"I want to say that I'm sorry to tell you that Jeremy Lin is an American, a blue-blooded born American," Faleomavaega said, drawing hearty laughter from Ma, and then added "who happens to be of Taiwanese ancestry, and we're proud to have him."
That's about it right there. The U.S. representative from Congress (representing American Samoa) put it well.
You can be impressed by our people--but don't impress them.
Now if only Ireland and Hungary would stop bickering over me ...