Comments for Moving Sidewalk http://movingsidewalkblog.com Exploring the immigrant landscape of New York, then and now Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on American identity, past & present by Cheeseblab http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=430&cpage=1#comment-1312 Cheeseblab Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:23:36 +0000 http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=430#comment-1312 In my mail the other day was a questionnaire (and plea for $ support) from something calling itself U.S. English, Inc. The q'aire is the written equivalent of a push poll, asking whether I'm as outraged as I should be that, e.g., "non-English-speaking people should be given the option of taking [their driver's exams] in their native tongue." Wow: wrong target market! So I gleefully and truthfully filled out the q'aire, indicated $0 as the amount of my contribution, declined to send even the $10 suggested "to defray the cost of processing my Survey," then hesitated before actually sending it in--do I really want to annoy crazy people who already have my address? In my mail the other day was a questionnaire (and plea for $ support) from something calling itself U.S. English, Inc. The q’aire is the written equivalent of a push poll, asking whether I’m as outraged as I should be that, e.g., “non-English-speaking people should be given the option of taking [their driver's exams] in their native tongue.” Wow: wrong target market! So I gleefully and truthfully filled out the q’aire, indicated $0 as the amount of my contribution, declined to send even the $10 suggested “to defray the cost of processing my Survey,” then hesitated before actually sending it in–do I really want to annoy crazy people who already have my address?

]]> Comment on Just a word about that Islamic center by Cheeseblab http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=452&cpage=1#comment-1311 Cheeseblab Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:16:27 +0000 http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=452#comment-1311 Two good point and one (the last) excellent one. Of the many distressing elements of American exceptionalism, is there any worse one than our insistence that we know who other people are better than they do? (Or maybe it's nothing to do w/ being American; maybe it's just an annoying human tendency.) Two good point and one (the last) excellent one. Of the many distressing elements of American exceptionalism, is there any worse one than our insistence that we know who other people are better than they do? (Or maybe it’s nothing to do w/ being American; maybe it’s just an annoying human tendency.)

]]> Comment on New tour at the tenement museum by William Goodhart http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=335&cpage=1#comment-1229 William Goodhart Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:16:53 +0000 http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=335#comment-1229 I'd love to come! I really really would love to trace the route, find the place on Allen Street, where Billy Rose grew up, where his father pushed his cart, and how he and his friends lived in the days around the turn of the century. Please?! Cheers! I’d love to come! I really really would love to trace the route, find the place on Allen Street, where Billy Rose grew up, where his father pushed his cart, and how he and his friends lived in the days around the turn of the century. Please?!

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Food festivals by cooklover http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=360&cpage=1#comment-1209 cooklover Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:14:48 +0000 http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=360#comment-1209 There will be another Indonesian Food Bazaar on June 28th 2009 at the same place and the same time. Please do come in and bring your friends along.:) There will be another Indonesian Food Bazaar on June 28th 2009 at the same place and the same time. Please do come in and bring your friends along.:)

]]> Comment on A Laotian story by Moving Sidewalk » Blog Archive » Tribute to movies http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=154&cpage=1#comment-928 Moving Sidewalk » Blog Archive » Tribute to movies Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:09:08 +0000 http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=154#comment-928 [...] And, of course, congratulations to Academy Award nominees Richard Jenkins for The Visitor and Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath for the documentary The Betrayal (Nerakhoon). [...] [...] And, of course, congratulations to Academy Award nominees Richard Jenkins for The Visitor and Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath for the documentary The Betrayal (Nerakhoon). [...]

]]> Comment on Tear down that wall by Moving Sidewalk » Blog Archive » Tribute to movies http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-927 Moving Sidewalk » Blog Archive » Tribute to movies Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:08:51 +0000 http://jenniekaufman.com/blog/?p=14#comment-927 [...] to Tom McCarthy for winning a Spirit Award for Best Director for The Visitor, which was my third favorite movie of 2008. Various Spirit Award nominations also went to Chop [...] [...] to Tom McCarthy for winning a Spirit Award for Best Director for The Visitor, which was my third favorite movie of 2008. Various Spirit Award nominations also went to Chop [...]

]]> Comment on Happy Year of the Ox by Judy Close http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-865 Judy Close Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:06:19 +0000 http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=246#comment-865 Events that are non-musical will be conducted in English and Korean, English and Chinese. Just enjoy the music, dance and colorful costumes during the rest of the day's events! Events that are non-musical will be conducted in English and Korean, English and Chinese. Just enjoy the music, dance and colorful costumes during the rest of the day’s events!

]]> Comment on Religious freedom in Flushing by Moving Sidewalk » Blog Archive » New year on Main Street (Flushing) http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-753 Moving Sidewalk » Blog Archive » New year on Main Street (Flushing) Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:56:02 +0000 http://movingsidewalkblog.com/?p=21#comment-753 [...] took the churches of Flushing tour with Jack Eichenbaum last year, and it was very [...] [...] took the churches of Flushing tour with Jack Eichenbaum last year, and it was very [...]

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