didn't marry a filipina to turn her into a western, (everything is mine type of person). Heck, this was even briefed to me by the US Embassy personnel in Manila when I got my Legal Capacity to Marry document. The lady asked me if I knew that I was actually getting an extended family with unspoken responsibilities to them. Never used that document as we went K1 instead, but the message stuck with me.

I still get a laugh when I think about my wife's first few months here. She has been here one year next month. some of the things she found weird:
1. No real visible security at the mall or banks.
2. 24 hour major stores
3. No deposit or withdrawal slips
4. You can get your money back when you return something.
5. Internet shopping (yes she now has it mastered).
6. Military discounts
7. Limitless refills on drinks at restaurants
8. People don't care about your middle name on documents.
9. American teenagers and their freedom
10. Even poor people have a car
11. Black Friday shopping adventure
12. What kids wear to school, (we have two high school daughters)
13. Shooting sports (she now has two rifles and is getting quite good)
14. Lack of public transportation, (we have no busses or taxi's where we live)
Last but not least, never ending ED commercials. She asked me who Ed was. When I told her, it was the first time I had seen a filipina blush.

So she did not say in no uncertain terms that black folk were better off during slavery? Did you miss the part about, “Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families". She does says that the odds of a black child growing up in a two parent household were greater then than now. If that fact is wrong, criticize it. I do believe she was errant to even mention the current administration, as the trend is much longer term than that.
I am not a Bachmann fan, but both sides of the rhetoric should get their facts straight. OH she said this so she must have meant this. Obama said this so he must mean that. Judge them on what they say, not what you think they say.
The first lady did not say she hated America. She said that for the first time she was proud of her country.
Michelle Bachmann did not say black folks were better off during slavery. She said that the chances of an African American child growing up in a two parent household were greater then than now.
Sarch Palin did not say she could see Russia from her house. She said that Russis could be seen from one of the Alaskan Islands.
And this list could go on and on. Both sides playing their little snippet of the complete song. It is little wonder that we are almost hopelessly divided.

So she did not say in no uncertain terms that black folk were better off during slavery? Did you miss the part about, “Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families". She does says that the odds of a black child growing up in a two parent household were greater then than now. If that fact is wrong, criticize it. I do believe she was errant to even mention the current administration, as the trend is much longer term than that.
I am not a Bachmann fan, but both sides of the rhetoric should get their facts straight. OH she said this so she must have meant this. Obama said this so he must mean that. Judge them on what they say, not what you think they say.
The first lady did not say she hated America. She said that for the first time she was proud of her country.
Michelle Bachmann did not say black folks were better off during slavery. She said that the chances of an African American child growing up in a two parent household were greater then than now.
Sarch Palin did not say she could see Russia from her house. She said that Russis could be seen from one of the Alaskan Islands.
And this list could go on and on. Both sides playing their little snippet of the complete song. It is little wonder that we are almost hopelessly divided.

Without being rude, please find me a quote that says what I highlighted. This is what I understood she signed, and I quote "“Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA’s first African-American president". I don't see a mention of "black folk", or "better off".

Without being rude, please find me a quote that says what I highlighted. This is what I understood she signed, and I quote "“Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA’s first African-American president". I don't see a mention of "black folk", or "better off".

I still get a laugh when I think about my wife's first few months here. She has been here one year next month. some of the things she found weird:
1. No real visible security at the mall or banks.
2. 24 hour major stores
3. No deposit or withdrawal slips
4. You can get your money back when you return something.
5. Internet shopping (yes she now has it mastered).
6. Military discounts
7. Limitless refills on drinks at restaurants
8. People don't care about your middle name on documents.
9. American teenagers and their freedom
10. Even poor people have a car
11. Black Friday shopping adventure
12. What kids wear to school, (we have two high school daughters)
13. Shooting sports (she now has two rifles and is getting quite good)
14. Lack of public transportation, (we have no busses or taxi's where we live)
Last but not least, never ending ED commercials. She asked me who Ed was. When I told her, it was the first time I had seen a filipina blush.

I still get a laugh when I think about my wife's first few months here. She has been here one year next month. some of the things she found weird:
1. No real visible security at the mall or banks.
2. 24 hour major stores
3. No deposit or withdrawal slips
4. You can get your money back when you return something.
5. Internet shopping (yes she now has it mastered).
6. Military discounts
7. Limitless refills on drinks at restaurants
8. People don't care about your middle name on documents.
9. American teenagers and their freedom
10. Even poor people have a car
11. Black Friday shopping adventure
12. What kids wear to school, (we have two high school daughters)
13. Shooting sports (she now has two rifles and is getting quite good)
14. Lack of public transportation, (we have no busses or taxi's where we live)
Last but not least, never ending ED commercials. She asked me who Ed was. When I told her, it was the first time I had seen a filipina blush.

Yes you must submit an NBI clearance on any name you have used. This includes previous married names. My wife had to submit NBI clearance on her previous married name, and another NBI clearance for a spelling error on her birth certificate.
AKA = also known as.