11-16-2006
En Inglés, por favor…
Recently, the small village of Taneytown, Md, voted to make English the official language of the town. Today, on FOXNews.com, there is another report about a similar decision in the town of Pahrump, Nevada:
PAHRUMP, Nev. A town board in southern Nevada has adopted an ordinance declaring English the official language, restricting the display of foreign flags and denying town benefits to illegal immigrants.
A 3-2 Town Board vote drew a standing ovation and cheers late Tuesday from many of the 250 people at the meeting.
Town Manager David Richards called the ordinance a statement that “everyone should speak English, and if you are going to move here then you ought to respect the American flag and fly it in prominence.”
The vote drew cheers and a standing ovation from many of the 250 people at the meeting on Tuesday. But guess what else it did? That’s right, drew protest and rage from parts of the Hispanic Community, as well as that lovely group that fights for the rights of everyone except those who actually have them, the ACLU (Click with caution):
Lee Rowland, an American Civil Liberties Union staff lawyer from Las Vegas, told the board the ordinance would invite an expensive lawsuit challenging its constitutionally.
“If you pass an ordinance that is blatantly in violation of the First Amendment, this town will be on the hook,” Rowland said.
Now let’s back up a minute, and look at this “magical First Amendment”, which seems to be an end-run for political activists anytime someone tries to make some rules around this country:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
(Emphasis mine, *duh*. I’m sure you are all aware that the Bill of Rights wasn’t written on a Dell Dimension Desktop; that’s right, all they had were Macs back then.)
Now, I’m sure this Rowland guy is hanging onto the “free speech” part, but how does this law violate it? The only places that are affected by the “English Only” rule are businesses. Last time I checked, businesses weren’t really a save haven for “free speech” anyway. Just try working at McDonald’s and greeting every customer with “Welcome to McDonald’s, where we make all our sandwiches with 100% dog meat! Would you like to try a McChihuahua?”, and see what happens. (Besides, If I want dog meat, I’ll go to Taco Bell or that weird guy’s house down the street, thank you very much.) The point is, to successfully run a business, certain rules and regulations need to be put in place. I don’t want to have to guess at every word a cashier is saying to me, or carry around a pocket Spanish dictionary anytime I go into a store (no bumper sticker is worth that much to me, anyhow). And you might be thinking I’m being “unfair”, or “prejudice”, but I’m not! I don’t care what language you speak remember: They are the ones who want to do business in our country! Nobody is telling you that you can’t speak your native tongue; they’re saying that if you are going to be a part of our economy and benefit from having a business in our city, state and country, do us a favor and speak so we understand you.
How dare we!!!
And that’s only covering legal immigrants, which other than speaking our language when doing business, I have absolutely no quarrels with. Now there’s the subject of the fence-jumpers. Before you label me a Confederate flag-waving bigot, let me tell you that I work with a Mexican American. Wanna know why I call him that? Because he spent years of studying and waiting so that he could be a LEGAL citizen. And I commend him and respect him for that. It’s not about color, it’s about laws. America used to be known as “The Land of the Free”, but know it’s turning into “The Land of Those who Got Here FOR Free”. The illegal minority and groups like the ACLU are using argument by outrage because they don’t think it’s fare to require people to work to gain all the benefits that we are offered here in the states (sorry, it’s not my fault I was born here, but if I wanted to live in France, I bet they would want me to do it legally, too). They think that because their country of birth doesn’t have enough control over it’s government and economy, that the USA owes them a free ticket, since they are so underprivileged. And these are the people who are so brazen, they will come out of the shadows (if not only in groups of thousands, lest the police be able to actually catch any of them) to protest the rights of illegal aliens, or “Undocumented Citizens” (Yep folks, this is a real word, adopted by the MSM and the Liberals. It’s quite fitting that their favorite labels are oft oxymorons. How can you be an “undocumented citizen”, when you don’t have the documents need to be a citizen??? Sorry, I guess I’m just being racist, right ACLU?). These illegal immigrants (as I like to call them) are basically saying something like this:
“We acknowledge that the USA is the best place for me to go get a job, save money, and support our families. We acknowledge that we can’t get benefits or security like this living in our tractor tire here in St. Lupoguamartinandez. So we think the best way to start off this rendezvous with America is to sneak past her borders, and hide from their government for as long as we can, all at the same siphoning tax dollars and free medical care from this same government and it’s citizens. Oh, and call and make sure the ACLU has some rooms available!”
(Of course, they weren’t saying any of this in English…)
Read the entire AP article here.
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