- Press 3 for the destruction of America's most important
national 'glue' if we lose our country's language: English! Nothing
irritates Americans more in our country than being forced to choose between
our English language and Mexican Spanish being forced upon us by millions
of illegals. We suffer becoming second class citizens in our own country.
Our language takes a back seat to a foreign language by foreigners
that don't respect us enough to learn English. Additionally, it allows
millions of others to maintain their languages in our country without honoring
our society.
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- When a country loses its language, it loses its identity.
Can you imagine the French being forced to "Press 2 for Arabic".
How about Norwegians being forced to "Press 1 for Mongolian".
The more people not speaking English, the greater and faster our country
fractures into ethnic enclaves separated from America. If you can't
understand someone, you can't talk to them. That creates confusion,
conflict and violence.
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- If they can't speak English, they won't become what it
means to be an American. We're being turned from the successful 'melting
pot' into a tension filled 'salad bowl'. At what point will the phone
company stop giving choices? "Press 1 for Portugese; Press 2
for Greek; Press 3 for Danish; Press 4 for German; Press 5 for Chinese;
Press 6 for Arabic, etc." A nation that can't speak among its
citizenry cannot remain a succesful nation.
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- Even in Switzerland, three distinct languages created
three separate sections of the country: French, German and Italian.
Separate langauges create separate people. We cannot afford that
linguistic nightmare in America.
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- Furthermore, we cannot teach our children and hope to
maintain academic standards if we allow millions of foreign students to
speak dozens of other languages. It degrades education to the point
of classroom chaos. Results show a 67 percent drop out/flunk out
rate in Denver Public Schools, Denver, Colorado. Why? They suffer
40 different languages enough to make one in five teachers quit or transfer
out every nine month cycle. Los Angeles suffers over 100 languages, so
much so, students 'graduate' functionally illiterate.
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- The House of Representatives will vote to renew
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for another 25 years. One aspect must
be changed! The mandate that forces states to provide ballots
in foreign languages makes Americans strangers in their own country while
allowing legal immigrants to be cut off from joining into our country.
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- One of the worst acts President Clinton thrust upon America
before leaving office must be E.O. 13166, which forces taxpayers to foot
the bill for government documents, voting ballots and other official papers
to be made out in 20 or more languages. It stands as the most divisive
balkanization of our country since our birth as a nation. One of
the worst non-acts President Bush has committed in five years has been
not to rescind E.O. 13166. It's a growing nightmare as people speaking
over 100 languages can demand documents in their languages. It's down right
pathetic while it costs taxpayers billions of dollars.
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- Representative Steve King (R.-Iowa) has proposed an amendment,
co-sponsored by Representative Ernest Istook (R.-Okla.), which would strip
this foreign-language mandate from the VRA. They enjoy total support
of all Americans who believe this nation must remain united by a common
language.
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- King argued, "Multilingual ballots encourage cultural
divisions and burden taxpayers. They also make a mockery of the requirement
that immigrants need "to read and understand English in order to become
naturalized citizens. Allowing immigrants their native language effectively
institutionalizes them in perpetuity in America."
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- In order to become an American citizen, you must learn
English. In order to realize the American Dream, you must learn English.
In order to be a part of the most amazing country on earth, speak
our language so we can welcome you.
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- In America, we speak English. We've spoken it for 230
years. We've remained a cohesive, vibrant and successful society because
of our language. Our kids may transfer schools from Oregon to Maine
and become successful immediately. If we're from Michigan, we can
talk with someone in New York or Texas because we speak English.
In our armed forces, it's imperative we speak one language for absolute
clarity on a combat mission.
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- Our language defines us as one nation, one people, one
spirit. A nation needs one language like it needs one currency, one
traffic system, one weights and measuring system, one set of rules for
baseball, basketball, football and tennis. English defines our success
for 230 years. If we lose it, we'll fracture faster than Humpty Dumpty.
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- We celebrate every person speaking any variety of languages,
however, when you live, work and play in America, thank you honoring our
successful society by speaking our language. For more information
www.usenglish.org and www.englishfirst.org
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