Comments on: Obama: “Make sure your child can speak Spanish”

By: musing

musing — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:09:13 +0000

steveg post 130,

I realy prefer to let the poster clearly make their allegiance known. I let Peter indtroduce the concept of fool. I will probably let don introduce the concept of xenophobe.

I have found that many posters are quite willing to enter the appropriate terms themselves if given an opportunity.

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By: SteveG

SteveG — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:00:21 +0000

Don is part of the “Xenophobe Pride” movement.

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By: musing

musing — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:52:17 +0000

don post 127,

hmm, I do sense a time constant problem here.

Perhaps if you leanrned a bit of Spanish you might not have to use sign language during the period when the immigrants are trying to learn English?

My guess is that it took you a bit to learn English yourself, maybe it will take them some time as well?

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By: Xion

Xion — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:03:33 +0000

Since Lowe’s and Home Depot are so bilingual now, I always ask for what I want in Spanish. When they scratch their heads, I point to the signs which are all in Spanish. But none of the employees can speak Spanish. This is both fun and confusing!

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By: don

don — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:11:59 +0000

Mr. Obama needs to pull his head from the cavernous hole that seems to be loaded with methane gas and “really back off” on telling Americans we need to; “make sure your child can speak Spanish”. he stated we didn’t need to worry, “the immigrants would learn English”. He lives in a dream world in a part of the country that doesn’t have to use sign language to communicate with lawn service employees. The men doing the work on remodeling the home don’t need to call their foreman to translate what the heck you’re trying to tell them. I could go on but don’t see the need.

Speak English or go home!

Obama just lost 2 votes.

Don & Mary
La Porte, TX

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By: Scroop Moth

Scroop Moth — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:08:54 +0000

If George Bush can’t prevail upon Angela Merkel to deny Obama permission to give a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, we may get to hear Obama try to pronounce an umlaut, as in, “Ich bin ein Europäer.” Our bruised American feelings probably doesn’t allow anymore a presidential candidate abroad to express that kind of solidarity with foreigners. But it wouldn’t be as bad as saying “Je suis Français.”

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By: Scroop Moth

Scroop Moth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:42:06 +0000

That’s good, XION, if accidentally you “oprima el dos” you won’t have to hang up and start over.

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By: outkast

outkast — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:25:32 +0000

Anyway, several posters over on the Jesse Jackson thread are suggesting they and many others may want to mutilate Obama.

Nonsense, Scroop.

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By: Peter Leavitt

Peter Leavitt — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:36:15 +0000

CheryD, your posts on this blog are usually a model of clear, concise English. I figure that you somehow got a hold of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style.

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By: Xion

Xion — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:18:30 +0000

I took Latin from a giant black cajun with a huge afro in Mississippi. He looked like the guy on the mod squad, but about a foot taller and 100 lbs heavier. Latin class wen’ som’tin lie dis hea:

“Dat der clocus in dem Romas es magnas. Hey yo all y’all in dat row, go’on now and repeat afta me, ‘foe I slap yo haid”

This has left me linguistically scarred for life.

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