Coming to America

Mama Lai immigrated to America in the 1970s to attend graduate school in Oregon.  When she was picked up by a Chinese family in their sedan from the airport, she looked around and her first impression of America was this:

"Where were all the people?  There was nobody for miles and miles.  Just all this empty land.  And then when we finally got to where civilization was, all I could think was how funny that it is that Americans live in dollhouses.  One Taiwanese earthquake and those houses looked like they would fall flat with nothing left to stand on."

Mama Lai's Brand of Terrorism

 Although Mama Lai is proud to be American, she's very protective of her Chinese heritage and roots.  Mama Lai loves to talk about how the Chinese has a superior culture and a richer history than the United States.  From language to manufacturing, from academics to their recent economic boom, Mama Lai has sung the praises of her Chinese people.  And when she's run out of practical examples, she will make up hypotheticals "If the Chinese had done/invented/created it, then it would be successful/better/efficient/etc."  The latest area where Mama Lai thinks the Chinese would be superior to their worldwide counterparts?  Terrorism.

As we were driving around, she noted how vulnerable our country was:

"Look around -- how easy would it be for terrorists to bring this country down.  Sometimes I look around and I think terrorists these days must be really stupid if they haven't figured out how to kill or injure us.  It's a good thing Chinese people have not taken to terrorism against this country, because if they did, they would do it so well we would have no country left."