Author: Frank (---.gwi.net)
Date: 04-27-06 09:47
Wow. Looks like we touched a nerve. As I said in my first post, I just knew I was going to regret it. <vbg>
Considering you misread the census information, perhaps we should cut you some slack. Your credibility isn't much right now ... and it's pretty obvious that you have an agenda to which you will bend the facts to support your viewpoint. No big deal ... everybody has a viewpoint ... though not everybody is as transparent.
My boys (ages 10-15) got a great chuckle from your comments about their "downtime" in Culebra. Since we have ONE computer in the house (in an open area) which they are allowed to use one hour per week for non-school related activities. We have ONE TV in the house, again with a one-hour limit per week. No X-Box. No Play-Station. None of those blasted hand-held games that I don't even know the name of. And a car with a radio. Yee-hah, no DVD. My wife and I happen to think that too many kids get "plugged in" and that it is indeed a shame. Perhaps, at last, something we can agree upon.
As far as literacy goes, I won't engage in a debate on what that entails. Suffice it to say I am comfortable with my level of literacy. Both with words and with numbers.
A "shout-out" to Wade for providing the correct Culebra census numbers. I must confess that when I saw 12% Hispanic in the first post I was a little bewildered ... but the 90% makes much more sense. As does the higher rate of poverty than our friend Kathy originally proposed.
Although my beer goggles are a bit old, I did find them in the closet last night and they still fit. Culebra is far from perfect, and a great many people there have problems both of their own making as well as those forced upon them. I do, however, stand by my comment that 99% of the people I have met on Culebra are nice and friendly. Hey, it's my experience ... nothing more, nothing less.
It reminds me of the old story: A man sat on the side of the road between a town in the mountains and a town next to the sea. A traveler came along from the mountains and stopped to talk. "I am moving to the town next to the sea." said the traveler, "Do you know what the people are like?" The man pondered for a moment and asked the traveler, "How did you find the people in the mountain town?" The traveler spat on the grouund and answered "Terrible. Mean-spirited. Dishonest. Petty." The man pointed to the sea and said "Yup, that's exactly what they are like in the next town." The traveler shook his head and headed on his way. After a short time, another traveler came walking down the road from the mountains and also stopped to talk. "I am moving to the town next to the sea." said the second traveler, "Do you know what the people are like?" The man pondered for a moment and asked the second traveler, "How did you find the people in the mountain town?" The traveler smiled and answered "Wonderful. Kind-Hearted. Generous. Fun." The man on the side of the road pointed to the sea and said "Yup, that's exactly what you will find in the next town."
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