I've been away for about six months, where I couldn't really pay attention to what is going on. So, I'm back and I see the Federal Government is still trying to control us all, still trying to completely remake the greatest country in the world. I just heard about a guy in New Jersey that got away with a DUI because the cops couldn't explain the process in Spanish. How did this guy get a driver's license? Supposedly the test is given in 9 languages. How scary is that??!! We speak English in this country, if you don't speak English you have no business driving a car. How can you read the signs if you don't understand English? How can a guy get away with DUI simply because he can't understand the cops asking him to blow into a machine. Can someone please explain to me what the problem is in Arizona? Sounds like Washington isn't enforcing the laws, so Phoenix is just trying to do it for them. What is wrong with that? The law explicitly says the cops can't stop people based on race, although we all know that racial profiling still does exist, so the law shouldn't increase racial profiling by the cops. I don't understand the problem. If you are breaking the law, the cops take you in. And that includes the law over who is legally allowed to be in this country. You think the immigration laws are racist? Watch "The Proposal", Sandra Bullock doesn't look like a Mexican to be, but she got tied up in immigration laws. And don't start with that stupid argument that why should only some people be allowed in. Please. What, we should just let everyone in? HAHAHA
I really would like to hear your explanation of how the government is "still trying to control us all." Where did you get the idea that America is the "greatest country in the world?" Are you sure you were only gone for 6 months? Are you saying that cops shouldn't have to abide by the laws pertaining to them? You answered your own question. not scary at all. In order to get a driver's license you have to be able to recognize street signs. Remember the driver's test you took when you got yours? You don't need to speak English to see a big red sign and know it means STOP. Do you think people who don't speak English are stupid? The problem is simple. They put out the welcome mat by hiring illegal immigrants and then complain that they actually come and take the jobs. I thought the conservatives didn't want the federal government in their business. How can you holler "state's rights, no feds wanted here," then complain when the feds don't interfere? Are you saying that we should run the nation based on a fucking movie? Your people got in. .
Hey Jackflash, How are they trying to control us? Healthcare reform, cap and trade, increased taxes, opening the borders wide open for all of the world to stroll in, continuing the destruction of the economy that the liberal congress started in 2006 and restrictions on my gun rights are just a few ways these assholes are trying to control us. And forgive me for loving my country. But I love the freedoms we have here, that you don’t get in other countries. I think many people take for granted how lucky we are to live here. Australia and England get close, but I don’t think they have all the freedoms we do, especially concerning the first, fourth and tenth amendments. So, it is my opinion, like many other people, that this is the greatest country in the world, and Obama and Co. are royally fucking it up. About the guy in Jersey that should have gotten the DUI; I thought my ire was self-explanatory. Yes, stop signs are universal. I’ve even seen signs in Europe that said “STOP”, not “ALTA” or “ARRET”, but what about all the other signs. School Zone, do not enter, construction zone warnings, the big electronic customizable signs, no parking, yield, etc, etc, etc. You need to be able to do more than recognize the street signs, you should be able to read them. Plus, the fact that this cop couldn’t communicate with the drunk guy. That is scary. I am saying that people should have to abide by the laws; I didn’t say anything about the cops. They couldn’t get him to blow into the machine or do a road sobriety test, and they couldn’t find a Spanish-speaking cop to come translate, and they can’t hold the suspect indefinitely, so I guess they let him go. And he got away with a DUI. Whatever, on to the Arizona thing. I was just watching Stephen Colbert talking to some guy that was a representative for the farm workers saying how Americans don’t want to do the jobs that the migrant workers do. Well, this may be true. So, let’s let some LEGAL immigrants do the farm work, hmm? No one ever thought of that one, eh? Wait, wait, you are very confused, Jack. We don’t want the Federal Government in our business, but we EXPECT them to be. They have to for certain things. Immigration is obviously one place where Washington should enforce the rules, it’s not Brewer’s job, but since Obama wasn’t doing it, she stepped up. And I say Congrats, I wish Crist had balls like that. I think more states should draft bills like that to support Arizona. All I was saying, when I mentioned “The Proposal” is that our immigration laws aren’t racist, they are applied towards all people that aren’t citizens, like Sandra Bullock who was a Canadian in that movie. No we don’t need to run the country based on a movie. I just was just making a point. Obama sucks, and I can't wait to get control of congress in November. I am damn sure voting for Marco Rubio. Fawkes
"The destruction that the liberal congress started in 2006". ---That's as far as I need to read to realise you are an idiot. Adios,dumb-ass.
Idiot spotted. Also guess what, the DMV test is given in almost 20 languages in my state and we don't even have a large immigrant population. *smug face* Sorry but everyone is entitled to legally bound due process of the law, if said drunk driver was Polish, they'd have to find a Polish translator or the same result would've happened, you're just scapegoating the scary Spanish speaking people. Also if you don't think the Arizona law is racist, you're an idiot blinded by ideology, if you still don't think it's racist after watching this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36791568#36791568 You're probably a racist. Also historically immigration as always been the domain of the federal government, and it's been Republicans who have blocked attempts at legislation at the federal level specifically so they can say the federal government isn't doing anything about it and do shit like the Arizona bill. Or in the case of Oklahoma trying to make it so being born in the US doesn't automatically guarantee citizenship, despite the fact it flies legally in the face of the 14th Amendment. But hey, to hell with the constitution if it keeps Mexicans out right? *edit* Also Arizona is the state that is going to have sheriff Joe as it's never governor and killed S-CHIP because it wouldn't increase the sales tax by 1 penny, so really automatically anything that was born in Arizona should be laughed at and mocked.
You've actually not said anything here. They're controlling me by making sure I have access to a doctor???? 47% of Americans paid no federal taxes last year. Who the hell opened the borders? Where have you been since 2000. The Republicans dumped the economy, that's why they lost control of Congress and the White House. I guess I missed the new laws against owning guns. Please direct me to them. Are you suggesting that Liberal Democrats don't love their country and don't like their freedoms? I'll let others in Europe address this one. It's arguable that this is the greatest country in the world, and you have yet to give any real reasons why you think President Obama is fucking it up. You're demanding that non-English speaking people obey the law and at the same time saying that cops don't have to obey the law. Do a little research, this is being done by many "honest" companies. Personally, I don't rely on comedians for important information. .
Why? There's a reason there's not a federal national language. And the only reason there are state ones is because Americans can't handle change, state national languages are a recent phenomenon. Historically as well as in this exact moment there are millions of people in the United States who live their lives fine without having to know English. Very few street signs have words, but, lo and behold........................knowing what street signs mean is a rather large requirement of passing the written part of the driving test. Most signs can be understood by anyone who's illiterate in all languages. Watch the video. I mean the guy in the state assembly who kept introducing the bill accidentally sent out an email to supporters with an anti-semite website linked in it, has no problem hugging neo-nazis in public and in his own words, ..."a world in which every voice proclaims the equality of races, the inerrant nature of the Jewish "Holocaust" tale the wickedness of trying to halt the flood of non white aliens pouring across our border...." the lawyer from the group FAIR who wrtoe most of said bill, who's in cohoots with the Pioneer Fund have in the past funded attempts to try to genetically prove the superiority of the white race. Not to mention their head in an interview apparently thinks immigrants fester in their own feces. The Feds actually catch and send back over a million and a half people a year, for a 2,500 mile border they're doing pretty good. It's kind of hard to catch every single person when people keep trying until they finally succeed. And Republicans constantly block debate on any immigration bill what so ever, they have no proposals of their own except building a fence and pipe dreams of deporting every person in the United States.
Don't you think it's funny that Americans think themselves the smartest in the world, but, while Europeans learn 2, 3 and even 4 languages, we can't seem to master one? .
Learning Spanish would in fact for success be the beneficial thing for an American to do, but will they ever do it? No. It's not about Hispanic immigration to the US, English may be the lingua franca of the world currently but Spanish is the 2nd most spoken native language after mandarin Chinese, knowing English and Spanish will basically make you able to communicate with the entire western hemisphere(Brazil being the exception, but a large number of Brazilians can either speak Spanish or English)
I don't know why you would think we don't have those rights. I'm not sure how we compare here. If you could say why we don't compare favourably, I'll look into it. Ditto. To be honest, I would say even though your constitution states certain things, the reality was/is very different. Can you honestly say 6 8 15 were in force/occured after they were signed into your constitution? Obviously I am going to say the Britain is better than the USA.
I think this is a little bit of a myth. I do think none English speaking European countries speak more than one language, and I would say the other language is English. I would say Americans compare favourably with learning one other language...the same as most Europeans.
I love the "pretending to support our awesome wars and stealing our language" part. True story, I once took a 12th grade science class where I learned apparently most of the class couldn't find Britain on a political map of Europe. like christ, it's the big fucking island.
I liked that bit too. I also liked: Native Americans. Elton John: The biggest homo. England can go suck my old man balls. apparently might be the key word there.