Re: USA


"Sheldon" <PENMART01@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Doug Kanter wrote:
>> "Joan in GB-W" <jjkreus@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > The city I live in recently put into local law an ordinance that
>> > English
>> > be
>> > the official language of the county. Anyway, when the side opposing
>> > the
>> > legislation (I might add that that was my side) pointed out to them
>> > that
>> > the
>> > current immigrants are learning English far faster than OUR ancestors
>> > did
>> > way back when, they ignored those facts.
>>
>> The idea of making it a law for government employment is stupid. Simply
>> make
>> English proficiency a requirement for each specific job that involves
>> speaking to the public. There are plenty of jobs behind the scenes where
>> your less-than-perfect won't frustrate the bejeezus out of 90% of the
>> people
>> you come into contact with.
>
> Your widdle twain has run offn its twack... alls ya gots to do is
> mandate that English proficiency be required to become a US citizen...
> the idea of administering a US citizenry exam in any other language but
> English is as ludicrous as the US printing multi-cultural money....
> next thing ya know we'll have $3 bills sporting a picture of a couple
> dago homos kissing. LOL
>
> Sheldon
>

If English proficiency was required for citizenship, two things would
happen. First, we'd be deprived of an awful lot of talent. That's serious.
The next thing is frightening: *** Cheney would be president.


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