OT:"Bad American"

[BoarSpear]

It's funny, though, to get social services jobs in Tucson, you often are required to speak Spanish. Shit, and here I thought going to college and getting experience was enough. I suppose it makes sense--one would want to communicate with their clients--but it's kind of annoying, too...

Well if they cant speak the language, and they cant read it either, then if we only spoke english it would be their problem to solve wouldnt it?

what do you wanna bet if you had to read and speak the language for their handouts they would learn?

[treelizard]

That's pretty harsh!! Well when I said social services, that also includes children that are taken away from their homes because of abuse, and women that end up in emergency shelters because they're assaulted--you would turn these people away if they couldn't speak english?

Well if they cant speak the language, and they cant read it either, then if we only spoke english it would be their problem to solve wouldnt it?

what do you wanna bet if you had to read and speak the language for their handouts they would learn?

[BoarSpear]

That's pretty harsh!! Well when I said social services, that also includes children that are taken away from their homes because of abuse, and women that end up in emergency shelters because they're assaulted--you would turn these people away if they couldn't speak english?

No i would treat them, find out who they were and why they were here, if they were here illegally i would deport them (parents and children together). If you want financial assistance...you speak english or you no get money

Living in New Mexico I often entered gas stations, restaurants and hotels or other small businesses only to find no one spoke english!....IN AMERICA I would then procede to leave...sort of voting with my dollars if you will....guess what, people often suddenly spoke english

[treelizard]

Living in New Mexico I often entered gas stations, restaurants and hotels or other small businesses only to find no one spoke english!....IN AMERICA I would then procede to leave...sort of voting with my dollars if you will....guess what, people often suddenly spoke english

I got in trouble at work once for ignoring someone who apparently couldn't speak English. But really we get so many crazies here that I kind of ignore people that aren't speaking coherently, or if I answer their question and they stare at me blankly and look like they don't get it, I just assume they are off their meds, and I had no idea this woman was a Spanish speaker. Then someone in management came to the desk and she immediately started speaking to HIM in Spanish, and so now we have a new policy that we're supposed to call people who speak Spanish when necessary. Which still wouldn't have helped in this instance because the woman was asking questions in English and then staring at me blankly when I answered them over and over again. I tried to explain this to them (since it was THE TRUTH) when I got the talking-to, but it didn't fly.

[Penance]

I agree with some of it. Mostly the stuff about raising kids.

Just an FYI, though. Did you know the United States has no official language? Declaring official languages is a right reserved for each state. Only 29 states have official languages. New Mexico includes Spanish and Louisiana includes French as one of their official languages.

Also, sorry Ted, but the US would never have lasted as long as it has if the Constitution wasn't a "living document."

[BoarSpear]

we cant all be socialist scum like you canadian scumbags

[kuk sool won]

What are your thoughts on this?
I agree with most of it.


BAD AMERICAN
by Ted Nugent

I like big trucks, big boats, big houses, and naturally, pretty women.
I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel governmental functionary
with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.
I don't care about appearing compassionate. I think playing with toy guns doesn't make you a killer - I
believe ignoring your kids and giving them Prozac might.
I think I'm doing better than the homeless.
I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I have the right not to be tolerant of others
because they are different, weird or make me mad. This is my life to live, and not necessarily up to others
expectations.
I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it.
I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; just don't act like everyone else should have to.
I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen shake, a pack of cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in
English. As of matter of fact, if you are an American citizen, you should speak English. My uncles and
forefathers shouldn't have had to die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come
disrespect ours, and make us bend to your will. Get over it!
I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry butt if you're running from them after they tell you to
stop. If you can't understand word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the previous line.
I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or actions.
I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation do a recount when
needed.
I know what the definition of lying is, and it isn't based on the word "is"-ever.
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you qualify for any special loan programs, gov't
sponsored bank loans, etc., so you can open a hotel, 7-Eleven, trinket shop, or anything else, while the
indigenous peoples can't get past a high school education because they can't afford it.
I didn't take the initiative in inventing the Internet.
I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny.
I want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks.
I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang, but that
doesn't mean I want to listen to that crap from someone else's car when I'm stopped at a red light. But I
respect your right to.
I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster or Jack In
The Box.
I don't want to eat or drink anything with the words light, lite or fat-free on the package.
Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that
decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys
who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said-now leave the
document alone, or there's going to be trouble.
I don't hate the rich.
I help the poor.
I know wrestling is fake.
I've never owned, or was a slave, and a large percentage of our forefathers weren't wealthy enough to own
one either. So, please stop blaming me because some prior white people were idiots-and remember,
tons of white, Indian, Chinese, and other races have been enslaved too. It was wrong for every one of
them.
I believe a self-righteous liberal with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.
I want to know exactly which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and, what exactly
is his job function.
I own a gun, you can own a gun, and any red blooded American should be allowed to own a gun, but if you
use it in a crime, then you will serve the time.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it makes you
mad, then you invent the next operating system that's better and put your name on the building.
Ask your buddy that invented the Internet to help you.
I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me mad.
You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another nationality, or otherwise different
from the mainstream of this country has more value as a human being that I do as a white male. If someone
kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already
have.
I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake anything sucks. I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a
child-it takes a parent with the (guts) to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and say "NO!" when it's
necessary to do so.
I'll admit that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole Yeller.
I didn't realize Dr. Seuss was a genius until I had a kid.
I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent because I have these
beliefs and opinions.
I thought this country allowed me that right.
I will not conform or compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's feelings.
I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world
to believe otherwise.
Yes, I guess by some people's definition, I may be a bad American.
But that's tough!

Sounds like an Englishman to me...

[dkm]

"peoples can't get past a high school education because they can't afford it"

someone should tell him that public education is free. What's there to afford?