[dancusa]

I am Acadian myself. Most of the Cajuns ancestors have been here since the 1600s. There are absolutely no allegiance to France. They were thrown out of Canada and persecuted in the 1700s because they choose allegiance to the Catholic Church instead of the British throne. The only similarity with France is the language they speak in a different dialect.

The Cajuns have their own distinct culture that is related to the land that they settled in America.

Go to an Italian-American club during the World Cup. You have 3rd and 4th generation Italian Americans waving Italian flags rooting for Italy. Then go to a French-American club during the World Cup. They couldn't give a crap about the team from France.

[A Strict Constructionist]

My problem with Cajun country is that every politician that has come out of that region of LA since I have been living in LA has been a clone of every other one. Republican or Democrat they were the same.

I have quite a few Cajun friends and individually I love them, but as politicians they are great at running and talking but very lousy, like the French, at producing. I just want to know more about Honore than what he said during Katrina. Like one of my Cajun friends in Thibodaux said after Blanco, “I’ll never vote for another coon ass, just because they’re from around here.” I will not vote for him just because he was that “John Wayne dude.” I would remember who made that statement.

The Le American statement is quite interesting. Personally my heritage is Irish, German, English and I don’t wave any flags for anyone but the USA.