Seriously, I swear that's what xenophobic English-only laws are really about...May 18, 2007
Idaho Legislature Declares English Only Language They Know
BOISE, ID—The Idaho Legislature passed a unanimous resolution Monday declaring English the only language the elected assembly knows how to speak, write, or understand.
"We're putting into law a general feeling that everyone here has had for years: English is the only language we know, and English is the only language we want to know," Lt. Gov. James E. Risch said during a press conference outside the State Capitol building. "It's a good language, serves us well in matters of communication, and we can't think of any good reason to go around knowing some other language that we have no use for."
The legislature is expected to pass a separate resolution later this week officially declaring out-of-towners "suspicious."
"[w]hat was any art but ... a sheath, a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining, elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose." - Willa Cather, Song of the Lark
Saturday, May 19, 2007
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Argh! Read this story and wasn’t paying attention to the attribution, told 3-4 other people as though it were true! Must get more sleep ...
Oh no! Hope it was all straightened out easily enough.
Believable, though, isn't it?
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