[Vision2020] Speaking English

[keely emerinemix]

Interesting.  Who'd have thought the venerable S-R was part of the 
Conspiracy?????

keely


From: Warren Hayman <whayman at adelphia.net>
To: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
CC: Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Speaking English
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 10:16:09 -0700

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
>
>Speaking English
>
>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.
>
>In our great nation, even an obtuse person with rudimentary English 
>language skills can become president.
>
>Tim Pfeifer
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>We could declare apple as the official American pie flavor, flaunting it in 
>the face of those who enjoy pecan, cherry or even rhubarb.
>
>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.
>
>We can continue to enact such laws, thus rewarding and formalizing 
>conformity as our nation's premium ideal.
>
>James J. Peters
>
>Orlando
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