An Announcement June 10, 2008
Posted by harrison in Heroes, Music, News, Personal Experiences, Politics.trackback
Yesterday; after six years, many man-hours, and thousands of dollars; my honey was approved for citizenship of the United States of America.
We’ll find out in a couple of weeks when the swearing-in will be.
Playin’ by the rulz.
UPDATE: My honey says “Spaceba” for your kind words and welcomes.
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Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison! That’s freakin’ awesome.
Too bad you’re losing the ‘or I’ll call the State Department’ leverage, though.
Well done.
Congrats.
Too bad you’re losing the ‘or I’ll call the State Department’ leverage, though.
Damn, I hadn’t thought of that…
Congrats!
Six years!! Good on you for waiting with her. Congrats to you both.
Nostrovia….
Or whatever you say when you make a toast with Val-u-rite vodka.
Congrats, Harrison!
I will complete 9 years in US in August. Still waiting for the green card. Should have crossed the Rio Grande at night…..
My avatar conveys my feelings about this nicely.
That’s great news, Harrison. A real, live, legal immigrant being naturalized all legal-like per the law. And all the hassles of being naturalized are over. Congratulations to you and your wife.
That’s awesome dude. She probably knows more about our nation than 90% of the morons running around this place.
Many congratulations to my newest fellow American citizen.
Congratulations Mrs. Harrison! Thank you for joining us.
Congratulations and Welcome!!
Congrats all around and welcome to the land of the free and the home of the Super Bowl XLII Champion New York Giants!!!
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
>>She probably knows more about our nation than 90% of the morons running around this place.
DiT, you are absolutely right. A person who comes here legally and goes through the naturalization process usually takes pains to learn about US. I believe that except for pop-culture, I really know more about the US than the average American. I can probably name 23 of the 43 Presidents, place each state accurately on the map, know the basics of the US constitution, have a fair idea of it’s History, have a general idea of how the political system works, have a pretty good handle on America’s economic and Military status, the list goes on…
wiser: somebody told me that it is unseemly to crow about your team winning a sporting championship.
Just sayin’
Oh, and go Cards.
In German:
Prost!
In Czech:
Pod Stolom! (see you under the table)
Oo oo oo, will ya look at the big brain on Tus….Oh! Look! A shiny new penny!
somebody told me that it is unseemly to crow about your team winning a sporting championship.
Well, the last thing I want to be seen as is unseemly, that’s for sure.
Please accept my most sincere and heartfelt apologies, one and all, and I only hope that I can one day redeem myself in your eyes.
Tushar, yeah. A few years ago I had the pleasure of coaching a work friend for her citizenship test. She really worked hard on it and did quite well, and was and is more knowledgable about US history and government than most people I know.
Wiser:
Obviously, I’m joking. I was notified by a Mr Mesa Blue that bringing up the recent triumphs of a certain baseball team in contrast to the 100 years of failure his team has experienced was unseemly.
So, let’s taunt hium more.
You mean we have had 43 Presidents?
harrison, pass along my congratulations to your wife. What a fantastic accomplishment!
Congratulations!
You mean we have had 43 Presidents?
of all these 57 United States?
So, let’s taunt him more.
As a die hard NY Yankee fan, I think I’ll just stay quiet about baseball for a while……
Sadly, though, it appears as this years Northsiders are strong.
That will only make the inevitable collapse even better.
Meanwhile, the Redbirds are having pitchers drop like Sawbucks at a Whorehouse
You mean we have had 43 Presidents?
More, if you count all the pretend Presidents like Josiah Bartlett etc.
Congratulations to you both! Now, when you travel abroad, you’ll have claim to be Canadian.
History Question for you: How did a party founded by Andrew Jackson end up becoming the biggest collection of wimps in the known Universe?
‘Cause the good people therein joined its rival under and after Abe Lincoln (go IL!).
Congratulations to a new American!
Cool, welcome aboard Mrs. Harrison!
Sadly, she will probably get called to jury duty about :30 after she is sworn in.
I am always filled with pride when someone is naturalized. It’s not easy. And because of that, he/she must really want it. He/she loves America so much, he/she wants to become a citizen thereof.
Such people enrich America, and are a wonderful asset to this great Nation.
You mean we have had 43 Presidents?
You’re forgetting Benjamin Franklin: “the only President of the United States…who was never President of the United States.” [Firesign Theater]
And to think all this time I thought we had a Prime Minister.
That’ll teach me.
Strange factoid: I usually avoid the Star Spangled Banner.
The reason is simple: I feel it is appropriate to stand and put one’s hand on one’s heart when it is played. Difficult to do that in a car, looks silly in the office. So if I can, I won’t play it or will change the channel. Else I feel it disrespects the Anthem.
The strangerer fact: the Anthem always makes me tear up.
So does this video.
The strangerer fact: the Anthem always makes me tear up.
That ain’t strange, friend.
Congratulations, Mrs. Harrison! How exciting!
Oddly enough, it’s “Rule, Britannia” that gets the waterworks going for me. I guess I’m inured to the anthem after many years of baseball and Aggie football games.
“Oddly enough, it’s “Rule, Britannia” that gets the waterworks going for me.”
Wierd. For me, it’s “Funky Town.”
Sobek – So, you’re off “Play that Funky Music, White Boy”??
Sobek…get yourself some Kleenex
Graaahh!! My mom goes by her middle name, which starts with the same two letters as mine, and I tend to use my two initials rather than my first name on credit cards, so the credit report companies have all her accounts listed as mine! And it’s harming my credit score, too. (She carries balances. I NEVER carry a balance EVER.)
Excuse me, I have something in my eye.
same two letters as my first name, I should say.
Mr. Lipstick has the same problem with his deceased dad. It is unfixable and a pain in the ass.
He’s got the same first name, middle initial (but not name) and last name.
Have you considered changing it up a bit on your side? it may save you a lot of grief down the road.
Yes. I will get married and change my name. To something uncommon, I think.
Anyway, it turns out that only one of these accounts actually is Mom’s. One was an old one I’d closed and forgotten about, and the three others apparently belong to someone else.
Fun fact: my “oldest tradeline date” is January 1975. That’s almost eight years before I was born. Did they do even a cursory sanity check on this thing?
My credit score is still over 800, and I qualify for the best interest rate, so I guess I won’t squawk too much, but the “sources of adverse information” are stuff like too many cards open, too many with balances, too many high revolving balances, etc. So I wonder what my score would be if it were actually correct.
Musli:
I have trouble listening to The Star Spangled Banner as well. I really have difficulties not choking up as well. Other songs that really get me are the Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Waltzing Matilda, and Sgt Mackenzie:
Congratulations!
People don’t realize how expensive it is to do the thing legally. Thousands in visas and applications and stuff. I’m bracing myself for the next few years of it, going in the other direction.
One of the traditions of Cowboy Action Shooting is that we always say the pledge of allegiance before each match. I always get a lump in my throat.
http://tinyurl.com/5vq5d4
Heh. The pouty Bill pic is perfect.
Way to go Mrs. H. I’m happy for both of you. Catching up on things over here. Does it feel like Monday to anyone else?
[…] recent citizens include Harrison’s wife, and David […]
Congrats, Harrison Fam!
Unfortunately, these guys might as well be citizens now, too. Thanks, SCOTUS:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/12/breaking-supreme-court-says-gitmo-detainees-must-have-access-to-us-courts/
Wow Skinny, you have a lot of work to do to get caught up. I’m going to need to ask you to rank all the comments on the Ten Least Appealing Eumphemisms thread and submit your list for approval by three o’clock this afternoon, mmm’kay? That’d be great.
I’m just sorry I missed the Hula Chair.