Buster says Lagat is American! What do you think?

Just look at the video of 2000 Olympic 1500 (lap of honor with Noah Ngeny) and tell me that Lagat is American...yeah, right.

"A leopard can't change its spots".

desert rodent wrote:

Just look at the video of 2000 Olympic 1500 (lap of honor with Noah Ngeny) and tell me that Lagat is American...yeah, right.

"A leopard can't change its spots".

Well, he did more to become an American citizen that 99% of this board probably has.

Buster has earned the right to have me agree with him.

I guess if he was a top AMERICAN distance runner then I might listen to him. But I am more inclined to see how Webb/Ritz/Hall etc. view these guys. They are the American born athletes competing with these guys for US records and spots on the Olympic team.

Webb and Ritzenhein support Bernard (various quotes, not interested enough to dig for them).

you are an idiot. in 2000, which was 7years ago!, lagat had not even applied for us citizenship so he obviously was not interested in becoming a citizen and was still glad to represent kenya. if you had just won a bronze medal and your teammate won gold, you would be doing the exact same thing (celebrating) no matter what country you were from. if you want to bring up 2004 then you might have a point because he had already applied for citizenship and may have already received it before the olympics (not 100% sure on that). but bringing up the 2000 olympics is an incredibly weak argument against him being american. most of the ass clowns on this board trashing lagat are jealous haters. when he rocks in osaka/beijing for the USA you will be changing your minds.

As of now Lagat is "Amerkenyan." In two more years he will be a full-fledged "American."

Kidding.

Xenophobes crack me up.

lagat is not an american.

yeah right wrote:

lagat is not an american.

I don’t think it matters anymore.

Just what is a genuine American these days?

Just as we English will become a minority in our own country by 2050 and will increasingly disappear into history as with equally great peoples and empires in the past; this is how I think the USA will end up:

The Detroit area will become a Muslim city state ruled by sharia and fatwa.

The West Coast will become a province of China.

New England will become one large, collective farm that provides milk for Ben & Jerry's!

The South and Southwest will become part of Mexico known as Provincia de Dinero.

The United States will be no more, but its values will go on in such states as Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska.

if the singlet says "USA," i'm pretty sure that means he's american.

whatever man wrote:

As of now Lagat is "Amerkenyan." In two more years he will be a full-fledged "American."

Kidding.

Xenophobes crack me up.

Sobering statistic from the xenophobes.

1967 US population topped 200 million.

2006 US population topped 300 million.

Not all home grown. Bemuses me when politicians say we are a nation of immigrants.

YOU tell me how many is enough.

And you wonder why the wide open spaces aren't nearly accessible anymore.

Get your own friggin nickname.

We're not splitting hairs here: There is a significant difference between someone who lawfully applies for and receives their citizenship and illegal immigrants who arrive by land and sea. IMO we need to review our INS declaration of asylum procedure.

whatever man wrote:

We're not splitting hairs here: There is a significant difference between someone who lawfully applies for and receives their citizenship and illegal immigrants who arrive by land and sea. IMO we need to review our INS declaration of asylum procedure.

Can we expect an influx of Iraqi refugees to match that of Vietnam refugees.

Why doesn't Lagat wave a Kenyan flag (along with the Stars & Stripes) after victories the way Meb does?

la migra wrote:

Well, he did more to become an American citizen that 99% of this board probably has.

What did he do? Marry an American? Get caught using EPO? Tell us what he did.

had to apply, take tests, take an oath, just for starters.

yes legat, abdi, et.al. are american.

i fyou do not like that they are then you need to change the rules. hate the game, not the player.

that Korean dude from Virginia Tech passes the Letsrun Real American test because he went to highschool here.

At one time he was not an American, now he is.