Somehow Obama saying that people should also speak Spanish is controversy.

[Cant trust em]

CNN (Dobbs, Schneider, Yelliin specifically) is killing Obama for saying that it would be good for people to also speak Spanish. I can't believe it. I guess it would be a bad thing for Americans to be bi-lingual. This is so dumb.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I don't see a problem. Lou Dobbs speaks German like it's a first language.

:shrug:

[TomInTib]

2. I had a fellow merchant raising hell about that, this morning.

Going on about how preposterous what Obama said was.

And the guy speaks five languages, Mexican being one of them.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Your fellow merchant speaks Mexican, does he?

Interesting.

[TomInTib]

16. That's what it is.

Spanish (Castillan, like they teach in School in the US) is not Mexican.

Big difference.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. Uh huh.

Interesting.

[blondeatlast]

19. Beg to differ. I speak Spanish and don't have to translate to my Latino friends.

Nor they to me.

Could you explain the diff? thanks.

[Kermitt Gribble]

3. I think that's much better than declaring english the official language.

I would love to learn to speak spanish.

[Pirate Smile]

4. He said immigrants have to learn English but Americans should learn Spanish also.

Oh, the horror.

[az chela]

5. It is because the mexicans dont speak english,here in az

every place you go are mexicans speaking spanish ,it they learn english i will learn spanish but not until

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. When are you going to learn English?

:shrug:

[Pirate Smile]

10. Obama said that people have to learn English but, of course, Dobbs doesn't mention that part.

[Cant trust em]

11. That's what Obama said in his statement.

He said that immigrants will learn english and has been saying that the whole time. He wrote about that in the Audacity.

[Bluerthanblue]

8. keep people ignorant-

and intolerant, we're easier to herd that way.


:shrug:


peace~

[babylonsister]

12. Bingo. nt

[TexasObserver]

9. He's long said he believes in the country being bilingual.

The attitude some Americans have about other languages is downright ignorant.

[Cant trust em]

14. So simple and so sad.

One of the things that I hate when I travel abroad is when I have people come up to me speaking perfect English and it's part of their basic education. I speak a little Spanish and even less French and I just feel ignorant. Really lame for us.

[Peacetrain]

13. Since the main two languages of the Americas

North and South are English and Spanish, it would only make sense to focus more on Spanish than say German or French or Chinese. But the yelling heads would have nothing to soil themselves over.

Barack Obama sneezes and they want a clarification speech on it. Is he a two sneezer or a three sneezer.. and what does that mean for the American public. Is it more patriotic to use a handkerchief or kleenex.

:shrug:

[MarjorieG]

15. We need a requirement that Obama be given five minutes every nightly news to correct the lies

[blondeatlast]

17. Sad but true. nt

[polichick]

20. He was skimming over the issue of immigrants having to learn English...

THAT'S the problem with what he said. Looks like pandering.