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| April 27, 2005
Posted on 04/27/2005 2:28:09 PM PDT by RWR8189
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To: k2blader
I think all official government documents, including voting ballots, should be in English only.
It makes sense now and in the past, but all citizens should be allowed to vote IMO.
Requiring immigrants to learn English in order to become citizens is a possibility, as with other tests that are required.
At some point, though, with more languages being spoken here, the dominant language could change - whether English is required of new immigrants or not.
Otherwise, we have police enforcing spoken words.
Wonder how much time a FR post in the wrong language could land you?
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:13:10 PM PDT
by
clyde asbury
(I formulate infinity and store it deep inside of me.)
To: hflynn
Bttt! Excellent! The quotes are keepers.
To: hflynn
You break some eggs :)Sehr komisch. ;)
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:17:04 PM PDT
by
raybbr
To: raybbr
Yo tengo una gato grande en mis pantalones.
To: hflynn
Great post.
I notice that all those quotes come from years ago. Back when being patriotic was not considered a bad thing.
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:19:12 PM PDT
by
raybbr
To: John Will
Yo tengo una gato grande en mis pantalones.Not a clue.
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:20:47 PM PDT
by
raybbr
To: hflynn
Your post was unintelligible. I never said there should be non-English ballots, I only said that American citizens should vote, and that I hope they vote Republican. But thanks for your input.
To: mountaineer
Your post was unintelligible.
Su loco. Adiós
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:37:36 PM PDT
by
hflynn
To: RWR8189
Mira Pedro.
Mira Pedro sin papeles.
Mira Pedro corre a traves la frontera sin papeles.
Mira Pedro.
Mira Pedro vota.
Mira Pedro vota sin papeles.
Mira Pedro vota sin papeles para los Democraticos.
To: mountaineer
Why the hell don't they speak English?
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:38:36 PM PDT
by
StoneColdGOP
("The Republican Party is the France of politics" - Laz)
To: RWR8189
Si! Leur fourrure a l'éclat des glaciers baignés d'aube.
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:41:48 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin)
To: StoneColdGOP
Why aren't you volunteering to teach them English?
To: raybbr; John Will
Yo tengo una gato grande en mis pantalones.Not a clue.
I have a big cat in my pants.
To: angelanddevil2
In theory Republicans have IQs above room temperature.
This theory, however, is constantly disproved by Republican efforts to court a group which, at best, votes Republican by no more than 35% to 40%.
The Republicans are not called the "Stupid Party" for nothing.
To: StoneColdGOP
Why the hell don't they speak English?
For some, because they came here illegally and were given amnesty by President Bush.
IMO, those immigrants shouldn't have been allowed to stay regardless of what language they speak. And the mistake shouldn't be repeated by any President.
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posted on
04/27/2005 4:49:29 PM PDT
by
clyde asbury
(I formulate infinity and store it deep inside of me.)
To: clyde asbury
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't every Spanish-speaking nation in the Western Hemisphere, including Puerto Rico, AND MEXICO, have Spanish as its official language?
Why then should we not have English as our official language?
To: NRA2BFree
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posted on
04/27/2005 5:07:55 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
(Its Morning in America Again!)
To: mountaineer
Why aren't you volunteering to teach them English? Ain't my job to teach them. It's THEIR responsibility to learn the language... IF they mean to assimilate and become Americans, which by and large they don't.
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posted on
04/27/2005 5:22:25 PM PDT
by
StoneColdGOP
("The Republican Party is the France of politics" - Laz)
To: mucrospirifer
Why then should we not have English as our official language?
I said English wasn't the official language. I didn't say it should or shouldn't be. Besides, just because those countries have these laws doesn't mean we should, too.
In the long term, it doesn't really matter if English is official or not. Languages change and laws aren't going to stop that. Multiple languages will become more common in the future; almost everyone will speak more than one. Present day English, Spanish, Spanglish, AOL IM, Nadsat - no one knows what the dominant language in the US will be in the future.
I'm in favor of requiring new citizens to speak at least elementary English. But, the parents will never know as much English as their children learn in five years here, will continue to speak that language better than English, and there is no law that will change that.
The children also speak their parents' language because they are required to learn it. They probably also learn the basics of a third language in high school, and intermediate level if they go to college or university.
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posted on
04/27/2005 5:26:38 PM PDT
by
clyde asbury
(I formulate infinity and store it deep inside of me.)
To: RWR8189
Although I hope to God that proficiency in the English language is a prerequisite to citizenship.All people born in Puerto Rico are citizens from birth. The official language of Puerto Rico is Spanish.
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