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America's 'Offical' Language?

Probably not the best banner for advocating English be our national language, ya’ think? A May 1 immigration reform story carried in the online Houston Chronicle featured this photo:

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You have to love the irony!

Posted on May 6, 2008 at 08:00AM by Registered CommenterDoug in , | Comments19 Comments

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Offically, there will always be smart people lacking education.

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterFrazier

You aren't making fun of her accent, are you?

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterTeddy

Offically, no. But yes.

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterFrank B.

I am beginning to tire of the annual May 1 "rallies" help by illegal immigrants "demanding" rights of citizens. And I am damn tired of our government not arresting them all, deporting them, and busing them back across the border. The sign is funny, but the problem is no laughing matter.

I hate that the media keeps using the term "immigration reform". What illegals want is the complete elimination of our immigration laws so that they can just walk across the border and sign up legally for the milk and honey without waiting in line and meeting the long standing requirements of entry and subsequent citizenship. Call it what it is: "Back Door Legal Status Leading to Short Cut Citizenship For Illegal Mexicans." It isn't reform. It would be a rewarded fee pass for law breakers.

Watch out Penelope, or you might be called a racist.

That would be funny since I am of Mexican descent. My grandparents immigrated (the legal way) and became citizens before my mother was born. I am a second generation American citizen but I am against our government catering to those who want legal status now and don't want to get it through the proper legal channels.

No one talks about how illegals have flooded the job markets and made it tougher for citizens like me to get a job. Employers look at us like we are one of them. It isn't right. The government should deport the illegals, keep them from sneaking back in, and make them apply for temporary work visas and citizenship like my grandparents did.

Thank you for speaking out! We need to say it out loud! No free ride for illegals!

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterYolanda S.

All your posts today end with question marks. Is there some hidden meaning?

Huh?

I hadn't noticed, but do you think there's a hidden meaning?

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterDoug

Is it that you are pondering our place in the universe and can't make sense of it? Struggling with society's inability to filter the gene pool? Trying to cope with ever increasing postage rates? Is that your problem, Bucky?

How did you know?

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterDoug

Good guess?

Are frogs clairvoyant?

Let's stop this madness, OK?

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterDoug

Is the game over?

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterTanya

Yup, it's "offical" - Kermit won because I yielded.

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterDoug

First rule in sign making: Have someone proof read it before you make a fool of yourself.

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterChelley

I found that it is written into the California State Constitution that English is the official language of the State of California.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/.const/.article_3

Scroll down to Section 6, if you don't believe me...

May 27 | Unregistered CommenterDrumwaster

Yes, it is. But the irony of the sign is its misspelling...

Doug

May 27 | Unregistered CommenterDoug

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