Posted on 09/01/2007 10:35:17 AM PDT by Dubya
The court has already said they can come over.
I prefer Fractured Fairy Tales myself.
Does “Ebonics” count?
Sho’ nuf, baby!;)
At what level do that have to speak? There is a huge difference in reading road signs and conversational speech. There is also a big difference reading and understanding what you have read. I can read almost anything in German and some Chinese but often I have no clue as to the meaning of what I jest read.
What would be better for both countries is swapping trailers at a zone boarder. Mexican drivers stay in Mexico, US drivers stay in the US. All cargo is inspected at the transfer point for extra passengers, drugs or other contraband. That way we both have safe drivers and we know what is being shipped.
A new Colorado law went in effect today requiring truckers to carry chains on their trucks between Sept 1 and May 1. Do you think the Mexican truckers will have to obey this law? How do you say snow chains in Mexican? Mexican trucks don’t need no stinkin’ snow chains!
The article says: “The North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994 called for Mexican and U.S. trucks to travel freely throughout one another’s nations, but the provision was stalled by labor unions and environmental groups’ arguments that the trucks are unsafe.” Notice that’s in 1994, when Clinton was president. The democrats can’t blame us for this one. I like the idea that someone had of exchanging drivers at the border. It might work.
“..pulled off the highway if state troopers or vehicle inspectors find they can’t speak English.”
Are they required to possess a drivers license?
English is the language of commerce in this country, just like the dollar is the currency of commerce.
Try using another currency to do business in this country and see what happens.
“Try using another currency to do business in this country and see what happens.”
Considering many businesses now take Pesos, I bet a person could get away with it.
They keep using that word. I do not think it means what we think that they think it means.
Like being required to register your alien status. Or being required to have a green card before you can work here. Like being required to read, write, and do arithematic in order to graduate high school.
Spineless, unenforceable "requirements."
Sure they will. Just like it is against the law for teachers in Arizona to teach in spanish. Of course, when they do teach in spanish because they CAN'T speak English, guess what happens?
NOTHING.
Once the mexican trucker are let in on the "pilot program" we will play hell getting them out. They will play hell on the highways as long as they are here. American Citizens will die for this stupidity. The enablers of this should hang.
This will be challenged in court and our elected officials will back away and not enforce this.
I know a trucker who is a Russian immigrant. He's a nice guy, but often when I am talking to him I get the feeling that he does not completely understand what I am saying. Likewise, when he speaks English I cannot always understand what he is saying. I noticed that his truck cab has a CB microphone and I have wondered how those conversations go. Maybe he just talks to other Russian truckers.
RE your pic: You collect Red Wing pottery?
Canadian dollars are happily accepted in Northern Maine.
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