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rach
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lol.
May 8 2010 12:47AM
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Arabian.
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May 8 2010 12:51AM
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Delphi
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bout time someone grew a pair, though he could have put it a bit more delicately.
May 8 2010 12:53AM
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superpoluha
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yea, letts save some computer paper!!!! this guy is fucking retarded
May 8 2010 12:54AM
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geteducated
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ya and?

May 8 2010 12:58AM
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Delphi
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May 8 2010 1:00AM
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jester8589
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he was republican? no way.
May 8 2010 1:00AM
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charmander
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i'd vote for that guy!
May 8 2010 1:06AM
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jester8589
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yeah we know.
May 8 2010 1:08AM
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BEARS.
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May 8 2010 1:10AM
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1337
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ignant.
May 8 2010 1:12AM
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Milksteak
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Did he forget his line at the end? ^ Ignant is fucking right.
May 8 2010 1:18AM
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Delphi
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yeah, he's so ignant. This would be a BOON to the protection of our boarders. If you make it impossible for people to get a license without really buying into the system, by forcing people to go about coming here legally, learning the language, contributing; you could really cut back on the flow of illegals into the country. Don't want to turn this into an immigration debate, but the easiest way to get rid of this problem is to remove the incentive to come here. One way is to make it harder to get licenses, another is to slam the businesses that hire these people. Remove the economic impetus, employment, and no one would come here...but god forbid we make our immigration policy as "harsh" as Mexico's.
May 8 2010 1:26AM
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charmander
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seriously.

why do you people think its wrong to protect ourselves from illegal immigration?
May 8 2010 1:31AM
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WikiWiki
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May 8 2010 1:38AM
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An10a_Eng
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id vote for him

May 8 2010 1:43AM
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Click_Here
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the south will rise again
May 8 2010 1:58PM
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jester8589
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and we will just let you go. hell take your poverty and obesity
May 8 2010 2:48PM
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Click_Here
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i aint from the south, hell im not even southern ontario, i just want to see people stick up for themselves. like all of our roadsigns being in french because 8 percent of the canadian population cant learn to speak english
May 9 2010 12:30AM
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-ROY-
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stupid southern repub piece of shit
May 9 2010 1:01AM
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charmander
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why is he a stupid piece of shit?
May 9 2010 1:10AM
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T-Holt
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Because this leads to xenophobia. Yes, illegal immigration is a problem, but discriminating against legal immigrants is no solution.
May 9 2010 1:13AM
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charmander
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whats discriminatory?

to get a license you should be able to speak english, what language are road signs? eglish.

its a safety hazard.
May 9 2010 1:17AM
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PacificRimJob
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Doesn't Alabama have more pressing issues right now?

You know like... utter poverty and dismay...?



I dont know, I dont live there or anything, but I have a feeling that you're not going to save enough money printing out drivers license tests in english-only to fix the other issues...

Then again... he does have 1 point - nobody in their right mind who speaks another language is likely to settle in Alabama of all places... so it might as well be English only...
May 9 2010 1:20AM
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jester8589
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i forget. what is the official language of the united states of america?
May 9 2010 1:26AM
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T-Holt
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Maybe it's cause I'm drunk, or maybe it's cause idk, but if they can recognize road signs they should be able to take the test in other languages. Like have the test in their home language, but they still have to learn the signs in English. Say someone immigrated from France, and they don't speak English very well. If they understand the road signs and can follow American driving laws, why do they need to speak English to take a test?
May 9 2010 1:33AM
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PacificRimJob
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None at the federal level. States rights goes into effect here though, and Alabama made its official language English. Hence "this is Alabama - we speak English"


That said. Who gives a fuck about Alabama? I say let them do their own thing and screw themselves over... Secede if they want...


May 9 2010 1:33AM
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charmander
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we dont have a language act.

but we speak english.
our road signs are in english.
our media is english.
everything in this country is in english.
why make exceptions so immigrants can get drivers licenses?
May 9 2010 1:34AM
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-ROY-
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touche..i guess im just really against this kind of stuff. valid point though sir
May 9 2010 1:35AM
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PacificRimJob
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In California. We speak English. And Spanish. And Mandarin... and Arabic......... and Japanese.............. and pretty much anything else you could possibly conjure up.

Our roadsigns are in English and Chinese in certain parts of San Francisco, Oakland, and LA. San Jose has a whole Vietnamese section. In many areas across the state, there are Spanish and English roadsigns as well - and there are many small towns across the state where the communities are very much ethnically different - whether it be Russian, German, Swedish, or Korean or something...

Our media is multilingual, since i flip through about 4 or 5 spanish stations and 1 or 2 asian language stations when i'm surfing channels.

I speak both Spanish and English. There's nothing wrong with speaking multiple languages. Stop being so one dimensional.
May 9 2010 1:42AM
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jester8589
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why not?
May 9 2010 2:17AM
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COskier
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Well put. Also, if I were to get a job in Sweden or something and were going to move there immediately, I would expect to be able to get a license without speaking Swedish.  Road signs here as well as other countries have either numbers or symbols on them, very few use words.  I just got back from Spain and though I don't speak Spanish, when I see a sign that says 70, I assume the speed limit is 70; the shit did not hit the fan. 

I feel like in the US we are developing an irrational fear of foreigners, and we use minute details like these as outlets to express this.  This is a nation of immigrants and we should be more accommodating and for the love of god, the number of languages on a drivers test should not be considered a platform for a political candidate.

Fucking Alabama.
May 9 2010 3:00AM
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Ben.
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haha saw this a while ago. im not going to get into a huge argument.

but to those saying this will prevent illegal immigration, that is idiotic. this pure xenophobia. its not illegal immigrants, its immigrants period.

goodbye all. enjoy your multi page argument
May 9 2010 3:15AM
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steezerampage
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there is nothing wrong with only wanting to speak one languange.  And I wouldn't California as an example for many things that are positive.
May 9 2010 3:30AM
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Arabian.
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It is wrong when your only reason is laziness and xenophobia. And there really is no argument FOR only wanting to speak one language.

Also, why is California not a good example? It sure as hell beats the south if you're not white.
May 9 2010 3:32AM
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steezerampage
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How is not learning a second language lazy?  What if im spending my time doing research on cancer instead of learning a second language?
May 9 2010 3:38AM
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Arabian.
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Missed the point entirely. In the context of what we're talking about, learning a few words in spanish ain't gonna kill ya. And I'm sure if you're researching cancer, you took a spanish class or two in high school. Frankly, if the only reason you wanna change the DMV forms is because you're tired of seeing other people's languages on there, you're a fucking idiot and would rather see innocent people not be able to live in your state because you were slightly inconvenienced. That's bullshit.
May 9 2010 3:46AM
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PacificRimJob
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No, there's nothing wrong with it. So why would they have to learn english to move somewhere where there isnt a national language act? Sure.. Alabama and other states have them... but for the states that dont? you can't complain...

As for california not being an example for things that are positive? What about california do you see as negative? Is it that we have the biggest, most diverse economy in the nation? or the fact that we have the largest and most divirse population in the nation?

Hmm... not sure what you're on about there mr South Dakota...

May 9 2010 3:49AM
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COskier
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You did pass prop. 8.
May 9 2010 4:40AM
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CypressGrove
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Holy shit, I'm stoned off my ass. Those clips just lolled me into a lollerloop in a loopty doo. FUCK.
May 9 2010 4:56AM
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PacificRimJob
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yeah... it wont last long...

The only reason it passed was because of overwhelming bullshit that religious institutions (especially the LDS church) paid for... with really ridiculous ads saying that gay marriage is going to hurt our kids and make them turn gay and they turned it into something that it's not.. and dumbed down the population. It was utter BS for sure.  And yet it still only passd like 51%-49%. It will be back on the ballot in the future... no doubt about that...

May 9 2010 5:11AM
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Abc567def
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hahah his stare at the end was fucking priceless
May 9 2010 5:12AM
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Alex=God
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DIRTY SOUTH REPRESENT
May 9 2010 10:41AM
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Elmo.
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hahaha i lol'd so hard
May 9 2010 10:44AM
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COskier
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haha, I was just kidding, I like California. I've heard a bit about that too. Something about 75% of donations for prop. 8 being given by Mormons even though they only make up 2% of the population. They are starting to sound less like a church and more like a political action group.
May 9 2010 12:18PM
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charmander
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exactly.

i speak spanish in addition to english.

the way i see it, if i moved to lets say, germany? i would learn german and not expect everyone in germany to cater to my lazy ass that could only speak english.
May 9 2010 12:28PM
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PacificRimJob
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Lol. Nobody's EXPECTING the USA to cater to them...

And a high percentage of Germans know English... So theyre already catering to the US, and the rest of the english speaking world...

May 9 2010 12:36PM
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Ben.
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yes. but right when they come here, they need a way to make money in this country. and to get to a job theres a good chance they need a car. and a license.
May 9 2010 12:40PM
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pomme-de-terre
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this.


also. you people need to realize, that immigration at the rate it is going. is BAD. okay? i know, i know, im an ignant asshole and i should kill myself or repent for the horrible racism and ethnocentrism i am showing in this post.

but seriously, our countrys infrastructure, natural resources, government, ETC. cannot keep up with the number of people coming into the country right now. in like 10 or 15 years, we will be FUCKED. and i know its "not right to not let those innocent people in" but allowing people to immigrate into your country is the WORST way of helping people in other countrys. the are like a straight billion people who live in shitty countrys and have shitty lives, and each year we can only let in about a million. thats a drop in the fucking bucket. that means NOTHING in the scope of things. we need to heavily cut down on immigration, and find new ways to help the people of the world and from our neighboring countries. letting them all into our borders is not that way.



May 9 2010 12:42PM
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PacificRimJob
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yeah... i dont remember the exact money that went toward prop 8, but my god it was an astronomically high number... and like 50% of the people protesting in the street were not californians, and about 95% of them were white...

Sorry for the threadjack, but here's just an example of what i mean when it comes to the bullshit that was spewed with that. haha.

May 9 2010 12:44PM
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geteducated
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this shit is dumb why are we arguing. we all know mexicans will drive without a license and insurance anyways.
May 9 2010 2:14PM
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