Comments on: The Grewals heart Obama, wake up to a cross-burning for it. http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Obama Mama http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-3/#comment-221172 Obama Mama Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:17:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-221172 <blockquote>mom-in-law is apparently moving into the white house, as ennis had wished for earlier. he's officially desi now.</blockquote> <p>Not quite. It's Michelle's mom that is moving in. Traditional desi culture calls for the wife to live with and serve her in-laws. The bride is supposed to sever her intimate ties with her blood family and make the family of her husband her own, and her primary concern. So na, not desi. In fact, a man moving in with <i>his</i> in laws is a source of shame and jokes in the subcontinent.</p> mom-in-law is apparently moving into the white house, as ennis had wished for earlier. he’s officially desi now.

Not quite. It’s Michelle’s mom that is moving in. Traditional desi culture calls for the wife to live with and serve her in-laws. The bride is supposed to sever her intimate ties with her blood family and make the family of her husband her own, and her primary concern. So na, not desi. In fact, a man moving in with his in laws is a source of shame and jokes in the subcontinent.

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By: Aunt Bee http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-3/#comment-221004 Aunt Bee Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:38:54 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-221004 <blockquote>This country was founded by people who fled their homeland because of religious persecution....but it has always been a Christian nation. There are a multitude of different people in America because of the opportunities we have here versus other places but the day that our country has to change our beliefs (and maybe even language) because others that come here do not learn our language and do things as we do then it is a sad state of affairs.</blockquote> <p>The founding fathers were Christian? Not.</p> <p>Even if all of the "pilgrims" were, does that mean I have to be?</p> <p>As someone who was born into a Christian family and later converted away from the faith, I appreciate that the USA makes a distinction between state and religion and that any and all faiths are duly represented amongst it's common citizenry in the present era. I respect the right of Christians to do their thing and they need to reciprocate that with me. Just as I do not proselytize and try to convert them, similarly, they should return the favor and not force their personal religious choice upon me.</p> This country was founded by people who fled their homeland because of religious persecution….but it has always been a Christian nation. There are a multitude of different people in America because of the opportunities we have here versus other places but the day that our country has to change our beliefs (and maybe even language) because others that come here do not learn our language and do things as we do then it is a sad state of affairs.

The founding fathers were Christian? Not.

Even if all of the “pilgrims” were, does that mean I have to be?

As someone who was born into a Christian family and later converted away from the faith, I appreciate that the USA makes a distinction between state and religion and that any and all faiths are duly represented amongst it’s common citizenry in the present era. I respect the right of Christians to do their thing and they need to reciprocate that with me. Just as I do not proselytize and try to convert them, similarly, they should return the favor and not force their personal religious choice upon me.

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By: Rahul http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-3/#comment-220995 Rahul Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:15:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220995 <p><i>101 · <b>Manju</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005509.html#comment220994">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>he's officially desi now. in return, we should allow blacks to claim gwen stefani. if they ask for more, maybe we can trick them into taking desi arnez.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwG6_Z0sjU"> Racial draft!</a></p> 101 · Manju said

he’s officially desi now. in return, we should allow blacks to claim gwen stefani. if they ask for more, maybe we can trick them into taking desi arnez.

Racial draft!

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By: Manju http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-3/#comment-220994 Manju Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:10:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220994 <blockquote>>>Am I the only one here who thinks Obama looks desi?</blockquote> <p>mom-in-law is apparently moving into the white house, as ennis had wished for earlier. he's officially desi now. in return, we should allow blacks to claim gwen stefani. if they ask for more, maybe we can trick them into taking desi arnez.</p> >>Am I the only one here who thinks Obama looks desi?

mom-in-law is apparently moving into the white house, as ennis had wished for earlier. he’s officially desi now. in return, we should allow blacks to claim gwen stefani. if they ask for more, maybe we can trick them into taking desi arnez.

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By: andha aalu http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-2/#comment-220990 andha aalu Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:57:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220990 <p><i>99 · <b>oruvan</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005509.html#comment220986">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>Ah! finally, someone! Yes Virginia, he does look desi. His beevi, minus the expensive wardrobe, looks a somewhat slim version of the aadivasi maid who used to sweep our yard, and he himself looks somewhat like her hubby who used to work in the fields. God, the guy claims to have had a desi roommate sometime back to get some of that desi business' campaign contribution and desis are ready to marry their daughters to him.</blockquote> <p>enda ivvalavu veruppu?</p> 99 · oruvan said

Ah! finally, someone! Yes Virginia, he does look desi. His beevi, minus the expensive wardrobe, looks a somewhat slim version of the aadivasi maid who used to sweep our yard, and he himself looks somewhat like her hubby who used to work in the fields. God, the guy claims to have had a desi roommate sometime back to get some of that desi business’ campaign contribution and desis are ready to marry their daughters to him.

enda ivvalavu veruppu?

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By: oruvan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-2/#comment-220986 oruvan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:35:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220986 <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Am I the only one here who thinks Obama looks desi?</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Ah! finally, someone!</p> <p>Yes Virginia, he does look desi. His beevi, minus the expensive wardrobe, looks a somewhat slim version of the aadivasi maid who used to sweep our yard, and he himself looks somewhat like her hubby who used to work in the fields.</p> <p>God, the guy claims to have had a desi roommate sometime back to get some of that desi business' campaign contribution and desis are ready to marry their daughters to him.</p>

Am I the only one here who thinks Obama looks desi?

Ah! finally, someone!

Yes Virginia, he does look desi. His beevi, minus the expensive wardrobe, looks a somewhat slim version of the aadivasi maid who used to sweep our yard, and he himself looks somewhat like her hubby who used to work in the fields.

God, the guy claims to have had a desi roommate sometime back to get some of that desi business’ campaign contribution and desis are ready to marry their daughters to him.

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By: Go Blue http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-2/#comment-220968 Go Blue Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:14:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220968 <p>Where are you clueless hayseeds coming from? "Dirty Jersey" is a POSITIVE slang phrase (see: below from Urban Dictionary). You really must be from an overwhelmingly white place because it's a hip-hop thing. Additionally, the blogger herself stands up for New Jersey in the comments, early on, so why is there so much misplaced joy to blame her for subtly racist, backwards-assed comments left by some good ol' boys? Damn, son, remedial English never seemed so important.</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dirty+jersey">1. dirty jersey</a> </blockquote> <blockquote>A term used to describe MOST(the best) parts of New Jersey, such as PARTS of North Jersey (201 area, Elizabeth, Newark, Etc.), and parts of South Jersey. For some reason, middle class white kids from suburbia NJ aka Sussex County like to say they are from the real Dirty Jerz. Sorry to burst your bubble kiddies, but... no.</blockquote> Where are you clueless hayseeds coming from? “Dirty Jersey” is a POSITIVE slang phrase (see: below from Urban Dictionary). You really must be from an overwhelmingly white place because it’s a hip-hop thing. Additionally, the blogger herself stands up for New Jersey in the comments, early on, so why is there so much misplaced joy to blame her for subtly racist, backwards-assed comments left by some good ol’ boys? Damn, son, remedial English never seemed so important.

1. dirty jersey
A term used to describe MOST(the best) parts of New Jersey, such as PARTS of North Jersey (201 area, Elizabeth, Newark, Etc.), and parts of South Jersey. For some reason, middle class white kids from suburbia NJ aka Sussex County like to say they are from the real Dirty Jerz. Sorry to burst your bubble kiddies, but… no.
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By: Suki Dillon http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-2/#comment-220961 Suki Dillon Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:32:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220961 <p><i>You mean the way white European colonialists did to the Native Americans here? BTW, this country is founded on slavery, genocide, rape, and the systemic oppression of groups of people, which you evidently don't know about? Seriously, I'm sick of that line of thought that NASCAR guy spouts. You're not in third grade anymore. Get some perspective on the subject--white people aren't indigenous to North America. And before you spout the "why come here then" line...white European colonialists ruined our countries too.</i></p> <p>Yet the amazing thing is that every single person of desi background had someone in there family that chose to come to this country. They came to this country knowing the history of slavery and oppression of african americans and they still came.</p> <p>Can anybody here say that if instead of people from Europe, that 600 years ago that people from somewhere else in the world had come to North America that they would have treated the natives any better.</p> You mean the way white European colonialists did to the Native Americans here? BTW, this country is founded on slavery, genocide, rape, and the systemic oppression of groups of people, which you evidently don’t know about? Seriously, I’m sick of that line of thought that NASCAR guy spouts. You’re not in third grade anymore. Get some perspective on the subject–white people aren’t indigenous to North America. And before you spout the “why come here then” line…white European colonialists ruined our countries too.

Yet the amazing thing is that every single person of desi background had someone in there family that chose to come to this country. They came to this country knowing the history of slavery and oppression of african americans and they still came.

Can anybody here say that if instead of people from Europe, that 600 years ago that people from somewhere else in the world had come to North America that they would have treated the natives any better.

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By: Dude_Man http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-2/#comment-220946 Dude_Man Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:22:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220946 <h1>95,</h1> <p>LOL. Couldn't agree with you more man. How about the epithet Dog Worshipper. Can't find one who isn't french kissing his or her poodle at night. Aww did that hurt your feelings nascar. So sorry, not really. Now get on a cow with male parts and ride em. Yee Haw, Cowjockey.</p> 95,

LOL. Couldn’t agree with you more man. How about the epithet Dog Worshipper. Can’t find one who isn’t french kissing his or her poodle at night. Aww did that hurt your feelings nascar. So sorry, not really. Now get on a cow with male parts and ride em. Yee Haw, Cowjockey.

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By: Cow_Jockey http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/11/07/the_grewals_hea/comment-page-2/#comment-220944 Cow_Jockey Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:56:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5509#comment-220944 <p>Hey #29,</p> <p>I can really appreciate your comments. Please remember the same sentiments when you are in an area where you are different and not just because you weren't born there. Stinkin Pink Ape.</p> Hey #29,

I can really appreciate your comments. Please remember the same sentiments when you are in an area where you are different and not just because you weren’t born there. Stinkin Pink Ape.

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