WHAT were they thinking?????

[brnidokiegurl 0]

This should be under the heading:" WHAT were they thinking?????

true according to snopes.com

Subject: Senatorial Votes

Shocking Senatorial Votes

The following senators voted against making English the official

language of America :

Akaka (D-HI)

Bayh (D-IN)

Biden (D-DE)

Bingaman (D-NM)

Boxer (D-CA)

Cantwell (D-WA)

Clinton (D-NY)

Dyton (D-MN)

Dodd (D-CT)

Domenici (R-NM)

Durbin (D-IL)

Feingold (D-WI)

Feinstein (D-CA)

Harin (D-IA)

Inouye (D-HI)

Jeffords (I-VT)

Kennedy (D-MA)

Kerry (D-MA)

Kohl (D-WI)

Lautenberg (D-NJ)

Leahy (D-VT)

Levin (D-MI)

Lieberman (D-CT)

Menendez (D-NJ)

Mikulski (D-MD)

Murray (D-WA)

Obama (D-IL)

Reed (D-RI)

Reid (D-NV)

Salazar (D-CO)

Sarbanes (D-MD)

Schumer (D-NY)

Stabenow (D-MI)

Wyden (D-OR)

[Fandango 1,439]

and except for one, they're all democrats....go figure, lol

Edited July 25, 2007 by LisaD

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I still don't see why making English the 'official language' is particularly important.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

I still don't see why making English the 'official language' is particularly important.

have you ever had to work in a mixed situation as in a machine shop etc where following the rules could mean the safety of everyone around you? I worked in a office setting of a shop that made gas compressors, involved welding, pumping air into the units to test....but we also employed alot of mexican workers, they were told to ONLY speak english while on the floor due to safety....

[Toshtishtash 1]

Ooook then....

I must be thick.... What is the official language of America then? And if it's not going to be English... Then what do they suppose it is going to be?

Edited July 25, 2007 by toshtishtash

[Sinergy 3]

They were prolly half asleep when they voted, or given a different ballot and had no clue what they were voting for

[Otto 83]

I fail to see why people still don't 'get it' -

How so many people can stand in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" Line is beyond me...

[SteveLaura 0]

I still don't see why making English the 'official language' is particularly important.

have you ever had to work in a mixed situation as in a machine shop etc where following the rules could mean the safety of everyone around you? I worked in a office setting of a shop that made gas compressors, involved welding, pumping air into the units to test....but we also employed alot of mexican workers, they were told to ONLY speak english while on the floor due to safety....

So, the company made a rule for the safety of its employees. Why does government need to get involved? I thought Big Government was a bad thing here...?

Let's say it passed anyway. Exactly how would life in the US be different?

[Nessa 23]

Well if life in the US won't be different maybe they could have french as official language

[brnidokiegurl 0]

It might be different in that Okla you wouldnt have everything written in two languages, at the grocery store, shopping, billboards, etc, in school all the kids would learn one line of study as the basic then branch off to learn other languages

[SteveLaura 0]

Well if life in the US won't be different maybe they could have french as official language

Again, if they did, what exactly would change? Would I be deported for the poor usage of my 'O' Level French?

It might be different in that Okla you wouldnt have everything written in two languages, at the grocery store, shopping, billboards, etc, in school all the kids would learn one line of study as the basic then branch off to learn other languages

Shouldn't a shop owner have the right to attract as many customers as possible?

[trueimage 0]

Well if life in the US won't be different maybe they could have french as official language

I was thinking pig latin

[trueimage 0]

Well, where I live, most jobs require that you read, write, and speak Spanish fluently. I'm qualified for many jobs, but that last requirement bumps me out of the running every time. Maybe that is or isn't relevant. I just thought I'd mention it.

[Widge 0]

Isn't it almost reverse discrimination to dictate what language a person speaks?

Isn't one of this nations proudest tenets it's diversity?

Did the founding fathers specify the right to freedom of speech (but only in English!)?

Just thoughts

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Here they are beginning to require that also, Sears, Target etc im sure those that know Spanish will get the jobs first because the cultures of this city have changed so much, again thats not a bad thing but i dont know Spanish and maybe i need that job also. Sears or Targets probably known as the basic american store with english but not any more.

How about drug stores and you need to ask a medical question, the person knows no english, the clerk knows no spanish, then what?? When we have a garage sale here many people come and their children have to do the talking for them, except this one woman one day come to look at a sewing machine but her child said she would like to come back tomorrow and bring her aunt or someone to look at it, they came back the next day and i guess she forget she was talking english that day