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cheehaw   
16 Oct 2009
History / What Was Happening in Poland around 1905? [73]

mine too, 1904-1906

austrian hungarian empire. did your family settle near Buffalo, steel workers? the steel mills were recruiting slavs. Bolsheviks were ripping through eastern europe creating mayhem. thus poles hate jews and our fathers died of emphysema.

my dad is actually still alive, the only one of his brothers who did not die of emphysema from the steel mill.. he is drinking himself to death at age 82.
cheehaw   
17 Oct 2009
History / What Was Happening in Poland around 1905? [73]

Hm, I don't understand that sentence. Bolsheviks didn't become a force majeure until WW1 and I don't see the connection between them wreaking havoc and Poles hating the Jews and your forefathers dying of emphysema.

no no, that is not true. Bolsheviks were working mayhem in Russia and east europe (poland, esotonia etc) since 1880's or so. Bolsheviks had russia fully in their grasp by 1905.

you need to read up on russian history and who were the bolsheviks. get a few different points of view.

and you may not understand but anyone who had a parent or relative who worked in the steel mills a couple decades knows about emphysema. the cars they drove home had an 1/8 inch of soot on them a lot of the time.
cheehaw   
18 Oct 2009
History / What Was Happening in Poland around 1905? [73]

I guess it all depends on which version of history you are taught.

These quotes are from 1920, from the Illustrated Sunday Herald.

"There is no need to exaggerate the part played in the creation of Bolshevism and in the actual bringing about of the Russian Revolution by these international and for the most part atheistical Jews...

"In the Soviet institutions the predominance of Jews is even more astonishing. And the prominent, if not indeed, the principal, part in the system of terrorism applied by the Extraordinary Commissions for Combating Counter-Revolution has been taken by Jews, and in some notable cases by Jewesses.

"The same evil prominence was obtained by Jews in the brief period of terror during which Bela Kun ruled in Hungary."


and you know who wrote those words? Winston Churchill.
cheehaw   
18 Jun 2010
History / The Two Saddest Nations on Earth... Poles and Jews [243]

what nations is the OP referring to when he says the 2 saddest nations are poles and jews?

I know about Poland. But Israel is only 63 years young.

Perhaps therein lies the problem? After all, there is absolutely no denying that the jews themselves separated themselves as a separate entity from the general polish population, it was not the Germans or Polish who did this.

It kind of bothers me also when black people expect special treatment or entitlements from me, personally, because whites were slave owners at some point in the past in some place... of course in those instances there can be no doubt about who is black or who is white... nonetheless I have zero ancestors in the USA prior to 1900 so therefore, I am actually excluded from any attached guilt... nonetheless I can recognize, like most people, that segregation was generally forced upon blacks, not vice versa.. you'll notice how here and there when a person with black linage looks very white they also tend to mix very well with the white population. We cannot say this is true of east european jews.

so, who separated the jews and why should be the first questions here. (hint: it was not the germans or the polish).

'Jew' refers to a person's religious beliefs, perhaps their lineage. Pole does not refer to a person's religious beliefs, only their lineage. If a polish person from Warsaw PL were to move to Muncie Indiana, and if then the rest of Muncie, Indiana, recognized that person as the polish nation then perhaps it would be possible also to say that miscellaneous jewish people living around the world are also the jewish nation.

But this does not happen. To Poles, to Germans, to Dutch, to Japanese, to anyone, anywhere.

perhaps that is the only sad thing we need to discuss. the fact that 'jews' of all colors and creeds and lineage keep insisting that they are a nation. and dumb people everywhere look for the borders of the jewish nation until they get wise to the joke and it's utter impossibility.

I was reading somewhere that a bunch of orthodox ashkenazi jews were arrested in Israel for refusing to send their children to school with dark skinned sephardi jews. Interestingly enough, no one questions the origins of the sephardic jews. Yet, jews of east european origin often feel offended by the mere presence of Sephardic jews, as their own actions in Israel, today, make clear. Mostly the problem, in reality, is that the sephardic jews do not teach the Talmud like the orthodox ashkenazis do teach their children.

Most likely then, it was merely the oft unspoken desire of the 'jews' which demands separation and at least in their own minds, a better place above the rest of the despicable natural population of any given country.. because they truly believe they are better, they should be first, all of that we've all heard for so many years.. ideas which many 'jews' are prone to follow. We see this everywhere.. certain segments of populations screaming for rights and justice. They are clamouring mostly to be recognized as full-fledged citizens of their respective nations in which they now live. In the case of east european jewry however, history clearly shows a group of people claiming to nationals of a country which never existed (except in their own minds). We could say jewish nationalism is a myth to begin with. In fact we should say it. But at any rate, this jewish clamouring for equal rights and civil liberties extended far beyond the desire to simply be recognized. It also generally included demands for a 'jewish' nation with it's own set of laws for jews first and others second (quite discriminatory, just visit israeli law today for a quick rundown) within whatever nation the 'jews' in question found themselves at the moment.

The polish people have never demanded such a thing from other nations. So the comparison dead ends right there.
cheehaw   
18 Jun 2010
History / The Two Saddest Nations on Earth... Poles and Jews [243]

it never existed on a geo-political map prior to 1948. sorry. Israel only exists in the bible (which you yourself, MG, have declared a myth many times) under King David and Solomon for a couple hundred years at best. It is mostly symbolic.

Olga was probably just you playing the devil with yourself. sorry again, since I don't hang around here daily like you, I don't even know what Olga posted.

Your personal opinions aren't very helpful. What was so wrong with seanus' post and the other that you needed to request them deleted?
cheehaw   
18 Jun 2010
History / The Two Saddest Nations on Earth... Poles and Jews [243]

maybe it is easier to ask why people feel threatened by the idea of the 'nation of islam'.

then we might understand better what happened to the (nation of) jews during WWII.

I hear God still walks daily through Warsaw. And Jesus walks through the old jewish ghetto without ridicule.

Gotta love the polish bible.
cheehaw   
18 Jun 2010
History / The Two Saddest Nations on Earth... Poles and Jews [243]

yeah, so just out curiosity MG, how many days did you fret over this person named Olga and accuse them of being me?

perhaps you should think about your behavior a little bit rather than advise others on theirs.

that just shows that multiculturalism is not really accomplishable

well, all you have to do is visit parts of Brooklyn NY where the jews congregate, and try to make laws for themselves to keep the other locals out, and your question will be answered.
cheehaw   
18 Jun 2010
History / The Two Saddest Nations on Earth... Poles and Jews [243]

Gosh, I was here 1 time in April. 1 time. Probably the first time I visited in months.

But you know, one could say it is typically jewish, the way you behave.. telling other people they should go away so you can have your precious little spot in the sunlight.. when you have no right to do so.

Tell me, MG, what right do you have to tell me to go away? What real right? No right, we all know that.. yet you insist on playing your game every chance you get. Sure enough, I know you will also always deny doing these things to others.

Maybe a stroll in the park will help you remember.

If you had any idea what racism was you would recognize it in yourself first. everyone else does. Your pretense of being the liberal dutchman really only extends as far as the bowl on the end of your pot pipe. The rest is in your imagination (the part where the majority of others agree with you).
cheehaw   
19 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

Poland does not have jewish 'roots'. Poland pre-existed it's jewish population.

Poland's jews came from east, and west, Europe. England, Spain, Germany, all kicked out their jewish populations for various reasons. You should investigate that, why no one wanted the jews to live near them or do business with them back then. The king of Poland at the time (12th century or so) offered them safety in Poland and many obviously accepted the offer. Many also came from Russia.

Of course, the Catholic church was also very powerful back then and there were strong biases within there against jews too, aside from other politics. Poland is a Catholic country, but I don't think the inquisitions were as rampant there as in western europe, I've never seen anything written about inquisitions in Poland.

Martin Luther wrote an essay about the jews in the 16th century, his thoughts probably express common sentiments of the times.

a copy of that is here:

On the Jews and Their Lies, 1543
by Martin Luther

humanitas-international.org/showcase/chronography/documents/luther-jews.htm
cheehaw   
20 Jul 2010
USA, Canada / Are there any Polish people in Florida? [311]

tons of MI people on the west coast too, south of Tampa.

used to be nice to get a pension from Detroit or Buffalo, Pittsburg.. my dad had one, from Buffalo. Lots of retired MI, OH, NY, WI of all sorts. ALL those retired folks you see down there, primarily from those states. TONS.

well, but that's over twice or 3 times already. I will miss the fishing.
cheehaw   
20 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

Well, what the hell, there's no stigma in that.. on the contrary.. where are the Romans that tried to kill us off?

We're quite proud of it.

we ate romans for breakfast.

The ones that escaped went west and are mostly still in England still yearning to control the breadbasket of Europe so be careful.

seriously though, I think a lot of wealth left Poland around 1900. our grandparents that came here, great-grandparents, I think lots of them were running from the socialism/communism that was starting up in central/east europe back then. There was nasty stuff going on. My great-grandparents on my mom's paternal side of the family were killed within a couple years of arriving here, so my grandfather and his sister were taken in by the church as toddlers, orphans. My mom's mom had a huge family, 2 girls, 6 (or 7) boys.. great-granddad was an engineer, all the boys went to college even way back then, became engineers and scientists.. one became a priest.. my dad's side of the family mostly all became steel workers.

I have some really old family photos, they took lots of pictures, a couple photographers in the family too, one on my mom's side, one on my dad's side.
cheehaw   
21 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

A family photo, about 1928 I think. My great grandparents, great aunt and uncles, my grandmother in the back row at center.

My grandparents wedding day, 1930. Best man and maid of honor at left, my grandparents on right.
cheehaw   
21 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

Do you have any old pics? Maybe our families knew each other. my family came in through Ellis Island and settled around Buffalo, NY. where did yours go?

Again ... you should visit. When the rest of the world visits ... why not u!

My sister visited a few years ago. she wasn't very impressed.

Say what?Only poor pesants who had nothing in Poland were going to America.You Polams have to accept the fact that your ancestors were the lowest class of society.Really nothing to be proud of.

btw, 'the lowest class of society' has never had the resources to make a leap overseas, not now, not then.

That is why you were left behind.
cheehaw   
23 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

27. Josef XXXXX (surname removed) Trzebiska, Austria 1911 17 View View View

that's what I got at the Ellis Island website, I am real sure that's my dad's father. But Trzebiska does not seem to exist.

y'all, the elllis island website is here to search records:

ellisisland.org

Trzebinska?
cheehaw   
23 Nov 2010
History / POLES NOT KEEN ON REPRODUCING? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GERMANS AND RUSSIANS? [67]

I can answer this.

When a Polish man marries a German woman, the children are suddenly all German, when a Russian man marries a Polish woman the children are suddenly all Russian.

Being that the original Polish genome already carries the other two traits, it caves in easily from pressure on either side..

I have a solution.

More Germans should marry more Russians and then we'd have more Pollacks.
cheehaw   
23 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

They did their best anyway.

I have not posted the photos of my grandparents from the more eastern Polish side yet.. maybe later. I have some qualms about it being that there are so many cousins on the net i might get trampled.
cheehaw   
26 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

That's the conclusion I came to also.. both my grandparents on that side of the family spoke very little English.. My grandmother spoke next to zero English, up till the day she died at almost age 95.. my grandfather spoke 5 languages but his English, as I recall, was never real good. I never knew either of them very well, my grandfather died at age 72, I was only 5 or 6 years old.

Probably his sponsor or perhaps even his mother's name.. tracing that side of the family back isn't easy. I have a cousin who is trying to do in depth genealogy, maybe he will find some answers.

That side of the family had a big drinking problem which isn't helpful either.
cheehaw   
26 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

Thanks, I'll make sure my cousin is aware of that site. he does a much better job with this stuff than me.

I handle visuals. I have the family photo album.

This is an interesting item.

Buzek

possibly the long lost uncle.


  • b071.jpg
cheehaw   
27 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

just another case of jewish identity theft.

I think jews make up their history as they go along, whatever is convenient today.
cheehaw   
20 Dec 2010
News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]

Keep screeming and please tell everbody how many parcels PoznaƄ's Jewish community get quaietly and for free. And please say I'm lier. :-)

Using jewish behavior in Poland as a precedent, we need to get some really good legal representation for the Palestinians and do to the israelis what their people do to others in other countries. Take the land back. Just think, we could end a majority of the fighting in the world today in the process.

As far as the church goes, the RCC is probably the greatest holder of wealth on earth so I really wouldn't spend half a second worrying about them.

Maybe that news site could get a translate widgety.
cheehaw   
20 Dec 2010
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

for what it's worth, I was always told that 'Babcia' was a ukranian/polish form of Busia.

Where I come from, the old pollacks frowned upon it's use, because they were very opposed to being identified with ukranians.

I think I may have actually been spat on once even as a kid for using it without knowledge of the above.
cheehaw   
20 Dec 2010
News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]

I'm pretty sure it's called the Roman Catholic Church for reasons that have very little to do with Poland.

why don't you head to Vatican City and tell them to stay out of Poland too?
cheehaw   
20 Dec 2010
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

actually I use the word pollack quite lovingly, I am one.

I asked the question as kid and that is the answer I got. pretty funny, that 10-15 years later as a college student in New York City, one of my favorite places to eat was this little Ukranian restaurant in the east village called 'Odessa".

In that restaurant, the word "babcia' was heard often. You could just sit there eating and you would hear it 5 or 6 times in 30 minutes, really. I did ask the waitress what version of grandma that was and even she said it was ukrainian.

I am pretty sure Odessa still exists in the east village, on Ave A and 6th St. Go there yourself and ask the ukranians what they think if you don't believe me.
cheehaw   
20 Dec 2010
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

That's nice, how you use it and how you view yourself, but the word you are using is a racial slur and offensive to those of us who are Polish. It's as bad as the n***** word. Doesn't matter how you use it, it's still a racial slur.

yes, and I am sure our friend Chicago_Pollack will be very interested in your opinion too.

maybe you are just insecure or something.
cheehaw   
20 Dec 2010
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

However, the word busha itself does not show up in the Polish dictionary...

dictionaries are not always perfectly correct. If you compare a webster's dictionary printed in the year 2000 with a webster's printed in 1960 you will find plenty of discrepancies.