Maybe we can all laugh when he actually bothers to address why his police force is so f-cked up the FBI has to step in.

Why am I thinking of last weeks The Office? You sent him a message and fed him for the next few weeks.

I love Taco Bell. About the only place in town you can get something tasty to eat for less than a can of dog food.

I know! What do they put in that stuff anyway?

I might have steak and lobster to try to help Maine lobstermen. Let me know if you need my address to send me a bunch of steaks and lobster.

It's Toxic Hell, not Taco Bell, that being said... HILARIOUS!

I hope the mayor has plenty of hot sauce.

The mayor should just turn that situation around and put those tacosto good use!! Throw a fiesta, use the Tacos and add Margaritas and make it a huge bash! Dont let those tacos go to waste....1!!!

@Donna--maybe you should read the article. They gave all 2000 tacos the the local shelter. 1 taco would have made local news, 2000 made national.

There's no beef in those Taco Bell tacos...

To love Taco Bell is the same as loving Domino's. The only thing you are telling society is that you've never had the real thing.

It's fun to be mediocre America, keep it up!

Mmm tacos... me gusta tacos :)

Okay!!! I might have an Enchalata. I hope they deliever 2000 to me. The local Taco Bell here in this area sucks. I prefer Taco Time. Mucho Betteras

Who do I have to offend to get some free tacos delived to my office?

I'm HUNGRY!!!

hey, it seems Like this Taco Maddness; can become a P-A-R-T-Y !!!...

I think he might need a few antacid tablets to go with that many Tacos.

Prime rib, Think I'm gonna go home and have Prime Rib to help the Cattlemen's Association. Wish I was a politician, that's what I would say. Then I'm gonna help the shrimpers and lobster fishermen too. Send it to me...

I am of Mexican heritage and believe me, Taco Bell it is not anywhere close to being authenic.

The cops are not fukked up. They are simply busting illegals where they congregate to be picked up for day labor. If cops know there is a place they can go and catch crooks they will go there. If all the criminals in town congregated in one place the cops are just doing their jobs to arrest them.

One of the reasons illegal hispanics do so much crime is that they dont have the option of calling the cops. Lets say Jack the bonded certified public accountant sees and takes a cell phone pic of someone keying his car he can call the cops. If Tyron the fugitive sees someone keying his car he cant call the cops as they would arrest him so he has to take matters into his own paws.

So, let me get this straight..............

If I insult the Italian mobsters & then mention pizza, Godfather's will feed my office???

Cool!

Thus proving: Anonymous Delivers!

Wonder if he likes pizza with his tacos?

hmm 2000 tacos? free? thanks! even if i didnt want them and they left them at my door, thats littering, either way I don't see how that would make a point.

Only in America will you find the FEDS arresting the Cops who are arresting the illegals. Maybe if the FEDS would arrest the illegals, the Cops wouldnt be involved in the first place..

Taco bell rules...Authentic mexican food sucks...It needed to be Americanized before it was worth a damn. The Hispanic population needs to grow thicker skin if they get their nose out of joint for a remark like that...they should be more incensed at the treatment by the police officers.

"they should be more incensed at the treatment by the police officers."

That's a good point. Maybe they should have sent the tacos to the police.

Err on second thought, the police probably would have just set the tacos next to their donuts and announced: "Lunch!"

To love Taco Bell is the same as loving Domino's. The only thing you are telling society is that you've never had the real thing.

To say taco bell is mexican food is just silly. It's not trying to be "the real thing". Taco bell is awesome. Real mexican food is awesome. But they are two entirely different types of food.

Right on. happy42xxx. My forefathers, who incidently came here the legal way, I am sure were called wops (Italians) many times but they just kept on doing the American dream...working for a living and participating in American ways by learning their new language. As happy said grow a thicker skin. I am so fed up with politically correct crap!!

Send me some fajitas, beans, and rice please!!! Lets run to the border.

So let me get this straight......we (the born in america americans) must now speak spanish

(which is really an ugly sounding language by the way) and we can no longer order tacos

without being racist?? somethings wrong with this picture......

Did the Mayor at least try one? Or did he perhaps already have tacos for lunch?

Taco Bell is okay, but I feel like their too cheap to make something new instead they just make something else and rename it even though it always has the same 3 thing; cheese, chicken and tortilla roll, just folded different and with a different name. Also it makes you go to the bathroom after, always, that is 100% true.

"Lets run to the border."

♪♫ And I've got such a long way to go,

To make it to the border of Mexico.

So I ride like the wind.

Ride like the wind. ♪♫

To retiredsleeve, who said anything about the people under arrest being illegal. Very shortsighted. Not all Latinos are illegal. Using figures from various sources (I have no problem with people investigating the figures since they are not definitive): 50.5 million Hispanic people (2010 US Census); according to Homeland Security, at least 8.14 million of the 10.8 million illegal immigrants were from Hispanic countries.

Simple math: Let's round up the figure to 9 million illegal immigrants from Hispanic countries since there was 1.5 million from "other countries" (I'm rounding up to appease the people of small minds).

50.5 million/ 9 million = 5.6

So on a further conservative viewpoint, that is saying 1 out of 5 Hispanics are here illegally.

Instead of getting him "Tacos", I think they should have gotten him a Klan outfit, all decked out with the hood, too. That seems more befitting a man of his type.

@Steveaae In Stamford, CT On State St right by an I-95 Entance they have a spot for illegal immigrants (they call them day laborers) to stand ALL DAY, so they can be picked up by trades to work for the day. There are large groups of them. Does everyone including the cops know that they stand there, Yes. Does anyone do anything, NO. Some group that supports them even put up signs to that say DAY LABOR PICK UP. Most of just sit and drink all day and god forbid you stop in that area they will swarm your car. The East Haven cops went to extreme opposite of that. They were harassing Latino owned businesses and a Latino priest for really no reason

Putting these tacos to good use, just might not be the answer to the problem, the idiot mayor created. Maybe some of the tacos have a laxative in them, something to loosen up his other end just like his mouth. Well I guess tacos with a laxative are still better than a riot in the streets and at the mayors house. Beautiful, what a blooming idiot, well he's already in full bloom. It would be a good idea for him to step down, before some mamacita takes a bean burritto and bytch slaps him real good with it. Stepping down and thinking about what he said would be good news to the whole town, this guy can't be too bright.

I agree with you "shut yer yap". If the shoe was on the other foot these comments would be completely different. My father used to say that "most people are sheep", it's real easy to herd them in the direction of least difficulty. That is to say to all you "sheep" out there: when you're reality is challenged, you just turn a blind eye to it and get eaten. Read some statistics, within the next 15 years Hispanics will be the MAJORITY in America, and that's just the legal ones for all you bigots who think otherwise. Might want to change your tone.

Except the Spam thing, we do have some good traditional-ish American food. But I like your point.

"Shame on ALL who think this is funny."

Easy there, Sparky.

This is actually pretty mild. Now, if The Kids of the Internet were here.................

I grew up in Connecticut and the police don’t usually racially profile people. Someone said something or these 4 policemen were doing it them selves for some reason. In bad neighborhoods there is always people braking the law, like with cars or behavior outside there home. They should learn to move on I guess if talking and ticketing people didn’t work but keep an eye on your areas to check. You have to remember to keep the trust of the people when you’re a policemen and not discourage people from calling or asking for help. Police and citizens working together is what makes a good community and this sounds like a bad neighborhood or the start of one. Some of the people might have angered or scared a few cops and left them feeling unresolved. Either way, saying you feel like eating tacos is a clueless answer and I don’t think this mayor was looking into or going to do or say anything about this problem and that it already had someone who was working on fixing the problem. He must have been caught off guard but he does seem disconnected from the Latino people that he represents and he needs to socialize and think of all the people that are under his wing.

To love Taco Bell is the same as loving Domino's. The only thing you are telling society is that you've never had the real thing.

It's fun to be mediocre America, keep it up!

Well, except for the fact Domino's, Pizza Hut, etc are good pizza. Do you understand basic economics? Supply and demand? There is no demand for the garbage pizzas coming out of New York because they are trash. It took Detroit and Kentucky to make a good pizza everyone liked. They took your crap recipe and made it appetizing to the masses. The masses then made them filthy rich, while your mom and pop shops in NYC and Chicago went out of business. Grats?

No reason for this great Mayor to step down for expressing what everyone thinks.

He is patriot. If the area is overrun with illegal aliens who are a $$ burden on the taxpayers of the town he should do something about it.

At the most the mayor made a stupid comment. I think he was trying to give an answer that made light of a situation that he wasn't prepared to answer at that time and he made a STUPID comment. He didn't refer to spanish people with a derogatory or slang word, he didn't say something negative about all hispanics in a racist stereotypical way, he said he was going to eat some tacos. Again, stupid remark, but for people to be so enraged by the stupid comment just amazes me. Some people suggesting he step down because of his comment? That is crazy! Hasn't everyone made a comment they regretted? Relax USA! It's just a word and not a nasty word either!

It's called a Freudian Slip. There's your sign...

OMG!!! Who cares. Hey ,I might go home and have a freakin taco too. You got black people callin eachother the N word, You got Mexicans calling them the same freakin thing and themselves too. Does anyone take in account that whether your black or latino, TV tends to racial, and arrogantly display white people as some sort of cracker or boy. And yet the black people and latino's just sit back and laugh. Seems to me that both latino's and black people are to sensetive about their color. OMG, they have a complex. Besides, white people are now the minority in America. It really should be us complaining how much we are racial profiled than you and by you. Ever been to a construction site and walked in a port a potty. It is not a pretty site what is displayed on the walls by latino's and AA'S against white people . Difference is why we dont complain about how latino's and blacks profile us, is because we don't have a complex and we sure are a hell of alot maturer to sit around and cry about it. So freakin what cry babies. Now stop cryin so I can eat a freakin taco

Did "La Raza" send these tacos to the Mayor?

...what a kind and thoughtful gesture, indeed

Now, if only they could send some of their illegal brethren back to Mexico, we'd all be a lot happier and better off

That is propaganda so that people will think it is useless to try and stop the flood of illegal aliens! Does that include the 12-20 million illegal aliens already here! If we deport all of those 12-20 million the problem will be solved! Crime will decrease especially drug trafficking, human smuggling, and prostitution! The Mexican drug cartels are involved in these activities. If we secure the borders with a good solid system of walls, manpower, and enforcement of immigration laws the threat of the invaders absorbing the US into Mexico will be removed! True Americans need to stand tall and be proud of our country and stop illegal immigration!

Most of the offended people are probably ILLEGAL and like obummer don't belong here any way!Have the NIS check them out,and if they are, ship them back to where they came from,STAT!

the comment coming from someone who's relatives were addressed as WOP's at one time.

robbopaloobop

Now, if only they could send some of their illegal brethren back to Mexico, we'd all be a lot happier and better off

No, because then who would do the work you feel you're too high and mighty to do?

Tony-2432518

Most of the offended people are probably ILLEGAL

Uhh no, I'm not illegal and I was offended by Maturo's comment being Latino. I was also offended that in most Latin American countries people don't eat tacos, much less know what tacos are.

Sandiegobunny.... sounds like "A Dumb Bunny" Be more intellectual and learn another Language, visit other countries, eat the food of the Country you are visiting not McDonalds. Believe me other countries are more respectful to foreigners, helpful and generous than we are in America, you may become a better and kinder American.

Remember to look back into your own Heritage before being critical and that includes the Mayor, America was not " home grown " they were Immigrants themselves, of course the true Americans were The Indians.

Look at others with kindness and respect, no one person is superior to another, we are on this earth for a short time, be happy for every day you wake up.

Bring on the tacos.

"No, because then who would do the work you feel you're too high and mighty to do?"

Well Sir. I've lived in Iowa my whole life & I've never met a non-white farmer.

Now who's "too high & mighty"?

This whole episode gives me pause...maybe it's a good thing that we are so willing to proudly display our heritage and demand that others show proper respect for it by insisting that our native language -or that of our ancestors - be included in the national lexicon.

I therefore look forward to seeing all written material in this country begin to be issued in German, Irish, Italian, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Swahili, etc., etc.,.....as well as to have the option to "drücken Sie zwei" when I make a call to my Credit Union, or any other place of business

(Who needs English, anyway? Didn't we fight the Revolutionary War so we wouldn't have to eat crumpets and hold our pinkies in the air while we drank tea?)

On to the barricades.....

The top post by Derek is moronic. The FBI is investigating the mayor and police department because Barack Obama who sold out our country to the illegal mexicans. He's using his power to harass American governments. Obama is trying to scare any american who stands up for our sovereign borders, because obama is a traiter who aligns himself with mexican government infiltraters who are all the way at the top of his administration. Guess who is the labor secretary of the united states of america, american comrads? She is a Mexican! She either belongs to the La Raza or La Junta political group that wants open borders and amnesty for all mexican nationals.

chris-3711239 I totally agree with you. I'm going to go eat some tacos

So people who are indigenous to the continent are the illegals? They aren't trying to exterminate you they just want to provide for their families. I wonder how native Americans feel about the remarks coming from some of you big mouth probably republican a holes. I bet they think their is a real problem with illegal aliens too.

Every.single.time. I hear/read about this story it reminds me of the South Park, JLo episode..."Taco flavored kisses! Taco, taco--Burrito!"

@sandiegobunny: YOU may think Spanish is a really ugly sounding language but #1 it is a Romance Language #2 it is the 2nd most spoken language in the world #3 More Spanish speaking women have won the Miss Universe title than any other language...Taco, taco--Burrito!

Most of the offended people are probably ILLEGAL

That's the new code word, isn't it.

How's your campaign going to 'purify' the 'white race'?

The FBI is investigating the mayor and police department ...

Because they broke the law.

Actually, the FBI is not investigating the mayor or the entire policie force. They are investigating four criminal cops who have been abusing their official power, among other things.

Why is it that bigots have such a problem with little things like "accuracy" and "truth"?

It is not "illegal" to have ancestors from Mexico. I'm surprised none of you guys talk about restoring slavery. Is that the next step?

Not to mention the LIARS who maintain that immigrants commit crime.

US citizens are 5 times as likely to commit a felony as an unauthorized immigrant.

@DonkeyHoty:Then let the native Americans deport us! And in the meantime, any non-American citizen in this country illegally needs to get OUT or be deported, along with you probably liberal democrat A-holes.

Miss Deanna in 1.26...

Sorry, I think it's the other way around. If you insult the Italian mobsters, I think that it's you that they feed to the fish.

:)

chefaz,

Is that a Lincoln in that pic? What year is that? 196......what

Repy to Tony2432518..... Your comments show that you are an uneducated individual, racist, and like most of your kind do nothing to help humanity.

America was built by immigrants, what you have in this country is freedom of speech.... that allows Morons as yourself to speak your mind...maybe you should return to school and learn more about Humanity, the English language, even a foreign language, and definitely the History of the world.

You sound like a person that is at war with oneself, no wonder we have so many Countries that dislike us, if they hear the thoughts from people like you. I would say grow up and improve your views by travelling , learn more about other nations and certainly Geography, but we know that people like you think you... Know Everything....

Smile you're on Candid Camera.....'

No. It's a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible. That was supposed to be the last year for a convertible. The TV commercials for it were "Only two to a customer". Of course, they wound up bringing the convertible back but 1976 is almost as iconic for Cadillac as 1959.

Unfortunately, (heavy sigh) it's not mine.

Cool mistake on your part since Henry Leland was the father of both Cadillac and Lincoln over 100 years ago. :)

D'oh! In my defense, it's a really small pic-on my screen. lol

Sweet ride, dawg! Too bad it's not yours.

;-)

I know the feeling. When you're curious about someone's avatar, just click on their name to get to their home page and the pix is much larger.

Here's to hoping he chokes on the hot sauce.

shut yer yap it is obvious you know nothing of the historical significance of SPAM. It may be the most noteworthy food product of the 20th century.

Miss Deanna

Well Sir. I've lived in Iowa my whole life & I've never met a non-white farmer.

Now who's "too high & mighty"?

Well, maybe if you stepped outside of Iowa you will see what I'm talking about

I agree with Miss Deanna, I have lived in Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, and Georgia and the majority of those that own their own land and farm are white. Many of the "hired hands" are not white.

I believe that a big number of those "white farmers" probably lived on inherited land which is why they are still farmers. It would cost a bunch of money to start up a farm and buy the land etc. Plus it requires a ton of work. It's not like a person says, I'm going to be a millionaire by being a farmer.

I like your thinking. we could eliminate 40 billion dollars a year.

Unfortunately, if every politician has forced to resign for their statements we would not have a President, Vice President, 90% of Congress, 99% of the Senate and that's just the Federal Govt.

Unfortunately, if every politician has forced to resign for their statements we would not have a President, Vice President, 90% of Congress, 99% of the Senate and that's just the Federal Govt.

What's unfortunate about that?

Hey Grumpy, check this out: http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/top-10-corrupt-politicians-list-for-2009-released

Yep, 9 out of the top 10 are Democrats.

Both sides have plenty of scum. Bump has a good idea, except whosaid is right about it not being unfortunate.

Except this Mayor WAS a Republican and ousted the previous Mayor (Democrat) because she DID take the allegations and FBI investigation seriously and it pinned her against the police. The Repub. slung all types of accusations at her because she was siding with the public/latino community rather than the police. He also made comments during their election that he felt the FBI investigation was unfounded. Then, the FBI arrested 4 cops on serious charges of racial profiling, falsifying evidence and statements, excessive abuse and MORE! There will also be more arrests to come. When the Mayor was approached about this, he made a racially insensitive remark followed up by more of the same (which was played in its entirety on CT TV but not listed in the article). And the organizations who brought in the tacos had already made arrangements for them to be delivered to the local food pantries, the Mayor had NOTHING to do with that and is trying to take credit. The East Haven, CT police dept. was corrupt for years and it was a local PRIEST (white, caucasian) that brought the matter to light and fought for the investigation. This racism was pretty clear and it doesn't matter who else said what else in the past, in THIS case, it is a racist Republican.

What was that Biden said about 7/11s?

LOL

This idiot (mayor) should resign and I am a Republican.

Yea, thats true Grumpy. If it were a demo he would have his head in the toilet unaware of the real world.

You are so right !!!!

his comment may be a little off but so what. Why do us americans have to give in, side step or put up with every other nationality coming here to OUR COUNTRY and trying to make like theirs? THIS IS AMERICA IF YOU LIKE MEXICO THEN GO THERE, IF YOU LIKE INDIA, EGYPT, IRAQ, IRAN, OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY THEN PACK YOUR ASS UP AND GO FOR HELL SAKES AND DON'T LET THE DOOR HITS YOU IN THE ASS ON THE WAY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shaun Barney, you need to wake up. If you trace your family history you are not from here. The southwest used to be Mexican territory! The Native American is the ONLY native to this country. God, people need to wake up and realize the truth about this racist backwards assed country of ours. And it's "we Americans", seems like you don't know your English either.

what the hell does that have to do with racism? stick to the subject, you deflecting piece of crap.

Dems are no better, wake up!

Great answer. I fail to understand the mentality of todays Americans. They sit back and allow everybody else to belittle, badger, degrade and just plain abuse them and never say a word, yet one of us just say the make the slightest off color remark against them and we have a riot.

If you can't take the heat in the kitchen, then get the hell out. This is my country and if you are not a citizen, go home. There are plenty of people of all races that stand as Americans and it is time they are heard from.

Vannessa- check out the documentary from the discovery channel( on their youtube) Ice Age Columbus to see that europeans where the first in the Americas as they sailed over before the land bridge let people from asia walk over. Also the lesson of massive immigration can be learned from the soultrean europeans.

Why is it that someone who speaks english, manderin, german & french couldn't get a job that required you be bilingual? There are lots of 1stworld languages to learn including proper spanish from spain,which got a professor fired for in Pittsburgh,why should we learn a 3rdworld guttural language

Shaun Barney, that looks like an Irish name. People used to say the same racist stuff about the Irish. There is no such thing as the "American" race. We all came from somewhere.

Shaun, go back to Ireland.

Shaun Barney there are no words to describe how stupid you really are!

I'm with Rick-1801566 go back to Ireland!!!!

@ Vanessa Ward- Used to be it the key. The United States of America lost many great men fighting wars for OUR country. Regardless of who is USED to belong to. I am also an American-Mexican. American FIRST! Racial Profile me all you need to to get the illegal citizens out of MY country! They can stop and check me. I have nothing to hide! If you're so offended by them getting ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS out of our country, maybe you should go with them too! I'm so sick of the race card! If you want to be here, do it legit. Stop sneaking over our borders, and do it right. If you're not willing to come here legally, you don't really want to be here that bad huh! @!$%#in Ignorant People.

I wish we could cut this crap. If you were born here or got here legally you are an AMERICAN. You're not African American, Cuban American, Mexican American, etc. If you want to go that route I am French/German american! If you came here illegally, you are not anything but a criminal. You are not welcome. GTF out!

I hear ya, R,W, and B...

jumped thru all the hoops to get my wife legal (Nihon-jin desu!). It takes more of a desire to be legal than anything else. yes, it's a lot of crap and you may need to hire a lawyer, but then you have a legitimate id, you are paying taxes, you are a part of the American experience. My wife contributes to this country just as every other great American has- though she's from somewhere else, she has assimilated, and she is smarter and works harder than 95% of her co-workers. She is truly my better half.

The "American race" is made up of all races. That's one of the things that made our country great. However, we need to enforce our immigration laws. If you want to stay, fill out the paperwork and stay. If you don't, leave after your 90 days are up.

What is wrong with wanting taco's. I like taco's, all my Mexican friends like taco's! You could feed a lot of hungry people...of all races with those taco's. I wouldn't be upset at all if he wanted "cracker's"! And i am a honkey!

Shaun Barney, you need to wake up. If you trace your family history you are not from here. The southwest used to be Mexican territory!

This is the problem. Americans are complete phucking retards. Mexicans are Aztecs. At no time did that civilization own the Southwestern United States. Apaches, Comanches, Pueblo, etc. Not Mexican. Pick up a book sometime.

As to the second part, Mexico got its ass handed to it by a superior civilization. That is human history. If you aren't black, you're living on borrowed land. The conquerors set up shop and all previous inhabitants, laws etc became meaningless. Maybe the Asian transplants known as Native Americans will get it back. Maybe not. However, you can bet your ass it doesn't end peacefully.

Twisted, Don't call anyone names here after all you don't know a pizza from a man hole cover! You forgot some of Mexico was Mayan down in the Yucatan Peninsula,( Cancun ) Quite an oversight as well their ancient culture was the first to utilize the concept of zero in mathematics , negative numbers.

Vanessa,

Yes from history none of us were here. We do not live in the history books however and that Mexican territory that you talk about has not been part of Mexico for over 150 years. What do you suggest we do, just sit back and hand it over because it was once part of Mexico. Should everyone just follow their lineage and then migrate back to their respective countries and leave North America back to the Native Americans. You cannot continue to argue a point of history that no longer pertains to present day. This is America and we have an established border, an established set of rules and above all an established recognized language that if I recall correctly is not Spanish.

Lastly if you are so high on your horse about history why are you not condemning the Spanish for invading and conquering the Aztec nations. Maybe everyone speaking spanish in Mexico should just abandon Mexico and head back to Spain if not of Aztec descent. History is history, but we live in the now, not the past.

Very educationally stated and I agree with you Vanessa.

I agree with "think about it". History is in the past. Mexicans cannot now take back the land. This is America, present day. So, they need to get with the program.

Seriously... I want some tacos now! And truthfully, the best tacos come from this little shack right down the street from where I work and they hardly speak English.

Let's see, he'll offend the Chinese on Friday nights, Italians on Saturdays, India on Mondays, and Greek on Wednesdays. What nationality is pancakes?

vegasstar - You throw the r word around far to easily. Maybe you are overly sensitive.

He should have said he might have pizza!

I might have pizza!

u mean mexican pizza right?

As long as he doesn't say anything about short fat people I'm o.k. with it.

Let's see, he'll offend the Chinese on Friday nights, Italians on Saturdays, India on Mondays, and Greek on Wednesdays. What nationality is pancakes?

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He can offend American's on every other day.

So if he offended Americans would he have had 2,000 Triple Bacon Cheeseburgers sent to his office?

My feelings EXACTLY! I was thinking he should offend the Italians and get free pasta ( I LOVE pasta), but hey, offending someone every day to get free food as an incentive sounds pretty smart.

When did Latinos (aka "individuals of Spanish heritage for whom Spanish is a first language") become a race instead of just an ethnic group? Are Italians now a race, too? Up until now I thought Spaniards and Portuguese were both the same race, just different nationalities. How times change!

Jim...check out "The National Council of La Raza" the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United State.

Hispanics, an ethnic group, consider themselves "The Race". MECHA, a similar group, has this in their "spiritual plan": Por La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada." For the "The Race" everything. Outside "The Race" nothing. That's right, if you're not Hispanic, you are nothing.

Vegastar has no idea of the racism coming down the road.

Jim Hawk III

When did Latinos (aka "individuals of Spanish heritage for whom Spanish is a first language") become a race instead of just an ethnic group? Are Italians now a race, too? Up until now I thought Spaniards and Portuguese were both the same race, just different nationalities. How times change!

Times have changed very little based on this article and some of the insipid comments on this thread. Are you having problems over semantics or deflecting from the actual problem ?

Hey rkb5555,

Don't waste your time...a big word like "semantics" is wasted on small-minded, uneducated, bigoted people.

Jim Hawk

It won't be long until the first language in Texas will be Spanish, will that make me an Hispanic?

lol actually vegastar, I think "get over it" would come from those who are so NOT racist that they don't get offended by the ridiculousness of racism. At least that's exactly where my thoughts are when I say "get over it", because yeah it was insensitive, but you know what? It was kinda funny. I think everyone would be better off focusing on the police force, because that is OBVIOUSLY where the racism is coming from. If the idea of racism was ludicrous to everyone, statements like they mayor's would just be considered insensitively funny. It's because everyone thinks that everyone else is still so racist that people take offense. So everybody SHOULD get over it-- not just the tacos comment, but the idea that skin color matters at all.

Actually a professor in Pittsburgh who taught proper spanish from Spain was fired for not speaking guttural mexican.

check out the documentary from the discovery channel( on their youtube) Ice Age Columbus to see that europeans where the first in the Americas as they sailed over before the land bridge let people from asia walk over. Also the lesson of massive immigration can be learned from the soultrean europeans.

Why is it that someone who speaks english, manderin, german & french couldn't get a job that required you be bilingual? There are lots of 1stworld languages to learn including proper spanish from spain,why should we learn a 3rdworld guttural language

Hey Vegastar... get over it.

Hey Steveaae -

Native Americans were here before Columbus. Seriously, how do you not know that?

Hey Skibum,

The Native Americans and Mexicans lost their land when the United States took it over. Now it is the United States. Get Over It. To the Victor go the spoils. If the "Mexicans" really want it, let them take it back by force.

Now before you get mad at me, I don't necessarily believe that what we (united states) did to the Native Americans was right, but that is history. And I do not advocate war against the United States. We were fairly nice compared to what other nations did to other conquered nations. We allowed them to become citizens and to keep their culture. We didn't erase their history (in general)

Skibum,

Where does it say that Steveaae says Columbus was here before the Native Americans. Ahh, that's right it doesn't. Not sure what your trying to say, but I know Steveaae was saying that before the land bridge allowed the people of Asian descent to cross into the Americas there is record of Europeans sailing to the Americas. Yes this would have been thousands of years before Columbus was even born.

@ Bohnmann- AGREED!!!! If they want it back, let em take it by force! The proper way to get it done! Right or wrong, it's our land now. As far as Native Americans-

Native Americans weren't even the intended target. INDIANS were :) They fell victim to life. And now, they're sitting fat on their high horses gettin paid by the gov't just for their heritage. They get it better than descendants of slaves!

Best comment so far, and BTW i wasn't born here, but now I am proud to be "American" and love to live in America although I miss and visit my old birthplace often.

mereno, you are welcomed in this country ! i am hispanic too but i do not boo hoo about every little thing that someone says , but with these people ( lulac , la raza, progressive action, etc ) they always play the race card, this really annoys me ! those morons started all the crap and when they say " the latino community" they mean illegal aliens !

Taco soup does'nt even sound good :)

Mereno...you are definitely welcome here!

Swagga...he donated it to a soup kitchen...probably a big treat for anyone who got to eat that that day.

The mayor's comment was in bad taste...but everyone sending in those tacos...great way to make a point.

I hope they can now get over this and the mayor can find out why his police force is this way...too much crap going on in this world to have a bunch of "kids" who think their job means they can hurt others...

Mereno, yes, welcome to the country! We love having you!

My grandmother used to tell me stories when I was a kid about when she lived in Miami. Down at Crandon Park, back in the 70s, there were these pavilions on the beach. All the ethnic groups would get together under their own pavilion. You know, Jamaicans in one, Hispanics in another, Armenians in another, etc. And they wore their native clothes, and they ate their native foods, and they spoke their native language, and they played their native music. Grandma said if you stood around long enough, someone would eventually invite you to eat, and they would sometimes explain if they were celebrating a cultural holiday or whatever. It was kinda like EPCOT every weekend, only without the ridiculous entry fee.

But Monday morning, when the shops opened, they wore American made clothes, and spoke English, and were Americans and happy to be so. Grandma's whole point was that no one stopped them from loving and celebrating their cultural heritage. But over and above their native culture, they prized being English-speaking Americans, who were (for the most part) respectful and courteous to those who didn't understand Spanish or Creole or whatever they spoke, or didn't understand why they had some of the traditions they had. They were simply Americans, and that was that. Grandma even wound up becoming best friends with one of the Armenians who became our next door neighbor for years.

So welcome, all legal immigrants. I hope you enjoy the country as much as we (the respectable of us, anyway) love having you. I look forward to learning more about your culture. Please feel free to spend some time learning about mine, as well. It's only fair, after all. :)

mWhat are you going to do for the Latino community?

Deport the illegals

check out the documentary from the discovery channel( on their youtube) Ice Age Columbus to see that europeans where the first in the Americas as they sailed over before the land bridge let people from asia walk over. Also the lesson of massive immigration can be learned from the soultrean europeans.

Why is it that someone who speaks english, mandarin, german & french couldn't get a job that required you be bilingual? There are lots of 1stworld languages to learn including proper spanish from spain,which got a professor fired for in Pittsburgh,why should we learn a 3rdworld guttural language

@Swaggenaut: Best comment so far!!! First and foremost I am an American!!!

I think you forgot that they, the Latino community, got harrassed and probably beatened by the police. The whole point of the question was to have the mayor explain how he plans to make things right. But he should his true colors with the remark he made. Didn't even answer the question! But that is the American way you speak of?!?! I dont' even think you read the article or know the entire story! I am American and I am ashamed that this happened and how the public has made it a spectacle.

Go have a f*cking burrito and I hope you choke on it!!!

I fought for my country to protect our freedoms. That is what makes this country different from any other country out there. But no where in our freedoms do I see a paragraph that allows us to break the laws of America to gain those cherished freedoms. If you want to live in America then come legally, learn the language, and maybe I won't have to press one for English when I make a call.

When I was stationed in Japan I learned how to communicate in Japanese, and in Turkey I learned their language, and Afghan, Germany, etc. etc. I wasn't fluid but I could at least communicate with the local populous. An effort needs to be made by all to adapt to the country you live in and to stop taking advantage of the US because we are so afraid to offend anyone. Almost EVERY nationality was abused at one time or another when they came to this country. But our ancestors persevered and made it!!

It is time to grow up America and take a stance as I and so many of my brothers and sisters did to defend our way of life against enemies Foreign AND Domestic. That includes illegal immigration....

I fought for my country to protect our freedoms. That is what makes this country different from any other country out there. But no where in our freedoms do I see a paragraph that allows us to break the laws of America to gain those cherished freedoms. If you want to live in America then come legally, learn the language, and maybe I won't have to press one for English when I make a call.

When I was stationed in Japan I learned how to communicate in Japanese, and in Turkey I learned their language, and Afghan, Germany, etc. etc. I wasn't fluid but I could at least communicate with the local populous. An effort needs to be made by all to adapt to the country you live in and to stop taking advantage of the US because we are so afraid to offend anyone. Almost EVERY nationality was abused at one time or another when they came to this country. But our ancestors persevered and made it!!

It is time to grow up America and take a stance as I and so many of my brothers and sisters did to defend our way of life against enemies Foreign AND Domestic. That includes illegal immigration....

@Ashley

Wow, that was very well said and it would have been great to live in a time where eveyone wasn't trying to divide everyone else. I truly think we have taken too many steps backwards in the last 15 years. Racism has always existed in this country and unfortunately probably always will as it just seems to be human nature to fear whats different. I do believe the illegal immigration issue has spurred a new breed of racism in this country on all sides. The problem that I see though is there is no simple solution to that problem.

@ Think about it,

Common courtesy isn't limited to a "time", my friend. It is limited only by people's willingness to humble themselves. We have spent years upholding pride as a virtue, but all too often, pride is an egregious fault. It is only when we humble ourselves that we can truly be a community. Humility does not mean being a doormat or compromising. It means being so sure of the truth that compromise is impossible.

And the truth is, we are all human beings, created in the image and likeness of God (hate me if you want, but I won't back down on that point) and are therefore each of us worthy of respect as His image-bearers. It is when that respect is violated that we divide ourselves. I, for one, though glad to be American, have friends of every race, creed, and culture, even those who don't agree with my religious beliefs. My best friends at my old job were a Puerto Rican woman and a lady from Mozambique. My best friends at my new job are a Venezuelan lady, an adpoted black Jewess, and a white woman married to an African-American sailor.

It doesn't matter where they're from. As long as they're here, though, I do believe they should treat the country with respect. They chose to be here after all, and if they don't like it, they can certainly go elsewhere with my blessing. I certainly wouldn't choose to live in another country and then talk about how much I hated it there, or how much better Americans are. I only expect the same courtesy from those who choose to live here.

bob-1540553 , you are so right !

Bob, the Mayor only apologized when the story went national and it was a poor apology at that. This isn't about a pressure group, being someone who lives only a few towns away, the East Haven CT police department has been corrupt and conducting racial profiling for years. This Republican Mayor used the investigation to his advantage to oust the previous Democrat Mayor who DID take the FBI investigation seriously and consequently, pinned her against the cops. This Mayor made it very clear in the election that he chose the Cops over the Latino Community -- and as much as I have the upmost respect and admiration for our Polic Officers and the difficult job they do every day -- THESE police officers were racial profiling, falsifying evidence and statements, and were excessively abusive. It was a white PRIEST who brought the initial charges public, and after a thorough FBI investigation, four officers have been arrested, with other charges coming. This WAS a Mayor making horrible comments and let's be clear. He wasn't sorry he made them. He's sorry that he got caught.

He should have said Deport the illegals, that would have made them happy.

...like an illegal immigrant!

As bad as Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Florida, Arizona....................All those Governors need to go.

tryreality, why ? because they want to enforce the law that no one else will enforce ? we can't have people breaking the law, otherwise why have laws ? let everyone do as they please . so if other countries enforce their laws ( especially immigration ) does that mean that all those people enforcing their laws should go to , or should the U.S.A. be the only governments of every state go as well ?

Sandra: Thee problem is not "enforcing" the law, I don't have nothing against that. The problem is when they go for you because "You looks like". That"s the dangerous issue.

LOL! hernan...~75% of illegal aliens are Hispanic. So, not to discriminate, shouldn't 75% of the stops to check immigration status be Hispanics? According to many, NO, that's racist!!

Common sense is totally lost on so many....

stop and check sonds like hitler sutff jst more abuse

As bad as Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Florida, Arizona....................All those Governors need to go. <-- As does the Governors in Illinois, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, and Kentucky. Isn't it amazing that the list I mentioned have also had issues related to their states, and happen to be all one party as well? Illinois is the best example as their former Governor is currently awaiting to go to Club Fed for his crimes(joining his opposite party predecessor), and the current Governor is making things worse then his predecessor did in that state. To make a blanket statement saying all the Republican only Governors needs to go like you did just shows how ignorant you really are. Maybe you should look into Indiana's Governor and see that mainly only 1 section of Indiana despises him(which is Northwest Indiana, mainly consisting of Lake County), which has had SEVERAL elected officials(all Democrats for the most part)be investigated by the feds, and in the last election, almost elected a woman running as a democrat, win an election because the county Democrat chairman pushed the straight ticket vote option, even though she had 2 drivers licenses(one in Indiana and one in Michigan), had illegal property tax exemptions on her house in lake county, had her vehicles registered in Michigan. Oh yeah, to say that only Republican's are bad is asinine.

Someone earlier mentioned that 99% of federal elected people need to go, and I agree with that.

We are working on that here in Wisconsin, Mike.

You know there is a difference between "looks like "and standing out in front of Home Depot looking for day labor under the table jobs. Illegals tend to congregate in areas where they are easy to pick out for anyone that cares about the laws. So if you go and see those standing out in front of home depot you will see what the cops pick up.

Don't you have a job or do you just sit on msn all day and try to start arguments with people?

Did you give yourself a check mark? LOL

Does anyone else think Anthony420007 sound like trailer trash?

tryreality - Hahahahaha!

rose 123, no , i don't think that he does , but how did you come to that conclusion ?

Rose...no, just ignorant and racist...and what is a "gans", anyway?

The spanish community is in Spain. The people in Spain speak proper spanish. A professor in Pittsburgh got fired for teaching spanish instead of mexican. Spain is a `1stworld nation while mexico is a 3rdworld nation.

You can't belive in evolution and that all are the same. There can not be DIEversity if all are the same.

So, is calling someone trailer trash not racist? Just curious. Everybody stereotypes. It's human nature. It is how we deal with those stereotypes that shows what kind of person we are.

bohnmann:

"Trailer trash" isn't racist because there's no race involved.

Wrong, It is implied that it is a white person (usually an undereducated white family where the man wears a tank top and the woman is a bit on the large side.) Just like when a person says gangbanger most people get the vision of a black kid that has gold chains around his neck. Those stereotypes don't work all the time in either case.

I don't think that rose was being racist, but then again, I don't think that the mayor was either. I think that there are too many people that are being too sensitive. Reporters ask stupid questions, politicians give stupid answers.

Try spending some time in a trailer park and tell me white folks are the sole inhabitants.

Now do it w/o lying.

I never said that white folks are the sole inhabitants. I know that there are plenty of hispanics as well. But when one refers to someone as trailer trash, more often than not it translates "white hicks."

Put a cork in Him

alps, no who?

Well... Obviously he's Hispanic, whom are somewhat against Latinos. And I'm going to say he's either with Dominican or Puerto Rican. Just a random guess.

Do you live in the back woods?

No it means if you hate Obama you have to go home and have pancakes.

No, it means my Ignore list just grew.

dorkkwadd- You would get some fried chicken and mac &cheese.

They should of thrown the tacos at him when he left work, would been much better then just sending him 2000 tacos.

Medium rare for me Sir

Cowboy Ribeye....YUM

geebus, it meant he would drop a big one after Taco Tuesday, at least that is what I thought he meant, did I miss something?

Apparently you did Gary.

Or a Gordita!

That is my kinda protest, but I would ask the City Council to take the first bite.

Nope...You get Jumbacos!!! They are even cheaper...With an American classic burger jammed between those awesome Jack in the Box tacos...

I know...You are salivating at the thought...Who wouldn't be?

SteveMW - Really? have you benn living in a cave? Hahaha it don't work that way no more Gringo, we takeen back our land

YOUR land, Gary? Here in Ohio our natives are the Shawnee. Are you Shawnee? How about Iroquois? Cherokee? I didn't think so. You're probably a descendant of Aztec or Mayan with a lot of Spanish mixed in. This is not YOUR land.

Gary...Step foot on my land and you'll get a small plot. :)

Steve - Ever hear the song - "This is my land and this is your land?" Pay attention, the Tacos that were sent were not from illegals, but from Hispanic Citizens and he disrepected their culture - same as the first Irish, Italians, and others that came to this grand land - I'm sure your not of Indian origin but your grandparents came from elsewhere as did mine - so how did they claim America as their own?

So Steve - what is your heritage? And why are you not there?

As an aside - only 30% of Americans own a passport - while the Europeans own 60% passports - travel my boy

The tacos were sent from hispanic citizens? This is America we only have american citizens if you want to be special go home.This is the problem they come here but don't want to become an American. They just want the benefits and still be whatever they came from.

what are you guys nazis remember what happened to germany for blaming their problems on the poor and innocent. If you blame the problems of this country on the poor and innocent you are only dooming yourself to the 2nd death. wake the hell up! next time send me tacos im hungry.

They "took" it. That's how our grandparents and their grandparents before them used to do things. They fought for it and if they won, they took it. Before us, the Indians (Native Americans) fought with each other. They killed each other and took what they wanted or needed. As far as I know, that's how it was done prior to about 100 years ago in the civilized world. Still happens to a much smaller extent around the world. To get what you want today, people complain and send "tacos" in protest. Or, they organize and send reps from all over the country to complain and try to force others out of office for off-hand remarks.

Art, I assume your family came from Europe?

@Stevemw: BRAVO! NO CUTTING IN LINE!(Whoa! Wait a minute... They didn't even GET in line!) ( ref: illegal immigrants.)

Barbra about the passports you do realize that before 911 Americans could travel to the top of canada to central america with just a drivers liscence. That covers an area larger than europe, in fact from one end of Texas to anouther would be like crossing 5 nations which would want passports to enter.

Be careful they have more rights and access to welfare benefit programs than you do! It's called anchor babies!

@Barbara Adams Jackson- Only 30% of Americans own a passport because we don't need to leave. The problem isn't people leaving America legally, it's people coming in ILLEGALLY. Nothing to do with a passport. And 60% of Europeans have a passport because well, let's face it... Europe Sucks! As does every other country comared to the good ol USA! Have you ever heard of the French Dream? No? How About the Nigerian Dream? Still no? Australian Dream? Egyptian Dream? Chilean Dream? Mexican Dream? Canadian Dream? NOPE! It's the AMERICAN DREAM!! I am an American of Mexican decent. Both of my parents were born and raised in Mexico, and came here LEGALLY. That's right, Green cards and all baby! And now they have 3 American-Mexican daughters (Me and my 2 sisters) and 1 American-Mexican son. We are all under the age of 25, law abiding citizens, and all standing/stood to fight/fought for our country. 4 American soldiers. Hence the name Red White & Blue. I still say there's no country like mine! America is cool beans by me! You leave if you want to. I'm here to stay.