Obama Want A Bilingual America

Translation below: I speak a very little french. Obama, shut up!

You go Redyellowblackdog, I have no idea what you just said but I bet it was negative towards Obama.

Red, it should be 'la bouche' not 'le bouche'. I'm glad you speak some French, although you don't know how to differentiate between the feminine and masculine parts of the definite article. I wish all American children can learn a second language and do better than what you just did with the French Language.

He should but he has no shame.

The conservatives in American politics are so shameless in their hypocrisy you wonder whether they are truly as religious as they claim to be. In life, everybody has a weakness and everybody has a strong point. It is only civil and polite, when you speak of someone you are competing with, to admit that they are deserving of being in the contest. If Obama's Harvard degrees were won on a silver platter, as these conservatives would like us to believe(for I have seen many postings here that are no better than a fifth grader's paper in which Obama's intellect has been questioned)then why don't everybody roll over and lose no sleep since McCain would trounce him in November? I have always said that both McCain and Obama are qualified for the job. The problem is with the issues that they stand for. Depending on where you stand on the issues, you would rather like to see one, and not the other, in the White House. Yet, you see these conservatives, who claim to be Christian mind you, calling Obama names. Didn't the Bible say that people should pray for their leaders and those who aspire to leadership? Since when did it become a crime for anybody to stand for President of any country in the world? I thought this philosophy of 'killing the children before they grow' or in this case, 'bringing down the leader before he's even elected' belonged way back in the kingdom of Herod. Who am I even talking to? These High school drop outs pretending to be intellectuals would not even read this. For them, the mantra is 'pull him down' as long as he is not a conservative or does not belong to the Republican Party. These are the same people who claim they are patriots but they are 'so proud' of their country that they will reserve no derogatory term in describing someone who is fit to be president. I'm waiting to see if they would move to Canada if Obama is elected.

We need to start a collection drive to pay for Obama to go live in France since he loves that country so much.

but not as immature as you

"I am all for English being declared the official language of the US." Some nerve--people came from Britain, basically killing off the indigenous people and imposing their language on the land, but now when a good chunk of the immigrants speak Spanish, there are Americans throwing a temper tantrum because they don't want their country to be bilingual? Are you kidding me? You liked it just fine when it was YOUR guys doing it. Suck it up--what goes around comes around. "If Obama loves Europe so much, he should go there.... immediately." Pathetically immature.

The problem is we have children in these country that cannot speak our write in english properly. Having these children learn another langauge does not make any sense.

lightningd I just had a couple of grandkids graduate from high school and they still have to learn a foreign language. They had to take at least 2 years of it.

I totally disagree with you about learning a second language. In fact, learning a second language actually helps children read and write their own language more effectively. I have worked with children for many years and eventually all children need to take language in school. It is mandatory and it is certainly mandatory in college. The more languages a person can learn, the more they can compete in a very global economy. This does not negate the fact that Hispanic immigrants should make every effort to learn to speak English as well. It is totally to their benefit.

Sounds like a good plan to me. Does not Obama sound a little elitist snob with his comments.

"Fact is, no one knows what he really thinks, because he'll say anything to get the vote." Smells like projection. http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15924.html Accusing Obama of what his opponent is doing didn't work in the primaries (remember NAFTA and Canada?)--what makes you think it'll work this time?

I can't stand Hillary, and was rooting for Obama throughout the primaries. I don't hate him like you seem to hate John McCain, I just don't think he'd do as well as president. And don't deny that a man who can't speak Spanish making fun of people that can't speak Spanish is just more of the pot calling the kettle black, no pun intended. Not a good sign from a presidential candidate.

I guess he think that since people that come out of those government instructionial camp cannot speak english maybe we should try another language.

Your sister-in-law's boyfriend has run over pedestrians crossing the street? Yikes lol. You know, it really seems unfair to me that there are really people who think we need to cater to people who are not even within legal rights to be here. I mean if I go trespass on somebody's property, they can legally shoot me or bodily remove me from their property. The same should be said for people who immigrate illegally - instead of trying to keep them from getting run over.

Well Canada having two different languages makes since because of Quebec, but the Southwestern states were not colonized by Mexican until 40 years ago.

Hello Suspenseful, I live in New Mexico. I studied Castilian Spanish in school, yet have never had to speak Mexi-Spanish in my twenty years in NM. I understand it well enough, but the conjugation is very different. Plus, there are so many Spanglish, and Mexico derivatives, that there is no real, single Mexi-Spanish language. While Mexi-Spanish is quite prevalent here, there are many who simply refuse to be forced to adopt a language other than English (for a whole host of reasons). So, those who employ Mexican immigrants (legal and illegal) insulate the public from the language barrier by generally having an English speaking employee in the public's view. I'll also share that some of the most rabid anti-spanish language New Mexicans are former Mexican citizens who immigrated here legally. While they may still speak Mexi-Spanish at home, they are adament about speaking English in mixed company!

Even though America does not have an offical langauge, but we do have a common langauge and it is english. If someone wants to lear spanish fine, but it sounds a little hyprocritical to demand other to learn a langauge that he cannot even speak.

kennyrose, do you read over your postings? If English is the only language you speak, you should really be pitied. You need to learn a second language. You probably would do better in that language than you do in the English Language.

Sorry, Elaan, English IS the primary language of the United States, and should be. The people who populated originally and made this a great nation were English speaking people. I have no problem with a multitude of languages, but I also agree that if you move here to the United States to LIVE longterm and raise your family and work, you should be learning and speaking English and not continuing to speak your own language instead and get mad at AMERICANS for speaking English. If you come to MY home, you will abide by MY rules, in other words. Most American tourists or Americans who emigrate out to other countries to live will learn about the customs and cultures and primary language(s) wherever they are going and they integrate themselves, instead of going there and refusing to fit in. This is the proper and decent way to do things, and others would be wise to do the same thing.

Yes, it is your country but English is not your language. English is the language of the people of England and even they are not as protective of it as you are. Even the English make sure that English is not the only language they speak. Holding on to the English language as you do makes it seem like 1776 never came.

Yes, English if our language. The only other language spoke here when the English came over was Indian. Other people have come over but most all people learn English so they can communicate. Languages are taught in school but everybody doesn't take them. And, I will restate the fact that English is the language spoken here mostly. We are a nation of English-speaking Americans. When you go to another country to live, it is not THEIR responsiblity to learn your language but your responsibilty to learn theirs. But we have lots coming here that will not learn English,SO America has had to opt to put a different language (Spanish) on about everything sold here. DO you see Italian or any other language put on products sold here? THEY migrated over to America, too, you know. But nobody thought it necessary to put their language on anything. After all, the majority of them wanted to become Americans, speak the language so they could communicate.

No problem we all have those little issues with the computer. The reason he think he can get away with saying thing like this and other thing he has said, is because he does not believe he will be caught.

Mscot that is probably the most brilliant analysis I've seen on Obama. Obama almost always talks about how much we need to change; one would think he really does hate this country. Basically, the "change" he always talks about is finally coming clear, and it's not a good thing. Disarm America Negotiate with terrorists Give illegals a free pass Force Americans to learn Spanish People are being deceived by his talk much the way people have been deceived by evil men throughout history. They tend not to hear what he's REALLY saying.

the country so much and wants to bring us down instead of promoting us. Sorry, had a little computer issue.

Well, when those people learn your language and you can't speak theirs, they have an advantage over you. Whether you like it or not, there are some jobs in this country that are reserved for bilinguals. Learning another language does not make you less than the people whose language you learn. It makes you stronger in dealing with those people. I speak four languages so I know what I'm talking about.

Obama did not say it should be mandatory. Do you think the French want you to know their language? They don't care. They love being able to say nasty things about you while you're sitting right there so you look stupid. When other people send their ambassadors here, they make sure those people speak English. If you send an ambassador to France who can't speak French, it should be embarrassing unless you have no sense of shame.