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To: Alighieri who wrote (563351)	4/27/2010 8:52:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572506

Please explain to me how on one hand, we can proudly proclaim we are a nation of immigrants while on the other hand, demand that everyone speak fluent English as soon as they get off the proverbial 'boat'. "This Is Alabama. We Speak English" by Jed Lewison 5:30:04 PM PDT In today's Republican Party, ads like this one from Alabama Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James are considered "common sense": Watch it: James is all worked up because Alabama (like other states) offers driver's license tests in languages other than English. (Apparently that fact hasn't caused people to stop speaking English, because, as James says about Alabama: "We speak English.") If James were really serious about this, he's running for the wrong office -- unless as Governor he's willing to give up billions in federal transportation funding that are contingent on multi-lingual driver's license tests. As TWAY Kris point out, Alabama's policies are a result of a federal requirement, a requirement that Alabama's current Republican governor says has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. Unless Congress changes the law, that requirement means James' proposal would cost the state its share of the federal transportation budget. Nonetheless, James frames his idea as a smart cost-cutting move. That's clearly absurd. Even if the state reduced expenditures by limiting driver's license exams to English, it would lose far federal funding. It's obvious this has nothing to do with common sense or fiscal prudence: this is all about identity politics, yet another example of Republican intolerance in action. dailykos.com