tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726401108704027247.post5786569627795174487..comments2023-12-11T12:49:44.639-06:00Comments on Polish Mama on the Prairie: "Warsaw Hearts New York" But Does America Heart Warsaw?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12655147780375093626noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726401108704027247.post-27542616060258025922011-06-01T22:00:29.449-05:002011-06-01T22:00:29.449-05:00I try not to read comments on articles because peo...I try not to read comments on articles because people often just anger me with their ignorance and stupidity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726401108704027247.post-36003703962129720452011-06-01T10:36:23.213-05:002011-06-01T10:36:23.213-05:00Seriously, people who comment on these topics with...Seriously, people who comment on these topics with these ridiculously ignorant viewpoints have no idea about what American history and culture is and SHOULD BE about. <br /><br />Xenophobic idiots. Probably best just to not pay attention to the comments on these websites. Like @thingsicantsaymichelle said - being behind a computer screen totally empowers people to be as ignorant as they possibly can be.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076277852228148825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726401108704027247.post-24498792883092434582011-06-01T09:28:41.066-05:002011-06-01T09:28:41.066-05:00There are so many ignorant people out there= and b...There are so many ignorant people out there= and being able to hide behind a computer screen just brings out the worst in them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726401108704027247.post-87663967360314490042011-05-31T19:55:13.045-05:002011-05-31T19:55:13.045-05:00there is one thing that came to my mind after goin...there is one thing that came to my mind after going though this post. When I decided to leave Poland and go to US (in age of 25) my friends threw a "goodbye" party for me at the bar that one of them owns. My friends would play a slide show from our trip around the Europe, they created drinks called "gay babies" (I was leaving to work as a nanny for gay parents with twins), "californication", "american dream", etc. One guy came to me asking if it's me who's going to US. I said yes, and then it started. He jumped on me like I'm commiting some kind of crime. He started asking if this is really what I think about America - "american dream"?! if I really know what's going on in America and that they really don't like foreign people, and that I'll be very surprise if I think I'm gonna earn a fortune over there (in US). That time $1 was worht 2 zł. It's not a lot. It used to be 4zł or even more for $1. He asked my if I really want to leave Poland with my master degree to work as a nanny for $800 a month!!! He said that I should go to GB if I want to earn some good money AND I'll be much closer to Poland (1 hour of flight). <br />He couldn't understand me saying: "I'm not going there for money!!!" <br />and I'll tell you something else. He wasn't the only one shaking head with a surprise or just disagreement for my decision. People would ask: "AMERICA?", "Geeze, Why AMERICA?", "What's there that we don't have here, or in GB which is SO MUCH CLOSER?". <br />You're right. People from Poland DON'T WANT to live here neither did I. You right they wish it's easier to visit here. They just want to travel. That's it. America is too far. You have to leave all you family, friends, everything knowing that you might not see them for the next few years. I haven't gone to Poland for 3 years! My parents have never held their granddaughter. This is not an AMERICAN DREAM that exist only in heads of American and people from "next door". People in Europe can read, think, and analize. They know it's not worth it to live, and to work in US. If they want earn more they simply go to GB, or Holland or Germany. They go there for a month or two for work (few times a year). They earn Euro which is 4zł per 1 Euro, and they are happy as hell, they don't need to go to US for that money anymore!!! <br />I could say more, but I'll stop here. It makes me angry that kind of comments about Polish people or European in general. <br />Those people who creates those nasty comments about immigrants should know that America is such a power because of IMMIGRANTS! <br />Go to that list:<br /><br />http://www.windsorct.org/sagelmc/grade8/famous_immigrant_scientists.htm<br /><br />They should know that "The United States is historically an immigrant country, and the flow of immigration to the United States has included significant numbers of scientists and engineers."<br /><br />read here as well:<br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704322004574477700761571592.html<br /><br />the list go on and on! <br /><br />Sorry for that long respond! And thanks for talking about such an important issue! <br /><br />many hugsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10286873989379542022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726401108704027247.post-9590644565099429502011-05-31T18:25:15.038-05:002011-05-31T18:25:15.038-05:00I really don't think the people who "comm...I really don't think the people who "comment" on these big news outlet websites represent what society thinks as a whole. They, for the most part, strike me as people who are just looking for a fight and are too chicken to take someone on face-to-face. It's infuriating to read their uninformed opinions, but take them with a huge grain of salt!Rimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883046753707687727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726401108704027247.post-79483563027872363002011-05-30T13:00:11.441-05:002011-05-30T13:00:11.441-05:00Americans are very clueless about Poland. I used t...Americans are very clueless about Poland. I used to be too,but my husband, four children and I lived in Gdansk for nearly a year (we returned to the US last June). We were charmed by a hardworking, American loving, fascinating country. It's different over there...it is a different culture! We fell in love with Warsaw, Krakow and of course, our home on the Baltic Sea. My husband is there right now, and I can't wait to visit again. We welcome any of our treasured Polish friends to experience the American way here. We'd love to show off our country and we will support them until they are steady on their feet, just as they openly did for us. We proudly display our I <3 Gdansk sticker on the back of our minivan. The comments you refer to above are very obviously written in ignorance.LMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517476941387230210noreply@blogger.com