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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/maine-mayor-somalis-leave-culture-door-17395647
 
Maine Mayor: Somalis Should Leave Culture at Door    - / +      LEWISTON, Maine October 4, 2012 (AP) 
 
Critics say a Maine mayor who said his city's Somali immigrants should "accept our culture and leave your culture at the door" should resign.
 
The Maine People's Alliance says it has collected hundreds of signatures calling for Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald to step down over his comments to the British Broadcasting Corp.
About 6,000 Somali immigrants have settled into this former mill town in search of affordable housing and a safe place to live.
 
Members of Lewiston's Somali community, other residents and local elected officials are gathering Thursday morning at City Hall to speak out against the remarks.
Macdonald has since tried to clarify his comments, saying immigrants should try and assimilate into American culture, not that they need to give up their language, religion or traditions.
 
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Re: Maine mayor. Somalis leave your culture at the door. Good for him.
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2012, 07:03:58 AM »
No they need to give up their language, culture and traditions, or go back to Somalia.  They are in America now.  The people of Somalia would not allow a person from the US to come to their country and bring our culture with us. 

The Australians did that and it has worked.     
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Re: Maine mayor. Somalis leave your culture at the door. Good for him.
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2012, 08:44:52 AM »
Good for him. Next, they'd be demanding Sharia law!

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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2012, 11:10:19 AM »
Lewiston has never been the nicest place to live but the Somalians have completely destroyed any dignity that city had left. I cringe when I have to drive through there.
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2012, 11:17:20 AM »
No they need to give up their language, culture and traditions, or go back to Somalia.  They are in America now.  The people of Somalia would not allow a person from the US to come to their country and bring our culture with us. 

The Australians did that and it has worked.   

 
BINGO. Too many want to bring their cesspool here. Most mex I've seen want the perks of living here but have no intentions of being Americans or learning the language.
 
REAL immigrants welcome. Adopt our ways and cultures, learn an SPEAK ENGLISH, or STAY HOME. POWDERMAN.  :o :o
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Re: Maine mayor. Somalis leave your culture at the door. Good for him.
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2012, 12:00:12 PM »
Most mex I've seen want the perks of living here but have no intentions of being Americans or learning the language.
Did you talk to them? Did you get to know any of them?
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Re: Maine mayor. Somalis leave your culture at the door. Good for him.
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2012, 12:23:12 PM »
We here in Maine have daddy Bush to thank for that. He wanted to be a hero in another country and save the Somalians and Clinton carried on his policy too. If you don't know the story when they first came to this country the feds offered the city of Lewiston if I remember right 250k to take 250 Somalians and the city of Lewiston thought that was a good deal. But they didn't realize that they would call all their relatives in other states and get them to move to Maine. :o I'm glad I'm a good 250 miles from that mess.  :)

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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2012, 02:44:51 AM »
I spent most of my teens in a city with a lot of immigrants.  Most of the ones I knew were the kids or grand kids of the ones who had come here.  As a rule, they spoke English and were proud to be Americans and would fight anybody who said they were anything other than American.  Most who I knew told me that their parnets wouldn't allow Portugese to be spoken in the house but would speak a little with their grandparents (as a private game when dad wasn't watching).  They were proud to be Americans and proud of their Portugese or Azorean heritage.  As best as I can tell, the whole issue of imigrants expecting to be accomodated rather than assimilated is new.
 
  Why souldn't Somalis in Lewiston be as American as apple pie?  Be Americans and still honor your heritage of your home land.  Speak English, learn and follow our laws and customs, and organize a Somali herritage parade once a year just like StPatric's day or Collumbus day.  I know that if I moved to Somallia (really, really not likely) I'd do my best to fit in and I'd celebrate July 4th with any other American expats I could find.

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Re: Maine mayor. Somalis leave your culture at the door. Good for him.
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2012, 09:00:01 AM »
Most mex I've seen want the perks of living here but have no intentions of being Americans or learning the language.
Did you talk to them? Did you get to know any of them?
Well...My wife is hispanic as is her aunt. Both were born here. Both learned English as a first language. Her aunt took it upon herself to learn Spanish and then went to work and acted like Spanish was her primary language and expected everyone to bend and conform to her needs including the customers even though English was her first language. They told her to speak English. She refused. They fired her. She sued and she won. I happen to think she is a jackass and so does my wife. I can imagine that there are lots of people out there that think us "uneducated English speakers" should conform to their needs even though they are in a nation where the primary language spoken is English. Even working in inner-city EMS I have had people refuse to speak to me in English even though they were perfectly capable of it. Their attitude was since I was a public servant  I should learn to speak every language spoken in the city. So don't carry on in your self righteousness and act like powderman is wrong because he is not.
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2012, 09:52:31 AM »
LAKOTA. Good post Sir, and thanks. When I worked at WM a mex IMMIGRANT, not a criminal invader but a REAL immigrant was shopping for school for her kids. Her English was not the best but it was clear she was trying real hard to learn it. Her list was school supplies. She could read the words but didn't have a clue what they meant.
 
I was impressed with the way she conducted herself and her hard work becoming an American. I personally took her through all the school supplies and explained what each was and we got everything on her list. I could see the pride in her face as she spoke. She was very grateful and she would look me up on most of her visits. It was a blessing to me to have met her.
 
YES, your wifes aunt is a jackass and SHOULD have been fired. POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D
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« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2012, 04:48:47 PM »
I used to work for a manufacturing company that employed a lot of immigrants from Vietnam. Their English wasn't that good but I was always impressed by the fact that they would only converse with each other in English despite the fact that it would have been much easier to talk to each other in their native language. I became friendly with some of them and enjoyed helping them with English whenever I could.
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« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2012, 07:33:24 PM »
every neighbor i have are mex and
don't want to assimilate, just get
the cash and go.
the ones across the street have made
one of the formerly finest houses on the
block into a pigsty. truck tracks across
what was the finest lawn on the block,
music blaring at all hours. the man moved
first, then when his pregnant wife was ready,
he brought her over to parkland and had
themselves an "anchor baby"
next door, they store all kinds of construction
equipment and materials,  and at one time
were going to use a large camping trailer
as a um. . . . illegal hostel. i had to
go over there and threaten them when
they were trying to build a jerry-rigged
septic tank with some culvert pipe and
other things. some of the houses on the
block have illegal 2nd stories added.
no permit no nothing just 20 show up
on saturday and work all weekend tearing
off the old roof and rafters and adding a
2nd story. no adding studs on the main
floor or reinforcing joists or headers.
just slap it on and go. i feel sorry for
the future owners of these houses when
the roof caves in someday.
i could write volumes on what i've seen.
yes i know em and see em.
if you try to report any wrongdoing like
illegal dumping or code violations, you're
just a prejudiced white guy that don't
like meskins. :(
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