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brooklynite

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:27 PM
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Gingrich pushes for English as official language

Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 02:56 PM by brooklynite

This'll bring the nation together...

WASHINGTON — American civilization eventually will collapse if government doesn't do a better job assimilating immigrants into society, possible GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Wednesday as he urged Congress to enshrine English as the nation's official language.

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"If you are pro-immigration to America, you should be pro-assimilation into English as the common language because in fact your children and grandchildren will have a dramatically better future if they are part of the common commercial civilization," Gingrich said.

He spoke at a news conference organized by ProEnglish, a Virginia-based group pushing for governments across the country to adopt official-English laws.

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Now, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, are poised to introduce official-English bills, said ProEnglish executive director K.C. McAlpin, who grew up in Houston.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4497265.html

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hatrack

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:29 PM
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1. I'm sorry, does Newt Gingrich hold elective office? Oh, he doesn't?

Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 02:29 PM by hatrack

I didn't give a shit about ol' Philanderin' Newt back when he did, and if it's possible to give even less of a shit, that time is now.

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BOSSHOG

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:29 PM
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2. Will Inhofe and King introduce their bills

in Apache or Sioux?

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FredScuttle

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:38 PM
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9. LOL

well played....well played.

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AlCzervik

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:30 PM
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3. oh lookee Newt wanted some free publicity-he shoots, he scores.

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shain from kane

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:31 PM
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4. Would that be with a Pennsylvania Dutch or Georgian accent?

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Ezlivin

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:32 PM
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5. Are we going to make white the official color, too?

And what about the official gender?

Curious minds want to know....

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LiberalEsto

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:35 PM
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6. Guess that disqualifies B*sh

What language he babbles I don't even WANT to know.

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Prophet 451

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:36 PM
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7. Newt Gingrich...

...Catering to right-wing cranks since 1994.

Think I'll learn Spanish.

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AndyA

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:37 PM
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8. This wouldn't be the same Newt "I'm going to screw everything I can get my hands on

while my wife lays in the hospital dying of cancer but I'm a good Christian man and a pilar of society" Gingrich is it?

If doing that doesn't earn you a ticket straight to hell, I don't know what would.

Oh wait...

I forgot about Bush. THAT should get you a ticket straight to hell!

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Benhurst

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:42 PM
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10. Why would he want to do that to poor Dubya? NT

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:43 PM
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11. A guy named Newt pushing for assimilation?

:rofl:

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madinmaryland

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:44 PM
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12. Would that be the Queen's proper English or the

murkin version of W and the Freepers?

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shain from kane

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:52 PM
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13. Jesus need not apply. No more burning Bush.

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Virginia Dare

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Thu Jan-25-07 02:59 PM
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14. They can start by teaching it to that chimp they installed...

in the White House. :eyes:

I have a friend who speaks English as a second language and she was asking me why I don't correct her when she makes grammatical mistakes. I told her, hey, my English is far from perfect, it's not my place to correct you.

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Ganja Ninja

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Thu Jan-25-07 03:00 PM
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15. Newt has his finger on the pulse of America's bigots.

Too bad most of them failed english.

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underpants

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Thu Jan-25-07 03:11 PM
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16. Newt *sigh* first you announce your POTUS exploratory committee THEN...

you pander to the base.

Sheesh we knew you got played politically as easy as a subway guitar but come on what have you been doing all these years?

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Thu Jan-25-07 03:19 PM
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17. Newt, are you backseat driving again?

Give it up.

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slackmaster

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Thu Jan-25-07 03:32 PM
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18. Newt Gingrich of the GOP, which wants to reduce interference in peoples' lives?

I say if people don't want to learn or use English, they can deal with the consequences. It's their choice.

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maxsolomon

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Thu Jan-25-07 03:42 PM
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19. isn't he due for a stroke or an aneurysm?

looks like it to me.

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shain from kane

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Thu Jan-25-07 03:59 PM
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20. Shain from kane pushes for one color of hair. No more skunk crawled up and dyed.

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peekaloo

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Thu Jan-25-07 10:19 PM
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21. Okay. This way everyone can call him asshole in the same language.

:-)

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struggle4progress

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Thu Jan-25-07 10:54 PM
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22. Oooh! I hope the Repubs run a Gingrich-DeLay ticket '08!

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jwirr

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Thu Jan-25-07 11:02 PM
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23. He can't win on the real issues so he is digging up an old one. My

grandparents were loyal Americans and sent a son to fight in WWII but they were forbidden to speak German in their homes. (That son was used in the chemical warfare division going behind the enemy lines because he could speak fluent German.) Because of that many of us who have German ancestory have lost our second language. When will we ever learn that we cannot judge whole populations by the color of their skin or their religious beleifs?

Steve King of Iowa should be ashamed of himself - my family are mostly from Iowa - you know the ones who cannot speak German anymore.

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Fri Jan-26-07 02:38 AM
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24. Yay! i can't wait to start calling the state of Montana it's new name of "Mountain"!

:crazy:

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