Take a few moments and read this letter. These are strong, powerful and courageous words coming from a
retired colonel, and read what Lincoln had to say at the end.   
   
   
    Subject: 33 Senators Voted Against English as America 's Official Language June 6, 2007       
                 On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 23:35:23 -0500, 'Colonel Harry Riley USA ret' wrote:
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    Senators,   
    Your vote against an amendment to the Immigration Bill, 1348, to make English America's official language is astounding. On D-Day no less when we honor those that sacrificed in order to secure the bedrock character and principles of America . I can only surmise your vote reflects a loyalty to illegal aliens.
   
    I don't much care where you come from, what your religion is, whether you're black, white or some other color, male or female, democrat, republican or independent, but I do care when you're a United States Senator, representing citizens of America and vote against English as the official language of the United States.
   
    Your vote reflects betrayal, political surrender, violates your pledge of allegiance, dishonors historical principle, rejects patriotism, borders on traitorous action and, in my opinion makes you unfit to serve as a United States Senator...impeachment, recall, or other appropriate action is warranted.
   
    Worse, four of you voting against English as America 's official language are presidential candidates: Senator Biden , Senator Clinton ,        Senator Dodd , and Senator Obama .
   
    Four Senators vying to lead America but won't or don't have the courage to cast a vote in favor of English as America 's official language when 91% of American citizens want English officially designated as our language.
   
    This is the second time in the last several months this list of Senators have disgraced themselves as political hacks......
unworthy as Senators and certainly unqualified to serve as President of the United States.
   
    If America is as angry as I am, you will realize a back-lash so stunning it will literally rock you out of your panties...
and preferably totally out of the United States Senate.
   
    The entire immigration bill is a farce...your action only confirms this really isn't about America , it's about self-serving politics ...despicable at best.
   
    'Never argue with an idiot; they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.' ~ anonymous
   
   
    The following senators voted against making English the official language of America :
   
    Akaka (D-HI)
    Bayh (D-IN)
    Biden (D-DE) Wants to be President?
    Bingaman (D-NM)
    Boxer (D-CA)
    Cantwell (D-WA)
    Clinton (D-NY) Wants to be President?
    Dayton (D-MN)
    Dodd (D-CT) Wants to be President?
    Domenici (R-NM) Coward, protecting his Senate seat..
    Durbin (D-IL)
    Feingold (D-WI) Not unusual for him
    Feinstein (D-CA)
    Harkin (D-IA)
    Inouye (D-HI)
    Jeffords (I-VT)
    Kennedy (D-MA)
    Kerry (D-MA) Wanted to be President
    Kohl (D-WI)
    Lautenberg (D-NJ)
    Leahy (D-VT)
    Levin (D-MI)
    Lieberman (I-CT) Disappointment here.....
    Menendez (D-NJ)
    Mikulski (D-MD)
    Murray (D-WA)
    Obama (D-IL) Wants to be President?
    Reed (D-RI)
    Reid (D-NV) Senate Majority Leader
    Salazar (D-CO)
    Sarbanes (D-MD)
    Schumer (D-NY)
    Stabenow (D-MI)
   
    'Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged.'                                      President Abraham Lincoln

                                                  

That's not voting against English, that's voting against excluding other languages. I do not doubt that, like me, it is the exclusion implied that bothered these Senators. If I am not mistaken, one has the right to be served in English anywhere in the US, so where's the problem for you English speakers?

About Lincoln's quote:
1. I do not see in that vote an action that damages morale or undermine the military
2. "during wartime" is pretty much all the time; there were only 2 years in my life when the US were not at war with some country or some foreign organization, so I guess that anything that criticizes the military becomes treason, thereby greatly diminishing the impact value of such a word.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States

I like your jokes EWO, but I'l have to disagree with your political views. And I think not a retired colonel to be the best adviser on the politics of language.

" VOTE AGAINST ENGLISH "  well that grabbed my attention well enough,
as I thought you had already done so way back  in time , but it's OK you can borrow my language , it's open source , and free to use it without any intellectual property restrictions 
even though you never paid for the Tea 

 Unlike others here, I voice my opinion willfully as a real American should!    To hell with the anti-American leftist , socialistic wimps.  America is a melting pot of all of us! All! we all spoke something , or our ancestors did, now, We (Americans) speak English .  Did ya catch that little dot after the word English?

 I see you, Le_Murphant are still subscribing the extreme left winged perspective. You have a good head on your shoulders, I for one would like to see you use it for your self, instead of a "jizm" (spunk, ejaculate)  dump for the communistic pukes that call themselves professors, and editors.

SOunds a bit crowded there Roco. So whats the best way to get some elbow room? 

I could go gor that topless part momma T.   

So you need help with the membership in that club? I'm your man. 

go for

Oh we have no problem with immigration , we just adopt the good old English ways and move on
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2007/08/23/nemigrate123.xml

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23373110-details/Exodus:+A+million+Brits+emigrate+while+three+million+enter/article.do

It's what the English have allways done , "Hello America "  ,  we don't have the same patriotic fervor that you have in America , I not saying this is right or wrong , just the way it is

Tdawnaz I did read all of your topic , well I fully agree with you about the topless,
in my younger years I campained long hard to give women that right ,  
and now today it is acceptable on most of Britains beaches , but this has created unforeseen problems with immigrant Eskimo's running up and down the beach with harpoons and shouting "There she blows  "