I can’t say I’ve known too many guys in my life named ‘Boris’ who were shy about standing up for themselves.
The name itself means ‘wolf’ in an extinct Turkic language.
And if the current mayor of London Boris Johnson is going go to toe to toe with the IRS as he has stated, I certainly hope the translation is accurate.
Mayor Johnson is what we call an ‘accidental American.’
Even though he’s British and grew up in England, he just happened to be born in New York.
Whether his parents realized it or not, and whether they wanted it or not, that instantly made baby Boris a citizen of the United States.
Fast forward a few decades, and Mr. Johnson had pretty nasty taste of life as an accidental American.
It was 2006. The then 42-year old Johnson was leaving England with his family for a summer holiday in Mexico, when they had a flight connection in Houston.
Upon arrival, he stood in the line for ‘non-citizens’ with his family, and when it was their turn, the immigration officer said, “[Y]ou have to travel on an American passport if you want to enter the United States.”
Problem #1: he didn’t have a valid US passport. So Boris Johnson was refused entry to the country of his birth due to this administrative technicality.
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We send our soldiers across the world to free people from tyranny. Time to look in the mirror and realize that this country has gone off the rails.
David DeGerolamo
