The "22,000" tears visa blunder
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:19 pm
This story was basically just one of those factoids, state department screwed up the visa drawing and picked 22k winners from the first 2 days worth of applicants and ignored everyone else. It was just information reading until I got to the end.
"We lived 2 weeks in the sky, only to fall down on the hard floor on Friday 13th," wrote Tervel Nyagolov of Bulgaria. "We are young and good educated people, that lived with their American Dream for 13 days. It's not our fault. We don't deserve these emotions... So please, help us!"
This is a prospectus immigrant, who was apparently one of the invalidated visa winners. What caught my eye... is the insinuation that there is something unfair and the hint of entitlement. "We don't deserve these emotions"; its your fault we were happy and now we are depressed so therefore you should give us a visa anyway.
Amazing. Yes it sucks, but it was never guaranteed to you in the first place. You don't have any rights with regards to this country period.
This ranks right up there with the NY Times food stamp thanksgiving piece, someone broke a rule and finally a food stamp recipient got their back food stamp money then went out and bought thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings including lobster. Supposed to be a feel good story, but the end where she buys lobster, just makes me angry.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookou ... sa-blunder
"We lived 2 weeks in the sky, only to fall down on the hard floor on Friday 13th," wrote Tervel Nyagolov of Bulgaria. "We are young and good educated people, that lived with their American Dream for 13 days. It's not our fault. We don't deserve these emotions... So please, help us!"
This is a prospectus immigrant, who was apparently one of the invalidated visa winners. What caught my eye... is the insinuation that there is something unfair and the hint of entitlement. "We don't deserve these emotions"; its your fault we were happy and now we are depressed so therefore you should give us a visa anyway.
Amazing. Yes it sucks, but it was never guaranteed to you in the first place. You don't have any rights with regards to this country period.
This ranks right up there with the NY Times food stamp thanksgiving piece, someone broke a rule and finally a food stamp recipient got their back food stamp money then went out and bought thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings including lobster. Supposed to be a feel good story, but the end where she buys lobster, just makes me angry.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookou ... sa-blunder