Comments on: Guest Author: Why I Decided To Become An American http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/ Reality-based political commentary Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4589 Chris Weigant Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:00:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4589 Elizabeth - She's right. I picked the hardest questions I could find. The others were PATHETICALLY easy ("What is the name of the ocean off the East Coast of the United States?"). So don't feel too bad, I bet you would have passed with flying colors. :-) -CW Elizabeth -

She's right. I picked the hardest questions I could find. The others were PATHETICALLY easy ("What is the name of the ocean off the East Coast of the United States?"). So don't feel too bad, I bet you would have passed with flying colors.

:-)

-CW

]]> By: Mrs. Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4568 Mrs. Chris Weigant Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:02:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4568 Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement and congratulations - I really enjoyed writing the post. To Elizabeth Miller - The sample questions listed after my post were in fact the hardest out of the one hundred in the booklet. To Kevinem2 - I am from Dublin. I visted Belfast once and found everyone to be very friendly. Many thanks, Mrs. Chris Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement and congratulations - I really enjoyed writing the post.

To Elizabeth Miller - The sample questions listed after my post were in fact the hardest out of the one hundred in the booklet.

To Kevinem2 - I am from Dublin. I visted Belfast once and found everyone to be very friendly.

Many thanks,
Mrs. Chris

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4564 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:00:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4564 ...just a note about my test score...I just managed, by the skin of my teeth, to sneak ahead of being qualified for no more than a jaywalking segment...I'm gonna have to start paying more attention around here. Maybe we could do the test again...same time next year with a new slate of questions so that I might redeem myself. :( ...just a note about my test score...I just managed, by the skin of my teeth, to sneak ahead of being qualified for no more than a jaywalking segment...I'm gonna have to start paying more attention around here.

Maybe we could do the test again...same time next year with a new slate of questions so that I might redeem myself. :(

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4563 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:54:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4563 I'm glad you decided to post about becoming a citizen and that you will become a regular around here and be a part of our fun debates. I had to chuckle a little, I must admit, at the part where you said that, as an outsider, you didn't feel you had the right to comment on the direction of America until you became a citizen. Okay, so I laughed out loud at that part...and thought its a good thing I don't feel so constrained! :-) Anyway, welcome aboard! Oh, by the way...nice flowers! I'm glad you decided to post about becoming a citizen and that you will become a regular around here and be a part of our fun debates.

I had to chuckle a little, I must admit, at the part where you said that, as an outsider, you didn't feel you had the right to comment on the direction of America until you became a citizen. Okay, so I laughed out loud at that part...and thought its a good thing I don't feel so constrained! :-)

Anyway, welcome aboard!

Oh, by the way...nice flowers!

]]> By: bigdayqueen http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4562 bigdayqueen Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:18:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4562 Congratulations, Mrs. Weigant. Welcome to citizenship in the great USA!!! Thank you for joining us. Congratulations, Mrs. Weigant. Welcome to citizenship in the great USA!!! Thank you for joining us.

]]> By: kevinem2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4561 kevinem2 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:24:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4561 Mrs.Chris: Which part of Ireland are you from? I'm curious; when my girlfriend and I were there in 1973, a gracious group of Catholic nurses and their boyfriends told me the ancestry of my last name was Northern Irish Protestant. This was in Belfast, and the horror stories those poor nurses could tell. They all just wanted the violence to end. I hope they're all OK, they couldn't have been kinder to a pair of naive 20 year old Canadians. I hope you write more in the future now that you've got your feet wet. Mrs.Chris:

Which part of Ireland are you from? I'm curious; when my girlfriend and I were there in 1973, a gracious group of Catholic nurses and their boyfriends told me the ancestry of my last name was Northern Irish Protestant. This was in Belfast, and the horror stories those poor nurses could tell. They all just wanted the violence to end. I hope they're all OK, they couldn't have been kinder to a pair of naive 20 year old Canadians.

I hope you write more in the future now that you've got your feet wet.

]]> By: slank http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4559 slank Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:59:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/22/guest-author-why-i-decided-to-become-an-american/#comment-4559 Thank you Mrs. Chris, that was very informative. In order to become a citizen, you know more than most natural born Americans. Congratulations and happy voting. Thank you Mrs. Chris, that was very informative. In order to become a citizen, you know more than most natural born Americans. Congratulations and happy voting.

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