Topic: "This is Alabama; we speak English here" - WTF!
cityblues21's photo
Fri 04/30/10 08:42 PM


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We should have deported all the ancestors of all those who treat others inhumanely in this country and then we wouldn't have to deal with the ignorant hatred.


You seem to think that everyone who does not think or believe as you do is ignorant or hateful....

msharmony's photo
Fri 04/30/10 08:43 PM
Edited by msharmony on Fri 04/30/10 08:44 PM
I think the point dragonness is making is those who live beyond the poverty line,, if they file taxes correctly,, get back ALL the federal taxes they pay in....and if they are not working to pay taxes at all, they can utilize services to help them survive


people overlook that all of us adults will have to work the MAJORITY of our life(even if we hit setbacks) to survive. We will be taxed during that time, and SOMEHOW that tax we pay in will be returned to us,,, through a government service or an income tax return check,,,

bedlum1's photo
Fri 04/30/10 08:44 PM

i love how u americans think english is an american language...from the public schooling perhaps?
i know where (proper)English comes from, and over the years we have altered it to fit us (that is americans) and i think English is americas language
we earned it, it is our right....
this whole thing is stupid....
illegal immigrants demanding rights is like you letting someone stay at your house then they tell you how they want you to run it...
sorry i have no sympathy for illegals.
they can get in line, learn english, and become a citizen the legal way...and the people hiring them should be run outta business for ignoring US laws...
i have absolutely no problem with any foreigner immigrating and becoming a citizen...as long as it is done the right way..
drinker

msharmony's photo
Fri 04/30/10 08:45 PM


i love how u americans think english is an american language...from the public schooling perhaps?
i know where (proper)English comes from, and over the years we have altered it to fit us (that is americans) and i think English is americas language
we earned it, it is our right....
this whole thing is stupid....
illegal immigrants demanding rights is like you letting someone stay at your house then they tell you how they want you to run it...
sorry i have no sympathy for illegals.
they can get in line, learn english, and become a citizen the legal way...and the people hiring them should be run outta business for ignoring US laws...
i have absolutely no problem with any foreigner immigrating and becoming a citizen...as long as it is done the right way..
drinker


amen to that,, follow the rules and get in line behind all the others who are,,,,no right to step out in front and then make demands,,,

willing2's photo
Fri 04/30/10 08:47 PM



Report & Deport ALL illegal immigrants ---
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REPORT AND DEPORT, it's time to take our country back.



We should have deported all the ancestors of all those who treat others inhumanely in this country and then we wouldn't have to deal with the ignorant hatred.


You seem to think that everyone who does not think or believe as you do is ignorant or hateful....

It's our obligation to report suspected Illegals, companies who hire them, and terrorists. It's the Feds obligation to us to enforce the law.

cityblues21's photo
Fri 04/30/10 08:48 PM
You know the taxing doesn't bother me... but how it is used. And than to have it constantly in our face that we are trillions of dollars in debt...

Yes, I expect to work my whole lifetime. And no I don't expect social security to be my security blanket when I am 65 or 72 or whatever. I am not that naive. I'm just saying that everyone in this country should be pulling their own weight nowadays...


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Fri 04/30/10 08:59 PM



right now i dont think there is going to be tons of simpathy for this particular issue...many americans (legal ones that is) are pissed about lack of jobs and illegals working many jobs tends to piss people off....they can go through the hoops like thousands before them and become legal....and i believe if they want that....english should be a requirement.......if i moved to their country i wouldnt expect them to speak english to me let alone demand they print stuff in english for me...id take the time to learn it first if i really wanted to become one of their citizens...,.


I agree with you on this one, Bedlum.
told ya im not all left wing...if it makes sense im for it....drinker


True enough.

We just wind up with different things making " sense " quite a bit...lol

drinker

Dragoness's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:24 PM






Report & Deport ALL illegal immigrants ---
National I.C.E Number: (866) 347-2423
PASS THIS INFO ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Use the number below to get your local Detention and Removal Immigration office number. National Federal information
#: (800) 333-4636

REPORT AND DEPORT, it's time to take our country back.


If it were so easy... unfortunately I would be accused of being discriminating...

Or having the race card thrown in my face, or better yet... "profiling"?

I work hard for the little bit of income I make in retail, yet I am constantly being taxed for more and more services for peoples that cannot even try and become "legal us citizens" when offered the chance.

I am in the poverty level of income, yet I do not partake of welfare, or any government handouts. I do my best to live within my means... and do not expect any special treatment because of my circumstance. If I do not have the money for something... I don't get it. Period. I do not consider anything a right besides human decency...

This country cannot continue to be expecting everybody to take care of everyone ... and that goes for foreign aid as well. Yes, it is sad, that some peoples's lives in other countries are so bad... but the USA cannot expect everyone here to keep footing the bill. It is so out of hand now. If I work and cannot afford a luxury (not a necessity) why should people who come here illegally be able to acquire such on my tax dollars? There are people who are driving vehicles, eating and living better than I... and not working for it...they are given special preferential treatment, to me that is just wrong...




Considering that most of the negative information in this post is not correct but stereotyped misinformation, you are not paying that many taxes at all if you are poor, so how many can you be supporting?


Ok.. so you are saying my life as I live it... is stereotyped misinformation? I am still taxed... regardless...of how much or how inconsequential you think my amount of contribution may be... and those tax dollars are being misused. I don't really care what you say however... I know what I see in my day to day existence, and I am sure I am not the only one who witnesses this... standing in line behind someone at the store who is using their food stamps for stuff that I cannot afford... so I am being forced as are others to support someone's else's lifestyle because for some reason our government has decided it is a right for these people to have? Why? Because they have procreated more than they can afford? So now I must afford it for them? Come on... give me a break? What happened to responsibility for one's self? It would be one thing if the people came here and legally became a citizen. Tell me... what is so god awful terrible about that? I have witnessed several of my friends who have gone through the process of legal citizenship. It is possible... and not the horrible, terrible, catastrophe it is made out to be in these discussions.



I see you have bought into the ignorant bantor of the racists and hatemongers of this country.

First off, to get foodstamps you have be low income, second they cannot own expensive cars and get foodstamps, etc..

BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL you can't even know another person's life AT ALL!!

So you assume .....which makes what???? an a s s out of those who do it and you also sit around talking about your 3 dollars of taxes paid out since you are poor that probably went for the damn roads you drive on or the police force or fire department or defense of this country before it ever hit a foodstamp payroll.

Stop buying into the garbage you have been fed and stop assuming you know how others live and you will live a happier less self depreciating life. Just a little advice.


Excuse me???? No, I do not proclaim to know everyone's life.. but I do know the insides of some. Some who have told me what they do, and what they receive from government... and yes, I nod and go oh... that's nice... spock So you are saying this is the garbage I am fed... hmmmm

And my measly $3? that you have just proclaimed to know is the amount I contribute? Ha... whatever.

I am happy and am not self depreciating as you are so nice to point out. But I don't need to explain that about myself... as per your own words... " you do not know how I live".

Yes, the damn roads I drive upon are still full of pot holes and what not... but that really isn't the issue here now is it? And it's not like I cannot live with a few potholes anyways. They re the least of my worries.


Everyone who has bought into the racist garbage claims to know someone who cheats the government and THEY CLAIM THEY LET IT HAPPEN...LOL

So if they want to complain about it they best be reporting it when they MEET ALL OF THESE FRAUDERS OR THEY NEED TO ACCEPT THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Don't complain to me about your tax dollars and let people you know fraud the government.

And yes you are not living the happiest life you can if you are wallowing in hatred for others who you assume are getting something you ain't.

There will always be people who cannot work and there will always be those who need a leg up and it isn't our business nor job to degrade them and perpetrate prejudice on them.

If you are poor you do not pay many taxes so you really can't say you support any people on welfare can you?

Dragoness's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:26 PM



Report & Deport ALL illegal immigrants ---
National I.C.E Number: (866) 347-2423
PASS THIS INFO ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Use the number below to get your local Detention and Removal Immigration office number. National Federal information
#: (800) 333-4636

REPORT AND DEPORT, it's time to take our country back.



We should have deported all the ancestors of all those who treat others inhumanely in this country and then we wouldn't have to deal with the ignorant hatred.


You seem to think that everyone who does not think or believe as you do is ignorant or hateful....


I don't have to think it, they show it.

I only call what I see.

JustAGuy2112's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:28 PM
I see you have bought into the ignorant bantor of the racists and hatemongers of this country.

First off, to get foodstamps you have be low income, second they cannot own expensive cars and get foodstamps, etc..



Ya know what makes your arguments so utterly pathetic??

The fact that you COMPLETELY buy into them.

There is no logical thinking on your part at all.

How many illegals do you think actually collect a damn PAYCHECK as opposed to how many work for cash??

OF COURSE they are " low incomce " when they don't have to SHOW what they actually make.

Christ. Get a CLUE.

Dragoness's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:33 PM


i love how u americans think english is an american language...from the public schooling perhaps?
i know where (proper)English comes from, and over the years we have altered it to fit us (that is americans) and i think English is americas language
we earned it, it is our right....
this whole thing is stupid....
illegal immigrants demanding rights is like you letting someone stay at your house then they tell you how they want you to run it...
sorry i have no sympathy for illegals.
they can get in line, learn english, and become a citizen the legal way...and the people hiring them should be run outta business for ignoring US laws...
i have absolutely no problem with any foreigner immigrating and becoming a citizen...as long as it is done the right way..
drinker


I don't have anything problem with this. Apart from I hope they keep speaking their native language and continue to teach it to their children so we will have more bi linguals in this country.

Wishing the government would have enforced the laws for the past many years and wishing that they would not have let the families form here is a proper human way to think.

Not allowing our government to start Nazi style roundups of humans in this country is proper humanity.

Not wanting humans civil rights to be violated to cater to hatred or fear in this country is a proper human way to live and defend too.

Wanting America to let go of the unfounded prejudice they have thinking they are better than other humans and do not have the human obligation to other humans to treat them all with humanity is also proper.

Native American is the legal language of this land.

Outside of that all languages are the languages of immigrants.

Dragoness's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:35 PM

I see you have bought into the ignorant bantor of the racists and hatemongers of this country.

First off, to get foodstamps you have be low income, second they cannot own expensive cars and get foodstamps, etc..



Ya know what makes your arguments so utterly pathetic??

The fact that you COMPLETELY buy into them.

There is no logical thinking on your part at all.

How many illegals do you think actually collect a damn PAYCHECK as opposed to how many work for cash??

OF COURSE they are " low incomce " when they don't have to SHOW what they actually make.

Christ. Get a CLUE.


Christ you get a clue.

Illegals can't get foodstamps so we weren't even discussing that.


JustAGuy2112's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:41 PM


I see you have bought into the ignorant bantor of the racists and hatemongers of this country.

First off, to get foodstamps you have be low income, second they cannot own expensive cars and get foodstamps, etc..



Ya know what makes your arguments so utterly pathetic??

The fact that you COMPLETELY buy into them.

There is no logical thinking on your part at all.

How many illegals do you think actually collect a damn PAYCHECK as opposed to how many work for cash??

OF COURSE they are " low incomce " when they don't have to SHOW what they actually make.

Christ. Get a CLUE.


Christ you get a clue.

Illegals can't get foodstamps so we weren't even discussing that.




Suuuuurrrrreeee they can't.

A fake ID ( easily bought off the street for a few hundred dollars IF THAT MUCH ) and a fake SS Card ( ALSO available on the street ) is easy to obtain.

Show ID ( fake ) and SS card ( fake ) and voila!!! Foodstamps and government benefits...all while working for cash money that doesn't get reported to the Social Services.

Again...get a clue.

bedlum1's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:45 PM
manifest destiny......
we came we saw we conquered.....
yes it is a bloody part of americas past but every country has a bloody past...
its time to get over it ENGLISH is americas language....
russian ,french, irish, german immigrants etc etc...
all learn it, why is there such a stink about making it a requirement??? no one is saying they cant speak their own language...just learn our if they want to be here so bad..

Dragoness's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:45 PM



I see you have bought into the ignorant bantor of the racists and hatemongers of this country.

First off, to get foodstamps you have be low income, second they cannot own expensive cars and get foodstamps, etc..



Ya know what makes your arguments so utterly pathetic??

The fact that you COMPLETELY buy into them.

There is no logical thinking on your part at all.

How many illegals do you think actually collect a damn PAYCHECK as opposed to how many work for cash??

OF COURSE they are " low incomce " when they don't have to SHOW what they actually make.

Christ. Get a CLUE.


Christ you get a clue.

Illegals can't get foodstamps so we weren't even discussing that.




Suuuuurrrrreeee they can't.

A fake ID ( easily bought off the street for a few hundred dollars IF THAT MUCH ) and a fake SS Card ( ALSO available on the street ) is easy to obtain.

Show ID ( fake ) and SS card ( fake ) and voila!!! Foodstamps and government benefits...all while working for cash money that doesn't get reported to the Social Services.

Again...get a clue.


You do realize that I worked for the welfare office and handed out foodstamps, right?

I know how many had fake IDs and they were far and few between.

We verified all ID provided. It was our job.

Illegals were and are not eligible for benefits from the welfare office.

People really need to stop listening to the garbage they hear.

You can look up the eligibility for foodstamps and it tells you this.

Frauders are not that common. The garbage brokers would have you believe they are but they are not.

Dragoness's photo
Fri 04/30/10 09:47 PM
Edited by Dragoness on Fri 04/30/10 09:48 PM

manifest destiny......
we came we saw we conquered.....
yes it is a bloody part of americas past but every country has a bloody past...
its time to get over it ENGLISH is americas language....
russian ,french, irish, german immigrants etc etc...
all learn it, why is there such a stink about making it a requirement??? no one is saying they cant speak their own language...just learn our if they want to be here so bad..


Because Native American is the native language of this land. Not any other has the right to claim that title.

Redykeulous's photo
Fri 04/30/10 10:24 PM
Italy – a country of many dialects which may as well be completely different languages. Many were adaptations like from the Ottoman Empire. Some have their basis in Greek, some are Croatian and there are several others.

Switzerland has four official languages – German, French, Italian (not sure which one), and Rumantsch.

http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/languages-of-europe/index_en.htm
WEB SITE QUOTED BELOW
Europe is a continent of many languages. The European Union has 23 official languages, and as the EU enlarges, the number will increase further.

Multilingual cities
The process of language evolution in Europe still continues, with many other languages brought to the continent by immigrant communities. In multicultural cities like London, Paris, Brussels and Berlin, hundreds of languages are now spoken.

The European Union recognises that language and identity are closely intertwined, and that language is the most direct expression of culture. Language policies have therefore been developed so that language diversity is respected, multilingualism is promoted and, if necessary, threatened languages are protected.

The European Union has 23 official and working languages. They are: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.



Then we have NAFTA Yep – let me spell it out (in English) North American Free Trade Agreement. Interesting..A much smaller version of the European Union, just the U.S.A, Canada, and Mexico but “union” non-the-less.

So let us venture into unchartered territory – you know, AWAY from the uneducated stereotypes we have come to assign to FOREIGNERS..

http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/statistics/a/statslang.htm
Canada is increasingly becoming a multilingual society according to language statistics from the 2001 Census of Canada. Statistics Canada says that while most people in Canada speak English or French at home, one out of every six reported having a mother tongue other than English or French.

Statistics Canada says that more than 100 languages were reported in the 2001 Census question on mother tongue. Mother tongue is defined by Statistics Canada as the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood. The fastest growth comes in Asian and Middle East language groups.

According to the 2001 Census, nine out of 10 people in Canada still speak either the English or French languages at home. All the other languages reported as mother tongue are not spoken at home as frequently. Only 10 percent spoke a language other than English or French at home, compared to 18 percent who reported another language as their mother tongue.

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/companion/lang/contents.cfm
• A more multilingual society
• Nine out of 10 people speak English or French most often at home
• Chinese position reaffirmed as Canada's third most common mother tongue
• Aboriginal languages: Cree the largest language group


http://www.aboutmexico.net/mexico/languages.asp
The Mexican people can speak a variety of languages. There are over 60 indigenous languages in Mexico, although only 6% can speak any of it. This percentage approximately corresponds to about 6 million people in Mexico.
The official language in Mexico is Spanish, simply because this is the language that most Mexicans communicate with.


Just to equalize the research, I followed up with a review of the languages spoken in the United States.

http://www.usefoundation.org/foundation/research/lia/
Languages in America

Over time, many languages in America have risen to the rank of "most important foreign language to know." A century ago, this title was bestowed on German. In subsequent years, the spotlight moved to French, then Japanese, and today is cast on Spanish. Tomorrow, Arabic or Chinese might be the language in America to know.

America has never been a land of just two languages. Speakers of non-English languages, 321 at last count, are not evenly distributed within the United States, leaving each state, county, and metropolitan area with its own unique linguistic composition.

The scope of these differences illustrate the perilous nature of concentrating on a second or third language when creating language policy. Linguistic diversity in America encompasses far more than even the most ambitious efforts could meet. The true degree is brought to light by this report.


CONCLUSION:

How much of YOUR heritage, your culture, who you are, is inextricably tied to your mother tongue? Of course YOU will defend it, of course YOU will think it is the best and only, but those thoughts are held together by that part of our heritage which says –WE ARE AMERICAN – WE ARE THE STRONGEST – WE ARE RICHEST, SMARTEST… BEST. BUT WE ARE NOT. As a whole, this nation is lazy, self-absorbed, and somehow feels so much more deserving of what we THINK we’ve “earned” than any other nation in the world.

Illegal aliens were not the point of this discussion – people living in this country legally who are not English “literate” are the point and I tell you true – there are more American citizens functionally illiterate in English than there are – foreign born citizens.


But then I’m totally against denying a drivers license to any illiterate person. There may be enough poeple that need transportation 'provided' that JUST MAYBE we can get some mass transit going though out the country, stop using so much oil and so many resources for all those individual vehicles. What do ya think?

armydoc4u's photo
Fri 04/30/10 10:41 PM
Edited by armydoc4u on Fri 04/30/10 10:45 PM
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armydoc4u's photo
Fri 04/30/10 10:43 PM
Depending on how far back you evolutionist choose to go
it can be said that even the native americans aren't from
America(bearing straights-great migration). So kind of stands
to reason that the last man standing gets to make the rules.
I find it funny and sad at the same time that only the american
territories like rico, and guam have english as their official
language. English is pretty much a given as the national language,
immigrants who become citizens have to demonstrate that they can
Not only understand it but speak it as well. I'm guessing some of
you might call that racism or some. Other nonsensicle obsurdity-
Me, hell I call it nationalism, if its good enough for you universal
healthcare handout types then it should be good enough for our language too...
The Alabama remark doesn't go far enough- it is America and you are speaking
ENGLISH right now. Deal with it.

Doc

Oh yeah- I'm back.

msharmony's photo
Fri 04/30/10 10:49 PM
its hard to communicate without agreeing what language to use,, this doesnt stop people from being multilingual, it just establishes a COMMON language to use when dealing with each other,,


i dont see the big deal,,, if you go to another country,, learn the language, learn the culture, seek out resources to help you learn,,,with the advent of internet its not really that impossible.