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"This Is Alabama; We Speak English" Governor Candidate Says
http://news.yahoo.com/ ^ | April 29, 2010 | Liz Goodwin

Posted on 04/29/2010 3:28:22 AM PDT by Biggirl

Amid a national debate over Arizona's tough new immigration law, Republican Alabama gubernatorial candidate Tim James (and son of previous Gov. Fob James) vows in a new campaign ad that if he's elected, he'll give the state driver's license exam only in English, as a cost-saving measure. "This is Alabama; we speak English," he says in the ad. "If you want to live here, learn it."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: al; al2010; english; englishfirst; james; timjames
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Another "gusty" governor.
1 posted on 04/29/2010 3:28:23 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

Must be an election year.


2 posted on 04/29/2010 3:36:55 AM PDT by bikerman (Impeachment ! Has a nice ring to it don't you think?)
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To: Biggirl

This is a bit dumb. There are people here legally who can’t read/speak English well enough to take this exam but might need to drive. Not everyone who doesn’t speak fluent English is an illegal.


3 posted on 04/29/2010 3:37:07 AM PDT by Rural_Jew
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To: Biggirl
Tim James is Shorty Price without the booze and hounds tooth hat.
4 posted on 04/29/2010 3:41:19 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce with this one strong, it is...)
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The ad is kind of a joke. He selects one and only one example...driver’s licenses. Here’s the funny part to what he picked. The state has two significant universities that have well over a hundred visiting professors (all speak English to a fair degree)...and the state has well over 2,000 foreign students in these colleges as well. They’ve gone out and tried to make all of these folks feel “at home” (a top Bama priority in life). So we took a simple 100 question test and made it into twelve languages. It’s not just in Spanish in you are pro or anti-Latino....it’s in French, German, and even Chinese.

The candidate for governor ONLY says that he wants to get rid of this as soon as he’s in office. He has to convince the Bama house and senate of this...and frankly, there’s not much of a chance this will ever pass (they know who takes the test and they don’t think its a big deal).

Now, if you were running for Bama governor and really wanted to fix a problem....make all Alabamians over the age of 65 take the test every five years and have a doctor sign that the guy over 65 is capable of driving. Get five thousand folks in Bama who are capable of killing people on the highway....off the road. But no....he won’t do that...because he lacks the guts.

So this is a nice ad and looks really sharp. Thats about all it gives you.


5 posted on 04/29/2010 3:42:13 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Biggirl

I like this:

Amid a national debate over Arizona’s tough new immigration law, Republican Alabama gubernatorial candidate Tim James (and son of previous Gov. Fob James) vows in a new campaign ad that if he’s elected, he’ll give the state driver’s license exam only in English, as a cost-saving measure. “This is Alabama; we speak English,” he says in the ad. “If you want to live here, learn it.”


6 posted on 04/29/2010 3:45:15 AM PDT by SF_Redux
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To: Biggirl

HAHAHAHHAHA!! That is great! I will bet that the loonies on the left are having massive coronaries over the repudiation of their life’s work!


7 posted on 04/29/2010 4:04:56 AM PDT by misharu (US Congress = children without adult supervision.)
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To: Biggirl

It’s time to take our country back, one state at a time. Then we will go after the Feds.


8 posted on 04/29/2010 4:11:53 AM PDT by ladyL
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I understand the problem.

Too bad. Get over it and learn English faster.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

9 posted on 04/29/2010 4:22:43 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Rural_Jew

So, do you advocate tests in Urdu? or Tagalog? or Mandarin?


10 posted on 04/29/2010 4:24:40 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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"There are people here legally who can’t read/speak English well enough to take this exam but might need to drive."

If you need to drive, you need to learn at least enough English to take a damn test (what does: "NO TURN ON RED" mean?).

"Not everyone who doesn’t speak fluent English is an illegal."

Again, you do not have to speak fluent English - technical English would suffice.

11 posted on 04/29/2010 4:25:39 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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Go to another country and try to do the same!
If I move to/work in ,,Germany, China, Russia, etc, you can damn well bet that I am going to have to learn the language if I expect to get by. I doubt I can make a call there often and hear “Press 1 for English”,, could be wrong..


12 posted on 04/29/2010 4:50:15 AM PDT by Airwinger (Semper Fi, Time to use that motto for our Constitution. (ALWAYS FAITHFUL!))
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To be technical, you can take the drivers exam in Germany in English. You do not get a German DL though, you get an ‘International DL’ that allows you to drive ie GE.


13 posted on 04/29/2010 4:54:17 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: commish

duly noted, and thanks for clearing that up for me, but one still has to be able to read signs etc....
I just could not see myself in another country trying to live without a good working knowledge of the language. And to be honest, it must be tough to do, but again, learn the language, hell lessons can be found free.


14 posted on 04/29/2010 4:58:53 AM PDT by Airwinger (Semper Fi, Time to use that motto for our Constitution. (ALWAYS FAITHFUL!))
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Don’t mean to be argumentative, but I live in a Mandarin speaking country and I took the DL test here....in english.

Go figure, eh?


15 posted on 04/29/2010 4:59:49 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To be technical, you can take the drivers exam in Germany in English.

Yes, but English is one of the official languages of the European Union. What is our excuse?

16 posted on 04/29/2010 5:00:56 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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That’s interesting


17 posted on 04/29/2010 5:02:28 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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To: Biggirl

Think of all the money that is wasted printing things in seveal languages. Think of the paper, time, ink and think of the waste.


18 posted on 04/29/2010 5:02:33 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Have you donated to Free Republic yet? If not you are a Freeploader)
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To: Rural_Jew

Then they can have a translator just like there used to be translators. What if you are a legal immigrant from Iraq, do you have things printed in Arabic? Why not, if you are so compassionate about one person, why not all?


19 posted on 04/29/2010 5:04:31 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Have you donated to Free Republic yet? If not you are a Freeploader)
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To: Biggirl

Again, this is something the PRESIDENT should say on behalf of the entire nation. States are having to step up and take positions that the Federal government should be taking. Typical of Liberals, the Feds want all the power, and none of the responsibility.


20 posted on 04/29/2010 5:04:37 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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