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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:10 AM
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Attention Lady Golfers in the LPGA!- Speak English or Get out!
Will someone please give Tom Tancredo something to do? Clearly bored that he no longer has a presidential campaign to pathetically lose, the far-right Colorado Congressman has instead taken on the solemn duty of trashing the LPGA for failing to enforce English as its official language...

Tancredo released a press statement on Friday, calling out the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) for having the gall to repeal a new and controversial proposal that would have changed the association's policy to require that all players speak English.

Tancredo's statement, released via his Congressional website, accuses the LPGA of cowering to "the politically correct left and 'immigrant rights' groups" -- which are of course well-known to hold massive sway over our nation's country clubs. No sir, you cannot spell "the politically correct left and 'immigrant rights' groups" without G-O-L-F.

http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/09/09/tom-tancredo-now-babbling-about-female-golfers-in-english-of-course/#comments
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:12 AM
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1. Wonder what Nancy Lopez thinks of this.
I could see her going either way.

At any rate, what a dumb idea. Don't these people realize how much harder rules like this make things? I mean, sure, they could put all their signs and other written material in English only, but will that solve the big cluster-fuck that occurs because you have a lot of Spanish-speaking visitors, tourists, or players and they can't read your stupid signs?
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