Kaye Grogan
Speak English . . . or else!
By Kaye Grogan
Okay it's official — I hope! It has taken 200 plus years for English to become America's official language. Maybe we missed something here. Did another boat come in behind the Mayflower with people speaking in unknown tongues?
If the current language dispute wasn't so serious, it would be right up there with "Comedy Central" for being funny. Wow! . . .out of 300 million people in the United States of America — there are around 215 million who speak English. Well, shut your mouth!
Since when does a nation who taught their children to speak English fluently need to verify and have a vote in the Senate to make the language official? Only in America! . . .can these bizarre things keep happening.
We are just so accommodating to foreigners — next we'll give them the keys to all our cities. I think it's long overdue that we send out invitations to come to America in grand style. Why should we expect millions of illegal immigrants to risk their lives crossing over deserts and oceans? For goodness sakes "roll out the red carpet!" Who needs those old green visa cards that keep expiring anyway? Just think of the red tape we could save.
Yes, I'm being facetious.
According to some of the suggestions being proposed by our illustrious government — all illegal immigrants if they want to become legal citizens they are going to have to learn English, and forget about singing the National Anthem in Spanish. In other words, learn English or else! . . .or else what? I guess everyone not learning to speak English in a certain length of time will be sent to the back of the class. Then what? Heaven knows — deportation is out of the question!
In the senate vote concerning the Inhofe official English language Amendment to the Immigration Bill S-2611, the vote was 63-34. The 34 senators who voted no to the amendment must be tripping on something besides their tongue — especially, Senator Harry Reid. Reid is concerned that the amendment to finalize the nation's official language is racist. Come on Senator Reid — even for you, that's a stretch!
We have 100 United States Senators speaking English as they are passing laws (mostly bad laws) in America, while supposedly representing Americans. And yet it's racist to expect English to be the national language? For heaven's sake! . . . what's next? On second thought — forget I asked!
Is it too much to ask for our government to be looking out for the interest of the American citizens? Hardly! You can check out how your senator voted on declaring English the official language here: Record Vote Number: 131
At least Senators George Allen and John Warner both Republicans, representing my state possessed the wisdom and good sense to vote in favor of the amendment. Bravo for them! The 34 who voted against the amendment should be recalled and ousted from office.
Hey! . . .you're either for the American culture or you're against it. You're either an American in every true sense of the word or somewhere in-between — which translates into troublemakers. And if you're going to be a United States Senator, House Representative or President of the United States — you should put the needs of the American citizens first. You can't straddle the fence on these issues, and expect the majority to keep electing you to serve them.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
Okay it's official — I hope! It has taken 200 plus years for English to become America's official language. Maybe we missed something here. Did another boat come in behind the Mayflower with people speaking in unknown tongues?
If the current language dispute wasn't so serious, it would be right up there with "Comedy Central" for being funny. Wow! . . .out of 300 million people in the United States of America — there are around 215 million who speak English. Well, shut your mouth!
Since when does a nation who taught their children to speak English fluently need to verify and have a vote in the Senate to make the language official? Only in America! . . .can these bizarre things keep happening.
We are just so accommodating to foreigners — next we'll give them the keys to all our cities. I think it's long overdue that we send out invitations to come to America in grand style. Why should we expect millions of illegal immigrants to risk their lives crossing over deserts and oceans? For goodness sakes "roll out the red carpet!" Who needs those old green visa cards that keep expiring anyway? Just think of the red tape we could save.
Yes, I'm being facetious.
According to some of the suggestions being proposed by our illustrious government — all illegal immigrants if they want to become legal citizens they are going to have to learn English, and forget about singing the National Anthem in Spanish. In other words, learn English or else! . . .or else what? I guess everyone not learning to speak English in a certain length of time will be sent to the back of the class. Then what? Heaven knows — deportation is out of the question!
In the senate vote concerning the Inhofe official English language Amendment to the Immigration Bill S-2611, the vote was 63-34. The 34 senators who voted no to the amendment must be tripping on something besides their tongue — especially, Senator Harry Reid. Reid is concerned that the amendment to finalize the nation's official language is racist. Come on Senator Reid — even for you, that's a stretch!
We have 100 United States Senators speaking English as they are passing laws (mostly bad laws) in America, while supposedly representing Americans. And yet it's racist to expect English to be the national language? For heaven's sake! . . . what's next? On second thought — forget I asked!
Is it too much to ask for our government to be looking out for the interest of the American citizens? Hardly! You can check out how your senator voted on declaring English the official language here: Record Vote Number: 131
At least Senators George Allen and John Warner both Republicans, representing my state possessed the wisdom and good sense to vote in favor of the amendment. Bravo for them! The 34 who voted against the amendment should be recalled and ousted from office.
Hey! . . .you're either for the American culture or you're against it. You're either an American in every true sense of the word or somewhere in-between — which translates into troublemakers. And if you're going to be a United States Senator, House Representative or President of the United States — you should put the needs of the American citizens first. You can't straddle the fence on these issues, and expect the majority to keep electing you to serve them.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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