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My parents introduced me to the first families of Panama who had resort houses in the community. I interacted with them and found them to be just like the indigenous people or the mestizos who I interacted more with. I wouldn't tell them that, because these are the rabbiblancos that I often refer to. Many have blond hair and blue eyes. They strictly controlled their genetic bloodlines to within a tight conquistador heritage and also kept the overwhelming majority of the people of the country very poor and very oppressed. The strict controls on recognition of legitimate children was important to them, even though papa frequently left little mestizos all over the country, illegitimately. By and large, they were nice people one on one and total asshats when it came to their treatment of their fellow Panamanians, the indigenous and the mestizos. As a result of being born in Panama, Panama considers me a Panamanian citizen. The US doesn't recognize dual citizenship, but who cares? Panama does and if I get too disgusted with the US, I can always go reclaim my Panamanian citizenship. When my parents repatriated to the US, we settled in the Charleston, SC area. I graduated from a local university with degrees in Political Science and History. I was an airline pilot for over 20 years until I developed Type II Diabetes. I tend to be preach now on the subjects of listening to your doctor, going to the doctor regularly and doing EVERYTHING your doctor says, no matter how much you don't want to. As a result of the diabetes, I was unable to keep my wirlinr level medical authorization. Ironicaly, now that the FAA allows airline pilots with controlled Type II diabetes to maintain their medical certificate, I am disabled due to the collateral effects of diabetes. Thus, late in life, I went to Law School and was admitted to the Bar. I have been practicing as a legal aid attorney working primarily with agricultural workers. I am fluent in Spanish and since most agricultural workers are Hispanic anymore, Spanish is nearly mandatory. I loved this work and was heavily involved with it until my collateral diabetic diseases forced me into retirement. I am unapologetic liberal and a pacifist. I cannot conceive of a situation that justifies the killing of another human being. If others seek to do violence to me, I will resist with all my ability (such as it is) but will not use deadly force. I couldn't live with myself if I killed another human being. Hell, killing the bugs that are eating my tomatoes bothers me. I try to live by The Golden Rule and often fail. I do like to laugh, especially at myself. My life is constant material for any stand up comic. I truly wish that before I leave this world, everyone has stopped hating others and there is no such thing as deadly violence anymore. See? I told you my life is good for laughs. http://www.thescarletpimpernel.info OpEdNews Member for 198 week(s) and 3 day(s) 1 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 343 Comments, 0 Diaries, 0 Polls 1 Articles
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