"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:38:09 -0400, in a place far, far away, John Doe
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as
to indicate that:

Jim Oberg wrote:

Ansari was the backup 'space tourist', and the prime guy (Enomoto)
was just medically disqualified. She can speak to people in Iran
with a 'voice from heaven' that the mullahs can't block -- what can she
say?


What does "Iranian-American" mean ?

It means she was born in Iran, but has become a naturalized US
citizen.

Ah, that must explain all those African-Americans then.