THE OMBAMINATION OF ENGLISH
By Robert Klein Engler (06/06/07)
CHICAGO--(6 June '07) At the recent debate among Democratic candidates for President, Barack Hussein Obama, the junior U. S. Senator from Illinois showed again why he is uninformed about the state he represents.
When asked if English should be the official language of the United States, Senator Obama protested the question! He called it "the kind of question that was designed precisely to divide us." He then said such questions "do a disservice to the American people."
It is an embarrassment to the good citizens of Illinois for their Senator to evade answering a question this way. Isn't it the point of a debate to ask questions that show us the differences between candidates? Furthermore, anyone who has looked at the matter of a national language knows the data show a common language does not divide people but unites them, instead.
It is even more embarrassing to realize that the junior Senator from Illinois does not know the importance of English in Illinois. Senator Obama should consult SMITH-HURD ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES, ANNOTATED THROUGH 1994 SUPPLEMENT, where we read in Chapter 5, Section 460/20 – Official Language (1969), "The official language of the State of Illinois is English."
This statute repealed a 1923 law designating "American" as the official state language. As the junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Hussein Obama would serve the people better if he were to answer, "What is good for Illinois is good for the nation."
Robert Klein Engler
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