Merry Christmas!!
Posted on 12/20/2006 3:15:22 PM PST by fishtank
BORDERS
LANGUAGE
CULTURE
BE HERE OR BE NOWHERE!!!
Hello Savage Fans hope you all have a good Christmas
ping
checkin in
Blah..
Merry Christmas!!
I found out today I'M GONNA BE A PAPPy! course I'll be nearly 55 before this child can enlist.
Listening to Peter Weisbach filling in. Yesterday's "best of" was pretty good.
Weissbach's on today....
Not bad...
Remember when Jerry Doyle used to guest host for Savage?
Hey!
Congrats on the good news!!!!
I've got four kids myself...
PW is bringing up some pretty good issues today. He just mentioned the "N" word: nationalism!!! :-)
Always liked Jerry
PW:"we've lost a sense of pride about our nation"
congrats
....just heard the radio news.... mentioned the Sandy Berger "classified documents under the trailer" news story....
So.....did ol' James Carville drag a hundred dollar bill through the trailer park so we could get that story?
Congrats too. Awesome.
http://www.us-english.org/inc/
Voters Make English the Official Language of Arizona
Passage of Prop. 103 makes Arizona the 28th state with official English
Arizona voters passed Proposition 103 by a near 3-1 margin on Tuesday, November 7th 2006, making the Grand Canyon State the 28th state in the nation to adopt English as its official language. The passage of the ballot initiative marks the eighth time in as many attempts where the voters have enacted English as the official language of the state.
"On the subject of English, Arizona voters have made it clear that they want the government to lead by example," said Mauro E. Mujica, Chairman of the Board of U.S. English, Inc. "Their support of Proposition 103 yesterday, following their reform of bilingual education six years ago, shows that Arizonans are calling for assimilation, not separation."
With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, there have been nearly 850,000 votes recorded in favor of Proposition 103 (74.2 percent), with less than 300,000 votes against (25.8 percent). Proposition 103 makes English the official language of Arizona, requiring the government to conduct business in English and limit governmental multilingualism to common-sense activities such as health care, public safety, judicial proceedings and tourism. In 2005, a similar measure passed the Arizona House and Senate, but was vetoed by the Governor. After polls found that a majority of Arizonans disagreed with the governor's action, the measure was re-introduced as a ballot initiative in 2006.
"Rep. Russell Pearce and his colleagues in the legislature deserve a round of applause for their efforts to unite Arizonans under one common language," continued Mujica. "The outcome of the initiative makes it clear that their efforts mirrored the desires of the majority of Arizona voters.
"Now that this measure has passed, I hope that those in opposition will join in returning our government's focus on English proficiency for all Arizonans. I think we all agree that we do not want to live in an 'English-only' society, but we are equally opposed to the existence of an 'English-optional' society."
That's good to know!
The talk shows are not our sole source but they do serve to help call us together for a common purpose; e.g., war, for example. Events continue, so should discussions of those events -- everywhere IMO.
I could not imagine what it would have been like if radio personalities of the W.W.II generation had put on "best of" shows and walked away for the weeks of the Christmas and New Year holidays. No substitute hosts, nothing.
How confusing it would have been for me, a very small child, hearing of the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec. 1941 and then hearing discussions of more "attacks" throughout the last part of December and early January. :)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.