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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:03 AM Original message |
here's what the right has to offer: Pro-English measures being revived across U.S. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. i gotta say i dont care what language people speak one to one but |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The second generation here already speaks English. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Speaking of the Hmong |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I can't speak about any but those in my neighborhood, |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Please do not make fun of me for this: What would you do with a fishing boat in M/SP? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Just a normal sportfishing boat. Not a bass boat, though. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. You need to rethink that |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. There are protections in place for that circumstance, are there not? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. being able to understand simple commands in english would suffice at times |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. "English is under attack" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Nope. They lost. They're losers. |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Oh noes..Teh inglish is dieing... |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's not "pro-English". Pro-English means respect for proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. that's why 'us nashvillians' rejected it |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes, all of the republicans in my family who are "pro-English" have the most atrocious grammar |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. I see nothing false about Inhofe's statement. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. so u.s. citizens that don't speak english should be denied entitlements? really? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Cart before horse there. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. well, you may not be a citizen if that were the case. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Wow, you get an award for being the first DUer to ever come to Inhofe's defense. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I thought he was Hawaiian until ten minutes ago. nt |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Inhofe is one of the senators of my state |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Let's be damn honest. It's NOT "pro-English" it's ANTI - Hispanic (and other cultures). |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. so whats your solution, everybody has to learn spanish, its the same thing just a different language |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There are countries that have more than one official language. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Not in Canada. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. so tell me, how have we survived over 200 years as a 'immigrant nation'? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. i think its pretty easy, as it seemed everyone learned english or as best they could |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. well, there you go, i'm convinced |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. So are you saying that it doesn't matter what language the people of a country speak? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. So fuck Quebec? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Even more than that, it's anti-WORK. |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. That's funny... |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
27. Fine, they can take the first lessons. |
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