{"id":1109,"date":"2008-07-12T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2008-07-13T03:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/wp\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2008-07-12T22:12:24","modified_gmt":"2008-07-13T03:12:24","slug":"lets-get-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yuriar.com\/katp\/2008\/07\/12\/lets-get-political\/","title":{"rendered":"Let's get political…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, John Culberson ignited a bit of a firestorm on Twitter & in the blogosphere this week. Wait, you don’t know who he is? Don’t feel bad, I didn’t either until this week. John Culberson<\/a> is the Republican Representative from the 7th district in Texas. Seems he’s been using Twitter<\/a> since the end of May. And earlier this week, in a move to “loosen” the rules regarding Congressional websites, certain Dem’s tried to pass a rule that would have effectively cut off everything but approved websites (Read: a special channel on YouTube). It’s been a long week, and really, so many others have written this up so much more effectively. Check out TechnoSailor’s take on this here <\/a>or here<\/a>, or just go straight to the heart of the issue with Let Our Congress Tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While I’m talking politics… Have ya’ll heard some of the crazy stuff Obama wants for our children? I mean, infants in school to prepare them for preschool is crazy enough, Now he wants to turn our kids; middle, high, and college level, into an unpaid workforce by making them all “serve their country<\/a>.” Not only that, but he’s embarrassed by our country’s lack of linguistics<\/a>. Apparently, he thinks that we should all be like
\nthe Europeans. Seriously, the reason they “all speak English” Mr. Obama, is that they need to deal with us! And really, he opens his speech with this gem,<\/p>\n

“Now, I agree that immigrants should learn English. I agree with that. But, but, understand this. Instead of worrying about whether, uh, immigrants can learn English — they’ll learn English — you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thing is, I’ve got in-laws who are immigrants, and as much as I love them, they don’t speak English.\u00a0 They haven’t learned to because they haven’t needed to.\u00a0 They can understand English, but they don’t speak it.\u00a0 Now, i teach my kids Spanish.\u00a0 But I teach them Spanish because it’s their heritage, their culture.\u00a0 And because I want them to be able to talk to their great-grandmother.\u00a0 But I do not think that every child in America should be forced to learn a foreign language.\u00a0 We live in America so we have the choice.\u00a0 If you choose to be bilingual, great!\u00a0 If not, well, that’s fine too.<\/p>\n

Spunky<\/a> has been following Obama and doing a great job of bringing some of this ridiculousness to light.<\/p>\n

And that’s enough for one night.\u00a0 I’m off to enjoy what’s left of the movie with my DH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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