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1 posted on 05/25/2006 9:26:50 AM PDT by blitzgig
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To: blitzgig

Do I support Gonzales?

Of course not.


2 posted on 05/25/2006 9:28:06 AM PDT by highball (Proud to announce the birth of little Highball, Junior - Feb. 7, 2006!)
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To: blitzgig
In a nation with so many differences--where difference is supposedly celebrated by the left--the only reason I can think for being against a single, unifying language is because white males want it. It's an entirely political position.

If Republicans came out tomorrow for a multilingual America, the libs would be screaming "Ah, you're trying to keep immigrants down by shutting them out of the primary language in the nation!!!!"

Countries which have little to unify they people--be it language, religion, ethnicity--will splinter into closed-off enclaves and fall apart.

Ah, NOW I see why the libs are against English-only...

3 posted on 05/25/2006 9:29:37 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (What would Thomas Pynchon do?)
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To: blitzgig
"Of course not." That was Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's answer Sunday on ABC's "This Week" when asked whether he would favor prohibiting bilingual ballots.

"Of course not"? Did he mean, "This is not something about which decent people differ"?

EXCEPT that ballot inititatives are worded particularly to mean certain things or to get voters to vote a certain way.

There are times where a NO vote means "yes, you want 'this'".

Different language ballots means different "ballot language". We aren't voting on the same things. Let's see some congress critter write a bill in some language other than English.

4 posted on 05/25/2006 9:30:20 AM PDT by weegee (Slowly but surely and deliberately, converativism is being made a thoughtcrime.)
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To: blitzgig

Language can be a powerful force for division within a society - maybe as powerful as religion. The US government should conduct it's business in English, and every immigrant should be required to demonstrate proficiency in English.


6 posted on 05/25/2006 9:32:34 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: blitzgig

Bad law is bad law.

Whether it was passed by Congress, or some lesser body.

Bilingual ballots should not be necessary. Part of the process of becoming a citizen (the only people who have legal right to vote in Federal elections) is to show some proficiency in reading, speaking and understanding English.


9 posted on 05/25/2006 9:42:07 AM PDT by alloysteel
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To: blitzgig

Si


10 posted on 05/25/2006 9:52:41 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: blitzgig

Al's a Mexican first, American second.


11 posted on 05/25/2006 10:21:33 AM PDT by Finalapproach29er (Americans need to remember Osama's "strong horse" -"weak horse" analogy. Let's stop acting weak.)
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To: blitzgig
Will gets one right.

The libs are trying to create a divided nation because they look forward to the day when it all falls apart, and they can sweep in with a new socialist state that finally proves that communism works if it is just done right. Under the current constitution, it is just too hard to impose socialism, even with activist judges.

13 posted on 05/25/2006 12:49:23 PM PDT by Defiant (I was willing to fight to the death for George W. Bush, but not to America's death.)
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