Vote Early and Often

I was going to bitch this morning about the hated Local NBC Affiliate referring to people as "Iraqi-Americans" when discussing the Iraqi voter registration process currently being conducted in several absentee polling places in this country. How I HATE it when Americans are hyphenated!

I started raising hell about how these people are Iraqis and not Americans. Just because they live here doesn't give them the privilege of calling themselves Americans. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

And then I discovered that citizens of this country ARE allowed to vote in Iraq's election, if they can prove their father was/is a citizen of Iraq!

Hmmmm.....I guess Americans ARE voting in Iraq's election.

In the immortal words of Emily Lutella....

"Never Mind."

But, I still don't like the hyphen.


Oh, and P.S....

The security required to maintain the safety of these potential voters is costing the hapless county tens of thousands of dollars per day. County leaders are hoping for reimbursement from Homeland Security funds. Or maybe the the "Iraqi-Americans" could all chip in and cover the costs.