[Jeanfromfillmore]

Originally Posted by Eagle1

So Mr Rick Sanchez opened his big mouth as wide as he could, inserted his foot until it came out his rear end and it was too much for his bosses to put
up with and so they fired the Cuban born asshole. Good for them.

I was also born in Cuba, Guantanamo to be exact, and I have frequently felt offended by people like Rick who just don't love this country after having come from a dismal failure of a banana Republic.

Here's how Rick thinks of the USA.

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanchez

"Sanchez was born in Guanabacoa, Cuba, a township of Havana, and immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of two.[3] He grew up in Hialeah, Florida, a suburb of Miami. He attended Mae M. Walters Elementary School, Henry H. Filer Middle School, and Hialeah High School, graduating in 1977. Sanchez accepted a football scholarship to Minnesota State University Moorhead and transferred to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on a CBS/WCCO Journalism Scholarship in 1979.[4]

Of his childhood Sanchez has said, "I grew up not speaking English, dealing with real prejudice every day as a kid; watching my dad work in a factory, wash dishes, drive a truck, get spit on. I’ve been told that I can’t do certain things in life simply because I was a Hispanic."[1] He prefers to be called Rick Sanchez rather than use his birth name because, he said in a newscast in 2009, " ... I want to be respectful of this wonderful country that allowed us as Hispanics to come here, and I think it’s easier if someone’s able to understand me by Anglicizing my name." [2]

Sanchez worked as a delivery truck loader and as a City of Hialeah Parks and Recreation youth mentor." Rick thinks that in America he is a "minority" and has been treated very poorly. Maybe someone made him ride in the back of the bus or forced him to shine shoes while they referred to him as "boy".

Rick was always there for the illegals and in so doing embraced an anti-American ideal that made me furious.

For all of Rick's complaints he was treated like a king in the USA and he never
did anything worthy of his being in this country since he pulled for the illegals while denying the suffering they (and he by championing then) cause Americans.
Way to go Rick! Stick it to the Gringos that brought you here...you prick!

I just can't stand him.

You notice how so many use the excuse ""I grew up not speaking English, dealing with real prejudice every day as a kid" yet what I see every day while walking around this town and in California in general are Hispanics that are bilingual and fluent in English but refuse to speak English, whether it is to their friends or family. In a store or market they'll be chattering away in Spanish, then get to the checkout stand and when addressed by the checker in English, they respond in perfect English, so I know they speak both. Yet, when asked why they don't speak English, they will arrogantly reply "We can speak any language we want". Yet these are the same people demanding interpreters for their relatives and friends and feel no responsibility in providing an environment where they would learn. To the contrary, they feel it is more important that they "keep their culture" and let the gringo pay to facilitate it.

It does not take someone with even an average IQ to learn a language, and even someone with a below average IQ can learn even more than one language. It just takes exposure, especially when you're young. So for Sanchez to use the excuse that ""I grew up not speaking English, dealing with real prejudice every day as a kid" is the fault of both his parents and those in his community who refused to speak English, because many could have but refused as they continue to do today.