Comments on: Five Candidates Meet to Discuss Unseating Nunes

By: Uriel Saldivar

Uriel Saldivar — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 01:38:34 +0000

Funny how only one candidate is deemed “ideal”

By: B. John-Michael for CA-22

B. John-Michael for CA-22 — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 03:11:55 +0000

Bobby stated on his Facebook the other night that his parents are Hmong. I have the screenshots…

I think, as a fellow candidate for the 22nd Congressional district that the people deserve to know the truth…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:42:09 +0000

The problem with each and every Democrat is that to a one they just don’t care about the middle income earner. Clearly on the medical front, they just don’t give a darn about anything but Medi-Cal. News flash. There are people who pay their own bills and who do not qualify for government anything! Since you conveniently ignore us, we will equally conveniently ignore you! I, for one, prefer someone who does nothing for me as opposed to someone who will do something to me. BTW, I am far from high income, yet my tax bill is my largest annual expense. As a disabled person not able to drive, nothing is done for me at all for this expense!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:51:50 +0000

Hate to tell you, but you are both right. Laos is actually made up of a number of separate and distinct cultures, including Hmong, Mien, Lao and Lahu. Even the languages are separate. However, I had never heard that they all refer to themselves as Lao. I, myself, was introduced to those communities back in the 80’s, when some Hmong and Lao came to Porterville.

By: Brandon Vang

Brandon Vang — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:47:12 +0000

Laotian is the politically correct term used to described any refugees from the country of Laos.

“Lao,” “Hmong,” “Mien,” etc. are ethnic-specific terms describing the ethnicity of a person or group.

By: Joseph Oldenbourg

Joseph Oldenbourg — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:35:59 +0000

In reply to Bea.

Thank you for correcting us. The fault lies with me–the Editor–for changing the story from “his parents are from Laos” to what I edited it down to.

By: Bea

Bea — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:17:34 +0000

Mr. Bobby Bliatout parents are not Laotian they are Hmong there is a difference