Comments on: $outh A$ian donor$ are $tepping up http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/ 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: Sameer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-259096 Sameer Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:37:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-259096 <p>“does the candidate support my issues and my values and do I believe they can be an effective advocate?”</p> <p>Good question. Unfortunately one party is not as inviting as the other. These three pictures were on the RNC facebook page http://rawstory.com/2009/10/gops-facebook-photos/. <a href="http://rawstory.com/2009/10/gops-facebook-photos/">One was of President Obama saying miscegenation is a crime against American values, and if you scroll down the page the next picture is Mother Teresa feeding a poor Indian child and under that it says ""Enabling scab-eating mouth breathers will do them no good. How do we expect them to take care of themselves?" " Nice huh? The last is a picture of a rifle aimed right at John Kerry's head.</a></p> “does the candidate support my issues and my values and do I believe they can be an effective advocate?”

Good question. Unfortunately one party is not as inviting as the other. These three pictures were on the RNC facebook page http://rawstory.com/2009/10/gops-facebook-photos/. One was of President Obama saying miscegenation is a crime against American values, and if you scroll down the page the next picture is Mother Teresa feeding a poor Indian child and under that it says “”Enabling scab-eating mouth breathers will do them no good. How do we expect them to take care of themselves?” ” Nice huh? The last is a picture of a rifle aimed right at John Kerry’s head.

]]> By: Dr Amonymous http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258878 Dr Amonymous Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:19:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258878 <p>ahhh nothing says democracy like cash money. God Bless America.</p> ahhh nothing says democracy like cash money. God Bless America.

]]> By: Anjali http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258354 Anjali Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:03:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258354 <blockquote>Akash, you are right, as an Indian I am proud of my culture etc. but I distrust desis who are in politics, specifically the ones who immigrated and brought their crooked politics with them. The South Asians who were recently arrested for insider trading, were involved in Democrat Party politics and are donors to that political party.</blockquote> <p>By that logic, we shouldn't trust Jewish politicians or white politicians either, because Bernie Madoff was <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/12/madoff-and-company-spent-nearl.html">also a contributor to the Democratic</a> Party. I guess if a non-South Asian stereotypes South Asians because of a few bad apples it is called prejudice...is it not so if South Asians do it?</p> Akash, you are right, as an Indian I am proud of my culture etc. but I distrust desis who are in politics, specifically the ones who immigrated and brought their crooked politics with them. The South Asians who were recently arrested for insider trading, were involved in Democrat Party politics and are donors to that political party.

By that logic, we shouldn’t trust Jewish politicians or white politicians either, because Bernie Madoff was also a contributor to the Democratic Party. I guess if a non-South Asian stereotypes South Asians because of a few bad apples it is called prejudice…is it not so if South Asians do it?

]]> By: Akash http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258233 Akash Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:05:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258233 <blockquote>There is also a marked tendency to spend money on flashy cars</blockquote> <p>Then how a guy with average looks & limited social skills get laid!??</p> There is also a marked tendency to spend money on flashy cars

Then how a guy with average looks & limited social skills get laid!??

]]> By: Archana http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258222 Archana Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:22:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258222 <p>Venu just did a post about it at The South Asian Philanthropy Project. Very interesting stuff out there about Indian-Americans and political giving. I wish there was more data out there about what the facts are about our giving. I also wonder if political giving is just harder to talk about - no tax breaks, the risk of your candidate losing, etc.</p> Venu just did a post about it at The South Asian Philanthropy Project. Very interesting stuff out there about Indian-Americans and political giving. I wish there was more data out there about what the facts are about our giving. I also wonder if political giving is just harder to talk about – no tax breaks, the risk of your candidate losing, etc.

]]> By: Archana http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258157 Archana Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:08:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258157 <p>Yeah, she makes a lot of fun of the 5000 sq. foot house brigade!</p> Yeah, she makes a lot of fun of the 5000 sq. foot house brigade!

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258155 Yoga Fire Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:07:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258155 <p>There is also a marked tendency to spend money on flashy cars and enormous houses rather than putting it into productive investments.</p> There is also a marked tendency to spend money on flashy cars and enormous houses rather than putting it into productive investments.

]]> By: Archana http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258154 Archana Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:05:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258154 <p>My mom always says that desis have high incomes, but not so high wealth. I guess she means we don't own the banks.</p> My mom always says that desis have high incomes, but not so high wealth. I guess she means we don’t own the banks.

]]> By: cocopuffs http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258147 cocopuffs Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:44:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258147 <p>i think this is hilarious, primarily because desis are among the wealthiest brackets in the US and donate the least across the board.</p> i think this is hilarious, primarily because desis are among the wealthiest brackets in the US and donate the least across the board.

]]> By: Manju http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/10/20/outh_aian_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-258142 Manju Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:29:27 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5992#comment-258142 <p>Yoga Fire is a grammar Nazism.</p> Yoga Fire is a grammar Nazism.

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