Each Single one of us has that story of "Grandmother Came from Old Country and Commanded that her Kids only "Sprechen Il Inglés" to be Americans"
We could talk for 10 Hours About that.
But I am going to try and do it in 9.
Posted on 09/07/2015 7:34:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin is hardly alone in her sense of some threat to the hegemony of English in the United States.
You know the drill -- Jeb Bush answers a question in comfortable Spanish, and Palin, after some perfunctory compliments that Bush's conversational Spanish will be good for connecting to Latinos, gets in that here in the United States we need to "speak American."
The problem with this kind of rhetoric is that it corresponds to no crisis. There hasn't been any documented tendency for native-born Americans to be uncomfortable in English. Those born here to non-English speaking parents speak their parents' language not as well -- if at all -- and just as often do not pass it on to their own children.
In Benjamin Franklin's time, it was German that one heard as often as we hear Spanish these days, and even Franklin was given to wondering whether German was taking over. We chuckle at the notion now -- one of the rare times that even the venerable Franklin was off-base....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
speak American is speaking in American English and respecting American culture. It is not speaking in one of the gutter dialects of Spanish.
Whatever CNN
Never mind that in my city the election ballots are in 6 different languages (which is damn important when it comes to specificity of ballot initiative verbiage).
Never mind that the AM radio band (and increasing the FM band) are becoming a sea of non-english stations.
Never mind that the Metro buses include recorded messages in spanish to indicate which stop is the Social Security office.
Nope, nothing to see here, move along.
Kind of disappointing, since Mark Steyn had said he was so different in Spanish than in English.
Dr. Jebi and Senor Heb.
Even the Frogs have a national language.
Each Single one of us has that story of "Grandmother Came from Old Country and Commanded that her Kids only "Sprechen Il Inglés" to be Americans"
We could talk for 10 Hours About that.
But I am going to try and do it in 9.
Sarah Palin's mother (Sally Sheigam) was of Lithuanian Jewish heritage and so were both of her mothers parents (Louise Sheigam and Shmuel Sheigam). Her maternal grandfather, Schmuel Sheigam, was a Lithuanian Jew born in 1912 in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania, 91.2 miles west of Vilnius. The Sheigam family immigrated to America, via Hamburg, Germany in 1915 because of WWI. The grandmother was was originally named Gower. Her father Chuck Heath can be considered of Jewish blood because it is believed his mother, Beatrice Coleman, was of Jewish decent. Further information on Governor Palin's ancestors can easily be found in the vital records in the Lithuanian State Historical Archives in Vilnius.
http://www.archyvai.lt/ The Archives holds birth, marriage, divorce, and death records for the Lithuanian Jewish community from 1851 until 1915 when the Jews were required to leave the country because of World War I. They are in 18th Century Cyrillic script and Yiddish Many of these records include the mother's maiden name and town of registration.
At Ellis Island Immigration Center, the name was entered as Sheeran, a standard practice of the time when immigration officers were unable to understand non-English speaking immigrants. Sheeran is a common Irish name but members of the Sheigam family are buried in the Jewish cemetery at Budezeriai near Vilkaviskis:in Lithuania.
Find out more here Sarah Palin has jewish ancestry.
And Read more:http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/10/sarah-palin-has-jewish-ancestry.html
Only Liberal loons would consider speaking English when you come to America as “controversial”
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Fresh Apples...Just Left! To Rot!
I thought they were starving? When you are starving you would be surprised what you will eat. But in Hungary they were given Fresh Food and just left it! >:(
It is that "First World Guilt" I guess, In Austria People are Welcoming Them http://therightscoop.com/grateful-syrian-immigrants-toss-food-and-water-donations-on-train-tracks-mock-hungarian-police/
What about Other First World Countries like South Korea or Japan? You don't see them doing these stupid things!
(That is because they live "Danger Close" to enemies who don't play around)
Sorry, I didn't mean to ramble, but Good L-rd!
Sarah has Lithuanian Jewish Blood, her inner Hebrew speaks through her, and it speaks for a Love of Israel.
LoL..
Chicken Noodle News!!
Egad, it looks like an OWS dump.
Yum yum. Looks like Michelle’s school lunch!
I have good information that CNN has signed Sarah Palin on as a political consultant for the 2016 Elections. This will be a huge coup for Sarah against Fox. I know Sarah will be a strong Conservative to set the message straight. CNN’s viewers won’t know what hit them. They may even start speaking American.
Looks like what is left after the Occupy or SEIU Rent-a-mob crowds.
If you’re appreciative and respectful...you pick up after yourselves!
I have good information that CNN has signed Sarah Palin on as a political consultant for the 2016 Elections. This will be a huge coup for Sarah against Fox. I know Sarah will be a strong Conservative to set the message straight. CNN’s viewers won’t know what hit them. They may even start speaking American.
Wow....this would be YUGE! Great news, if true!
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