[Tancredo Fan]

It sounds like the INS needs to start checking on these "newcomers".

[Dakmar]

I think it's racist to move to a new country and expect the inhabitants to adapt to the culture you bring with you. They used to call it imperialism.

[swarthyguy]

What a topsy turvy world we live in. Only in America could you get slammed for saying this.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"But I had no idea there were so many Hispanics in Greeley," he said. "I didn't mean to offend anybody."

Don't worry about it Chad. You didn't offend anyone of any consequence. Only those that refuse to adapt.

[Godel]

Yep, now thinking people should learn ENglish is racist.

Frankly I love this. People are getting so desensitized to the word racist that eventually people will just learn to ignore it as a meaningless word.

[Redcloak]

"You are coming to our country. We don't speak Russian. We don't speak Spanish. We speak English here," Brock told an audience of 7,000, according to the Greeley Tribune. While many Hispanics in the audience walked out, people who attended the event said many non-Hispanics cheered.

Hmmm... Kinda funny that the Russians present didn't get up and leave. ¿Que paso?

[skeeter]

Someone needs to remind Mr Brock that America is a nation of immigrants and those immigrants have ALWAYS demanded their hosts immediate and total respect; the expressing hateful(tm) opinions (such as belief in a common language) will not be tolerated by said immigrants, and that our diversity is our strength.

[zeaal]

Noticed in our little berg in the DFW Metroplex a car driving about town sporting a maybe 12x18 inch mexican flag off the antenna.

[Consort]

Yes, the melting pot has been replaced by an olla and a wok.

[glc1173@aol.com]

Thank God for some celebrity willing to say it.

Quebecization is being pushed on Americans - from coast to coast - but only for the convenience of one minority. Your kid isn't having to learn Russian in school before he can write his name "so he can communicate with his Russian classmates"; your state troopers aren't being forced to become fluent in Russian or Hmong just because a bunch of Russian Jews or Hmong refugees moved to your state.

Get the sticker!

[GSWarrior]

It's not like they are being asked to totally divest themselves of their culture. Just learn English, dammit.

[San Jacinto]

"You are coming to our country. ... We speak English here,"....

Hispanic leaders said "offend" doesn't even begin to cover it.
... "His comments were bigoted, inflammatory and hateful," said Roberto Cordova, a local college professor

Oh yeah, he should be thrown under the jail! How dare he!

[Bikers4Bush]

They should be forced to learn english. They are coming here, therefore they learn our language period.

[StoneColdGOP]

Way to go, Chad! I think my CD collection will be expanding its country/western selection now.

[Doc-Joe]

By that standard, if I was to move to Mexico I'd have every right to become indignant when those around me failed to understand what I was saying.

[NativeSon]

We don't speak Russian. We don't speak Spanish. We speak English here," Brock told an audience of 7,000, according to the Greeley Tribune. While many Hispanics in the audience walked out...

Well all I can say is that if these 'Hispanics' were offended by what he said then that means that they shouldn't have been offended. *** unless he said it in Spanish, they were hearing English.

It would seem that these people agree by learning English that is

[stainlessbanner]

Brocks record sales are going to skyrocket. Let the non-english speakers listen to their jungle drums - I'm buying a Chad Brock CD.

[Steve_Seattle]

If these people don't think they should learn to speak English, they can go to hell as far as I am concerned. We don't need a country permanently balkanized into ethnic groups who don't speak a common language. And if I had the chance, I'd tell Professor Cordova that to his face.

[ZULU]

"A country western singer who told his audience at the Greeley Independence Stampede that immigrants should learn to speak English ignited an emotional debate..."

HUH??

What in the world are we coming to??? Are we the United States of America or Los Estados Unidos del Norte America??

Has EVERYBODY lost their cojones (not English) in this country??

[PRND21]

Brock, a former pro wrestler,

What do you know? A grandstander!

[Free the USA]

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