On Sat, 20 May 2006 11:27:04 GMT, Mephistopheles
<no-fixed@address.net> wrote:
>In my morning paper of May 20th:-
>
>"AT LAST,AMERICA HAS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (and yes, it's English)"
>
>"In a new twist to the contentious immigration debate, the Senate has
>voted to designate English the national language of the United States,
>& to effectively ban federal government ordinances & services in any
>language other than English. (63 to 34 vote)
>
>"And legend has it that English only defeated German by a single vote
>to become the official language of the US in a 1795 Congressional
>debate."
>
>Makes you wonder, if that original vote had gone the other way, which
>side would America have fought alongside in WW 1 & 2?
>
>"Pyow hack", as the wild putty-nosed monkeys of Africa say.
>
>Mephi
Pyow Hack Indeed!
Now, take the funds that are being expended printing voters ballots,
welfare forms, state forms and federal forms in 100 or so other
languages, school texts and tests, etc, etc, and use it to actually
improve the quality of our education system.
It is long past time that we bent over backwards to cater to the
"special" needs of those that come here. Let them learn English.
CC
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