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Fozzie_Bear  4 stars
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Dark_EternalFF posted:

I don't agree with Santorum on anything. He's a fkin idiot and he's making the GOP look even worse than it already does.

 

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NSMachin  2 stars
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Registered: 2002-8-29 17:48:31
No. The US should embrace Spanish and get it taught to everyone across the board.
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Registered: 2001-6-1 14:21:49
Chogram posted:

I think that if they have a principal language they should do away with it to match the other 50 states.



Not to mention every time the hold a referendum Puerto Rico doesn't want to be a state. Life sounds pretty nice there perhaps I will move.

 

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-Ducky-  3 stars
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Webscar posted:

It's going to be really weird... I found out today that you have to learn Hawaiian to get licensed in Hawaii as their documents are not in English... So it'd be similar... I guess



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Acery  1 star
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Registered: 2002-8-22 10:19:32
not to take rick sanitarium's side (see what I did there?) but while our country might not have a national language our states do.

What class was a required learning in your high school?

New Jersey at the time required four years of English to graduate.

Even Public AND private colleges/unis with a higher standard accreditation (ABET etc) require English I and II at a minimum afaik.

I wonder if there is any crazy language in the "No Child Left Behind," act (which is ridiculous) which sets a minimum standard also.

 

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Sith_Mauler  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
why would they want to be a state to begin with?

they are better off as territory.


now on the other note, english is the defacto national language.
when I was in the service, I learned that english was the only language that was allowed in the "spaces" when conducting navy business.
you could speak what ever you wanted outside the fence line but when you came through that front gate it was english only.

and yes it was enforced.

 

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Chogram  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-8-23 02:52:32
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States#Official_language_status

Ok...

According to this Puero Rico does have english as its official language.
combat_mage_sc  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
He'd lose my vote if he WANTED to make Puerto Rico a state.


 

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Lothland  1 star
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Registered: 2004-3-8 02:11:56
combat_mage_sc posted:

He'd lose my vote if he WANTED to make Puerto Rico a state.






You don't like tax money? They have almost all the benefits of a state now with almost none of the downsides.....

 

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