Mr. JohnUSA, please log off this website.
We dont need your input sir.
Have a nice day!

And I bet they are the first to complain about the Haitians coming across our borders.

Johnusa= another frustrated Haitian with a confused personality

JohnUsa....... He wishes that Dominican not entire the U.S. land and we wish they would stay out of our affairs..... 4 interventions was 4 to many... United states citizens have no right to complain... they made there own mess....
they made it hard for everyone to live in there own country

"Excellent job by the U.S Coast Guard. Deport all of them back to the Hell Hole they came from. GOD BLESS AMERICA."

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"Deport all of them back to the Hell Hole they came from." this bizarre creature advises.

No doubt the families of the 2,000,000 Iraqis citizens mercilessly slaughtered during the last five years as a result of the US aggression and occupation believe that what Iraq should do to US marines, troops, and mercenaries is to " deport all of them back to the Hell Hole they came from."

"GOD BLESS AMERICA." the bizarre creature commands.

God cursed it when God sent this bizarre creature to "America."

"Excellent job by the U.S Coast Guard," this bizarre creature exclaims.

The Guard returns some Dominicans, capsizes all Haitians and hands most Cubans a green card and $20,000 year in rent subsidies, food stamps, energy allowances, job training financial assistance, along with free medical and dental care.

God; it's great to be a Cuban. But look at our history when 80% of Dominicans left the island and went to PR and Cuba and VEN.

Your point being...?

Dominicans always playing the blame game by blaming the U.S for their status. It is not our fault DR is a third world country plague with corruptions, Drugs and Drug traffickers.

"Dominicans always playing the blame game by blaming the U.S for their status."

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US imperialists and their waterboys always passing the buck for the consequences of their own vice and stupidities.

JOHNUSA GFY , I can bet somewhere down the line in your inbread family they swam or jumped a border. You can't hide behind your white robe and mask forever.

This is coming from a "Gringo Puro"

Johnusa= Haitian without personality and trying to be white


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Good one Jander. US is all imigrants. They took the actual people who lived on the land and put them on reservations. They actually speak broken English here. I love America. I love the Dominican Republic too. One day the country will be exceptional. They started like every other country when they went to Capitalism. Once they police the hell out of everyone it should turn out OK. Just have to pay the cops what they need to actually do their job. And of course police them too. You can't trust anyone right?

Back to the story line, these were not immigrants in the sense of the word, but rather people who were attempting to enter enter the USA, ILLEGALLY. LET US NOT CONFUSE THE ISSUE

Perhaps with a different reason to escape. But immigrants none the less. I understand where they are coming from. People go back to DR and fill everyone there with these illusions of grandeur. Meanwhile all the crap they have is because they either borrow it or just rent out a room to live in and don't do anything but work and go home just to spend it all on a visit to DR and play the role of P Diddy. What can we expect. I wish people there would realize the resources they can actually put to use there. Agriculture mostly. Just wish they would open their eyes and see the beauty I do when I go there.

Unfortunately you are right jtava.

jtava, i have not seen so much truth said in such a short paragraph in a long time. people go to the USA and work like dogs for little and nothing, live in buildings controlled by drug dealers, toiling 14 hours per day driving cabs, in certain cases. they save for two years to come back on vacation, to show how great they are living in new york. they lean against a mercedes benz, have their pictures taken, and then show Tio Jose in Jarabacoa their ¨ride¨.the same goes for pictures of some park avenue apartment building, meanwhile they are living in a basement in Soundview. locals back here get the impression that the streets of new york are lined with gold, and you can catch 100 dollar bills with a net. they sell everything they have to go to new york, only to live the american misery; the american dream minus the money! my advice; stay here. as bad as it gets, it gets worse if you go to the usa without an education an the ability to speak english.if you do, then you will learn

what true misery is. if you have not experienced minus four degrees farenheit, with a 20 degree wind chill factor, i suggest you stay in Moca!

dreadlocks, do you live in NY? If so, can you give me a little insight in what are the biggest expenses about living in Manhattan (apart from rent)?

DaniDr, I live in NYC . Utilities, specially electricity is the second biggest bill, cable, followed by food, then transportation( $81 for a month pass, $2 per ride)mass transportation's fare will increase next year again. The proposal is every 2yrs the fare for mass transit will increase).

Thank you NYCDR. Do you think that with US$ 1,000 one person can live (and have a little fun also) in Manhattan? I mean US$ 1,000 after paying the rent.

One person. It all depends on what they want to do for fun!

I mean how old is this person and what do they like to do?
You can do what a lot of people do.
Plan :)

Well, In that case it's me. I'm 23 years old, single. I'm currently "wanting" to go to NY for a couple of months next year. With fun I meant cinema, cafe's, dining out. I know that can vary a lot, specially if one chooses the "chic" places, but what I mean is nothing fancy, and not all days, weekends and so.

There are many things that you can do for fun for practically nothing. One of them is take out music (for 3 wks) or movies on dvd (for 1wk and renew them up to 5wks) movies that came out last year, If the library does not have it you can ask the librarian to buy it. Its paid with tax dollars, you dont pay anything. Yes free.
You can go to the zoo on wednesdays for free. The museums are on a donation basis, that is if you want to donate 1 dollar for the entrance, you pay a dollar for the entrance (this does not include special exhibits).
You can see concerts at the park for free, the listing is emailed to you for free on any kind of music you want to hear. Yes, its true.

Can you survive on 1000 more than likely if you spend it wisely... (cheesy but true).

Great!!! I will tell you there are a more than 1 million things to do here!
What do you specifically want to do?
and what months are you coming to NY?

Well I don't have a specific date, I'm still evaluating if It's possible within my budget. Many people have told me I'd struggle too much with rent + US$ 1,000 in expenses, and a few tell me I'd be alright If I administer it correctly.

I'm glad to know that there's stuff you can do without spending too much or nothing. Here in Santo Domingo going out means spending money (and quite a lot).

What attracts me about NY is it's diversity, both in people, culture and things to do. I was there on vacations, but I'd like to be able to live there for 6 months or a whole year.

well for a grand in Manhattan you can take three friends for dinner at PER SE or you can buy a box of Tampax for 3.98$ then look on the box,,,,,, you can play tennis you can go swimming you can go horseback riding yes all for 3.98$

JohnUSA you should be ashamed for creating these reactions against your people .....isnt their life difficult enough without you creating heat....your provocations are as wicked as the worst reactions to them and have you ever thought you may harm innocent people with your silliness and knavery

gouletcolonial, very useful comment... what the heck are you talking about?

Danidr ..... JOHNUSA his posts were edited thank god .....but they were an example of when you question the value of free speech...Or are you talking of what to do with a 1000 bucks in NYC?

JOHNUSA? You should be JOHNUSLOCO.

I repeat..................JohnUSA you should be ashamed for creating these reactions against your people .....isnt their life difficult enough without you creating heat....your provocations are as wicked as the worst reactions to them and have you ever thought you may harm innocent people with your silliness and knavery.....everyone knows you are posting a radical Haitian position and you think it is amusing or thought provoking.....IT IS NOT

Huh, I thought it was only Haitians who were migrants in the World... Huhhh!

ChiefCaonabo, that comment is nonsense. As always, someone has to make this related to haiti and it's getting very boring. I'm not sure if you realize that by making people tired of the subject you are actually making the people look at the haitian related issues even worse than they look now.

Anyway DaniDr, if you know your way around you can go to a disco/club that caters to white collar workers. the attraction is a cheap to no fee entrance for a few hours, free buffett and one drink after that is up to you, sometimes they may throw in a comedian or entertainer on the other side of the disco( usually the english side). On the spanish side music galore.
These offers work really well when you are on a budget.

Try NYC for a year, you may love it you may hate it.
But experience it all...:)

Yes experience the most interesting city in the world rich in culture and opportunity....also remember the craziest person from Rome and Madrid ,Paris and London also Moscow and Vienna is on his way to New York as we speak also the most talented is probably on the same plane with him

an interesting, but sage observation, Goulet. as for DaniDr, if you want to live in manhattan on 1000 usd per month, the first thing you need to know is that you cannot own a car. you will need half of that thousand just to park it. if you choose to park it on the street, you will need more than that for fines and tow-away fees. not to mention repairs, as you will get hit three times a month. add to that the cost of replacing the stereo and dashboard every two months( in the event you need to have sounds in your car). add the occasional 50 dollar fine for expired parking meter, parking too close to a hydrant, too close to the crosswalk, too close to the intersection, too close to the stop sign...you get the picture.toss into that a red light ticket every now and again, and the dreaded" Passing the schoolbus with the flashing red lights", which will get you a 250.00 fine. and, lest i forget, the dreaded" blowing your horn for no apparent emergency" that one is a mere 250.00

want more gems? how about 125 for entering the EZ pass lane without the EZ pass? or 75 for parking in the opposite direction? in the DR, people park facing any direction they feel like: in NY, you have to park facing the direction of travel. lastly, if you are in Nassau county and blow over .8 into the breathalyser, your ride will end up at the auction. then you will save on the forementioned fines.and your insurance company can no longer triple your premiums!!

Dear Mister Dreadlocks, Do you still have a driver's license. ? lol.
sorry needed to say that. :) I hope you and your family are well dread!!! :)

He is staying for a year. He does not need a car. Mass transit and or a cab will suffice to get him where he needs to go.

Guoletcolonial, that is true, we do have mentally ill on the streets. But you cannot say that it is isolated to NYC.

Dani dr it would cost more than a thousand a month to park a car in Manhattan....but dont let that stop you from experiencing an electric place....Always remember " If you can make it there you can make it anywhere " New York New York.......the city so nice they named it twice

I said the craziest not just mentally ill the absolute craziest

"Try NYC for a year, you may love it you may hate it."
NYCDR, that is exactly what I'm looking forward too. I enjoyed very much my vacations there, but living in a place is very different than just visiting it.

Dreadlocks, I totally agree with you. Anyways, a car in NY seems more like a headache than a commodity, specially with such a good transportation system. Interesting you mention the EZ Pass, as we entered NY and accidently went to the EZ pass lane in a rented car without EZ pass lol, we were lucky not to get fined.

I wish I still had an apartment at Gramercy Park on the park right across from the statue of Edwin Booth

In Cuba, 34 Cubans were arrested for trying to leave the country on-board a yacht. Of course, in Cuba, a yacht is five inner tubes tied to a king-size mattress.

actually, DaniDr, the rental firm probably got the fine. when you go through the EZ pass lane without EZ pass, the forward facing camera takes a picture of your license plate and the fine is sent by mail to the address of the registrant. you got off, but the owners did not!

dreadlocks, the rental company would have forward the bill,
the rental company charged my credit card the fare toll paid (i had an ez pass attached on the front mirror) going from Washington to Virginia.

DaniDr, your be positive.
I agree its a major difference between living at a place and vacationing but its not impossible.
good luck

NYCDR, you do not know whether or not the bill was forwarded. DaniDr refers to the occupants of the car as ¨we¨, so the reader does not know who rented the car. maybe it was not Dani; maybe the person who rented the car was charged and just did not mention it. in any case, if you go into the EZ pass lane, you are getting a fine. not because they wave you through means they pardoned you. the fine will show up a month or so down the road. every car that passes through the lane has to pay. if you do not have a current pass in the car, it automatically triggers the camera.this arrangement is to avoid corruption on the part of the toll takers.there is no discretion allowed. you can fight the summons in court, but you are going to get it first!

The car was rented with my credit card and I wasn't charged for the fine. When we stoped in the EzLane a police came by and we payed him the toll charge, so we did pay the toll. By the way, he kept the change!! LOL!

thanks for clearing that up. the cop who did this for you was a nice guy. most times they just wave you through and fine you later.

dreadlock, be more optimistic.

NYCDR, where do you detect pessimism in what i wrote, or do you know it to be different? i am simply reporting things like they are. the cop has no obligation to take cash at EZ pass; if they do, it is a favor. what is pessimistic about reporting that?

read the prior messages.want more gems? how about 125 for entering the EZ pass lane without the EZ pass? or 75 for parking in the opposite direction? in the DR, people park facing any direction they feel like: in NY, you have to park facing the direction of travel. lastly, if you are in Nassau county and blow over .8 into the breathalyser, your ride will end up at the auction. then you will save on the forementioned fines.and your insurance company can no longer triple your premiums!!

I don't see it as pessimism. For what I understood is that for someone that is used to live in the DR, there are a lot of things that one can't to any more since things are punished over there.

and vice versa

sorry i appear pessimistic to you , NYCDR. i was simply addressing some concerns with which motorists are confronted on a daily basis in the big apple. i did not editorialise or give an opinion, so i fail to see how you can ascribe any type of characterisation to my post. all it is is a list of facts.

dont make a storm out of a drop of water!
have a nice day!

touchy, touchy, NYCDR. have an even nicer day.

:) I did!!!