Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has landed in Venezuela for the start of a visit to his friends and allies in Latin America. After he visits Venezuela, he will travel to Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Cuba.In other news, a Puerto Rican-Indian-American says he was racially profiled at a Mitt Romney campaign event in New Hampshire. A police officer approached him, concerned about what the man might have concealed in his large coat pockets.
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2 comments:
What is a "puerto rico-indian-american?an inability to understand who you are?
And inability to understand that it is typical to screen people who want to approach Presidential candidates with unknown items in their pockets.
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