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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frederick Langford who wrote (3449)	4/28/2000 11:06:00 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

<< Suddenly their abject refusal to speak English after 40 years has become extremely offensive to me. >> Most of my friends feel the same way. I don't like hearing spanish in stores where I used to hear English. I think our government is at fault for not pushing English more. Instead, our government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars hiring and training teachers to teach in many, many foreign languages. No wonder why so many people continue to speak their native languages. Our government doesn't back our own language. << Their flying Cuban flags and disrespecting our American flag has destroyed 30 years of respect for me. >> They also fly the American flag, though not as much. They fly the cuban flag to shove it in Castro's face. They make a huge mistake by not embracing our language and our flag more than they do. Most love our country and respect our flag for the freedom that we have given them. But, there are always exceptions. << The pathetic behavior of both the Mayors has made me ashamed of our leadership. >> When has anyone ever been proud of Miami's politicians? << This Elian/Castro obsession has brought division to Miami. That is poor payback to the Americans who welcomed the Cubans to America. >> Did you really think that the Miami family was going to ship Elian back to Castro, when Elian's father wouldn't come 90 miles to see his son? The signals were mixed. They knew that Elian's mother had given her life to bring Elian to freedom. Shipping Elian back to an uncaring father, and to Castro's tyranny, would have been a cruel slap in the face to Elian's dead mother.

To: Frederick Langford who wrote (3449)	4/29/2000 12:27:00 AM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

I agree with you Fred. I further find the fact that Cubans can take American Citizenship exams in Spanish to be offensive. I am guessing that public schools there are bilingual too which I again find disturbing. We are a nation of one law and should be a nation of one language. If there are those that can't master it there are plenty of others willing to do it to become citizens. By remaining Spanish only they separate themselves for the mainstream of life in the US. They become a drag to unification of all the people in the US. It was appalling to me to see the Mayor in Miami kowtow to the Cuban interests by suggesting his police would not participate in rescuing Elian. Ultimately he back tracked a bit with a clarification, but the damage has been done. From the way I have seen the exiled Cubans behave I hold little belief that they could ever be the vanguard to lead post Castro Cuba to any great effect.