[Vision2020] No "fiesta", please we're Idahoans

[Paul Rumelhart]

This kind of thing drives me up a wall.  I can understand concerns about the 
illegality of people crossing our borders, though it doesn't strike me as being 
the hottest topic on the list by far, but changing the name of a celebration 
because it has a word of Spanish origin in the title?  Unbelievable.

Our culture in the past has become a premier world player because of our 
immigration laws.  This country was built on the backs of hard-working 
immigrants who had the will and the courage to leave everything behind and jump 
at an opportunity to better themselves here.  We should be celebrating the 
diversity of culture which has made our country into what it is.  I rank this 
right up there with "Freedom Fries", both of them in the running for the most 
farcical thing to get your panties in a bunch over.

Paul




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From: Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Sent: Thu, July 8, 2010 11:43:13 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] No "fiesta", please we're Idahoans


No 'fiesta' for Idaho county GOP group
By Associated Press
An Idaho county Republican group plans to celebrate next month's  Bonner County 
Fair. Just don't call it a "fiesta."
In a nod to Arizona's tough new illegal immigration law, the  county GOP will 
decorate its booth at fair but avoid using the Spanish  word in the event's 
official theme: "Fiesta at the Fair."
In a letter to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, the county GOP's chairman,  Cornel 
Rasor, says his group wants to "make it very clear that English  is our primary 
language, and call our booths 'Celebrate!' and display  some Arizona license 
plates if you have some to spare."
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The fair's board chairman says the event was dubbed a "fiesta"  merely because 
it's a fun theme to decorate with.
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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com/
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