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Old 01-25-2013, 08:00 AM
 
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Pray tell what would be the joke?
The comment was why welcome those that don't belong? I could only hope that ignorant comment was to Be a joke.
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:03 AM
 
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this is precisely the reason that governments nationwide should do this. There shouldn't be a single government document published in spanish. Illegal/legal immigrants should get no special privilege.....the privilege is living in the united states of america. Adapt or fail.
yeah, and what's with all that bumpy writing people read with their hands?! Unamerican!!!
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
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How wonderful. A county official language to go along with their official fossil, official flower, official bird and official beer.
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Too far from home.
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The reason 70% of the people voted to make the official government language of Alaska English was because there are 22 native languages in Alaska, and it is cost prohibitive to print every government document in those 22 languages in addition to English.
This is a saving all around in many ways.
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:17 AM
 
Location: New London County, CT
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More small government Conservatives who think the government should tell people what language to speak...
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Too far from home.
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There are two other counties that did it. So what? It seems that the people in those counties don't have a problem with it. Suggestion: don't move to those counties.

There is a cost to accommodate people who don't want to learn English - I don't care where they are from. Where does it say that this country, or any state, or any county or any non-government business has to make those accommodations? What happened before government and businesses and schools were English only? People learned to speak, read and write English, that's what happened.
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Too far from home.
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More small government Conservatives who think the government should tell people what language to speak...
That's funny.

Where were you when a certain segment of the population was demanding that Americans learn to Spanish - to accommodate them?

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Old 01-25-2013, 09:21 AM
 
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Why should we welcome people that don't belong here? Its time to make English the National official language.
That would be almost all of us.
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Old 01-25-2013, 09:27 AM
 
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I take it you are joking?
Why?
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Old 01-25-2013, 09:48 AM
 
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How wonderful. A county official language to go along with their official fossil, official flower, official bird and official beer.
seems like you agree with something.
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