The English-Minus Plan
Sometimes it's like shooting fish in a barrel; do comedians need writers when we've got the Bush administration?
From a Reuters story:*
He [Attorney General Gonzales] said Bush has instead [of making English the "official" language of America] long supported a concept called "English-Plus," believing that it was good to be proficient in more than one language.
It sounds nice, but wouldn't we say that W practices more of an "English-Minus" plan himself? And wouldn't it be a shame if he had to use his first-ever veto to scuttle a plan to make English the official language of the USA?
And then not speaking of Will Rogers — well, I was looking for a quotation that I thought was from his mouth on the subject of the natural humor provided by our elected officials, when I tripped over these# (c. 1930) that seemed altogether too relevant not to share:
"I hope some of the men who get the most votes will be elected."
"The Democrats are having a lot of fun exposing the Republican campaign corruptions, but they would have a lot more fun if they knew where they could lay their hands on some of it themselves for next November."
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*Dan Whitcomb, "Bush opposes English as national language: Gonzales", Reuters via Yahoo! News, 19 May 2006.
#"QUOTATIONS: Will Rogers Speaks", Los Angeles Times, undated.
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on Sunday, 21 May 2006 at 02.41
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Jeff, those quote are priceless and extremely apropos in 2006.