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Polish-American culture has been impugned and insulted by the current Occupant of the White House. The president's ignorance is apparent when it comes to the long history and perseverance of the Poles in their fight for liberty. To take one notable example, on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, Obama announced his cancelation of plans to place missile interceptors there. Obama has gone out of his way to disrespect the Poles with his "Polish death camps" remark, or his choosing to play golf instead attending the memorial for Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the Polish first lady, and...

President Obama has a long track record of insulting the Poles. In 2010 he chose to play golf on the day of the funeral of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the Polish First Lady, and 94 senior officials who perished in the Smolensk air disaster. Eight months earlier he humiliated Warsaw by pulling out of the agreement over Third Site missile defence installations in Poland and the Czech Republic. And last night Barack Obama caused huge offence in Poland by referring to a Nazi death camp in Poland as “a Polish death camp” while awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom...

Illinois Gubernatorial Candidate Adam Andrzejewski rallied supporters in O’Fallon, Illinois this afternoon. It was a standing room only crowd. While campaigning in O’Fallon the Andrzejewski team announced that Adam had just received the endorsement of the largest Chicago Polish paper today. And…. It was announced that Adam had surged to within two points in an internal poll conducted by a conservative organization in Washington DC. Andrzejewski was 8 points down earlier in the week in the Illinois race. It may have been the endorsement by Lech Walesa that helped Andrzejewski surge in the latest polling. And this is despite the...

Rod Blagojevich, the Stupidest Governor in the Country, Puts Obama in a Bad Light... Blagojevich as Dick Mell's son-in-law, with a Slavic name (this had long been thought of as a Polish seat), managed to get the endorsement of Mayor Daley and to engage the consulting services of David Axelrod.http://www.usnews.com/mobile/blogs/barone/2008/12/11/rod-blagojevich-the-stupidest-governor-in-the-country-puts-obama-in-a-bad-light.html

US Election – the Polish-American Vote Created: 28.10.2008 15:24 Which way will Polish-Americans swing in the general and presidential elections in the United States on November 4? By Magdalena Jensen Ten million Polish-Americans live in the United States, representing a large voting body with some sway in next Tuesday’s Presidential Election. Despite these large numbers and the city of Chicago – where Barack Obama makes his home – containing the largest pocket of Poles after Warsaw, is this community decidedly left of right, decidedly pro-Obama or pro-McCain? Around the early to middle of the twentieth century, when FDR was saving...

A joke that aired on the new Fox television show "Back to You" suggesting that Poles are Nazi collaborators has enraged some Polish Americans. They are calling for the owner of Fox, Rupert Murdoch, to apologize. The chairman of the Polish American Congress's anti-bigotry committee, Frank Milewski, said he wrote a letter in response to the episode calling on Mr. Murdoch to meet with Polish Christians who survived Nazi concentration camps and Poles who have been honored by Israel for rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.

Living in the past Polish-Americans have a particular view of Poland that doesn’t exactly line up with the real thing. We eat pierogies, dance the obligatory polka at our cousins’ weddings, and call our grandparents by Polish names. But we don’t have it exactly right. This Letter from Poland is by Amy Drozdowska. 04.10.06 That’s what I learned the first time I ever came to Poland. Even though I was able to eat my fill of Polish dumplings, I soon learned that polkas aren’t really that Polish, and that no one here - except maybe very tiny children - calls...

Polish-Americans urged to lobby for visa-waiver issue BY CAM SIMPSON Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - Amid questions from her countrymen about whether the Bush administration is doing enough for Poland, the new foreign minister, Anna Fotyga, called on the Polish-American community Monday to increase its lobbying efforts on Poland's behalf. Fotyga began a diplomatic visit to Washington this week with some Polish politicians continuing to ask why the White House has not done more for Poland given Warsaw's strong support. Most notably, a battalion of Polish soldiers remains in Iraq. She met Monday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was...

Chicago Poles out the stops for Constitution Day parade By Lisa Everitt Special to The Denver Post Two weekends ago, I was stuck in traffic in a cab on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. All the stoplights were flashing red, and police wardens were waving crowds through the intersections and into Grant Park for the annual Polish parade. The Lexis SUV in front of us was flying three flags: two Polish flags, one Stars and Stripes. "My grandmother came here from Poland," the cabbie said. "She made history. She went to work for the Bell System, as an operator. "She was...

Polish celebration expected to attract thousands By BRANT STACY Kansas Staff Writer Polish and non-Polish Americans wanting to get a little taste of Poland will soon have an opportunity to do so right here in Kansas City, Kan. On Saturday, May 7, Polski Day festivities will kick-off on the grounds of St. Joseph-St. Benedict's Church, Eighth Street and Vermont Avenue. Molly Kolenda, one of the 20 committee members organizing the 21st annual Polski Day, said she expects this years celebration to be more successful than last years. She said there are more events geared towards children, a larger variety of...

April 8, 2005 — Thousands of people marched through the streets of Chicago Friday, saying a final farewell to Pope John Paul the Second. Chicago is home to an estimated one million people of Polish heritage. They are almost all Roman Catholic, and they are enormously proud of Pope John Paul II, who is one of their own from Poland and also someone very instrumental in the transformation of their country from communism to democracy. Local Polish leaders decided to organize a very traditional event to remember the pope Friday, a large and very moving processional between one prominent Polish...

Polish traditions remain even as emigration ebbs Monday, March 07, 2005 By LORI STABILE lstabile@repub.com When Frederick J. Tenczar was growing up, there were 10 small Polish markets in Palmer. "We're the last one," said Tenczar, owner of Tenczar's Food Town in the Three Rivers section of town. "Automobiles changed everything around. People used to stay in town. We all had a favorite market to go to." At his small grocery store, customers may buy staples such as cereal and bread, but can also find homemade Polish dishes such as kielbasa, kapusta and pierogi. Tenczar works 60 hours a week...

Happy Pulaski Day to all our Polish-American Freepers.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson, R-5th District, reintroduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would reduce travel requirements made on Polish visitors to the United States. Johnson’s legislation, first introduced in 2004, would allow Polish citizens with valid passports to travel to the United States. It would rescind the requirement that Polish visitors also obtain a travel visa. Advertisement "As a matter of fairness, Polish citizens should be able to travel to the United States under the same rules as citizens of most other European countries," Johnson said. "Generations of Polish-Americans have helped build this country. Their friends and family should be able...

20th December 2004 Brothers in arms or an ally scorned? From Warsaw Business Journal by Andrew Kureth Events of the past 12 months have shown where Polish-American relations are gaining strength-and put a spotlight on where tensions are growing. No event this year dominated the American news like the race for the White House between Democratic Senator John Kerry and the incumbent, President George W. Bush. Though America was bitterly divided on the issues, there was never any question as to which candidate Poland supported. Survey after survey showed Poland was the only country in Europe in which more citizens...

Les Kuczynski, Executive Director of the Polish American Congress announced that thanks to strong pressure from Polish Americans, the U.S. Senate may pass a bill to abolish visas for Poles. The draft bill was submitted for debate by senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in September, 2003, and fast-tracked. It was subsequently blocked by an anonymous senator, but lobbying from Polish-Americans, the senator withdrew the objection. The so-called anonymous dissenter was reportedly Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.)

Forget Florida. And Ohio. And Pennsylvania. The next President of the United States may well be elected in Michigan. In 2000, Al Gore carried the Wolverine State by more than 200,000 votes. This year's conventional wisdom has conceded it to John Kerry. Two weeks ago, Democratic operatives began telling reporters that Michigan was in the bag. They were wrong. Last Thursday, a poll in the Detroit News put President Bush ahead in Michigan by 4 points. A Knight-Ridder survey showed the race is a virtual tie. This came as a shock to the Kerry camp, which has concentrated its efforts...