[Vision2020] Speaking English

[Warren Hayman]

Did anyone else notice last Thursday on p. A6 that the Spokesman Review 
published a story covering Fox's visit to Yakima in Spanish? I don't 
recall the S-R having done that before. I can probably pull it off 
their archives if anyone is interested in reading it.

Warren Hayman

On Saturday, May 27, 2006, at 09:50 AM, Art Deco wrote:

> From USAToday, 05/26/06
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> Speaking English
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> For 230 years, the USA has survived without an official language. 
> Mastery of proper English would surely enhance any immigrant's 
> experience in our society, but it should not be required.
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> In our great nation, even an obtuse person with rudimentary English 
> language skills can become president.
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> Tim Pfeifer
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> Long Beach, Calif.
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> By all means, let's enact a law that declares English the official 
> language of the USA. In several states, marriage has already been 
> officially declared as being between a man and a woman. As a society, 
> we can enact more laws to discourage diversity and individuality and, 
> in the process, leave some minorities further disenfranchised.
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> While we're at it, let's declare baseball as the official U.S. 
> pastime; forget that many prefer football or basketball, and even a 
> small minority favor lacrosse. And let's ignore the evidence that many 
> people just "knew" at an early age that they liked to swim or were 
> born to run.
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> We could declare apple as the official American pie flavor, flaunting 
> it in the face of those who enjoy pecan, cherry or even rhubarb.
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> We could even declare American Idol as the official U.S. television 
> show, thus alienating those who might prefer Desperate Housewives, 
> Lost or CSI as well as those people with viewing habits that barely 
> register on the Nielsen ratings scale. Idol seems most appropriate, 
> given the show's enormous popularity, which galvanizes the masses to 
> actually vote — and on a weekly basis.
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> We can continue to enact such laws, thus rewarding and formalizing 
> conformity as our nation's premium ideal.
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> James J. Peters
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> Orlando
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