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The Downside of a Bilingual "Nation"

At the Democrat debate last night, Senators Obama and Clinton were asked whether or not the prospect of a bilingual society, due to the current large influx of Hispanic immigrants, would have a "downside." To anyone who knows anything about sociology, the question is redundant. Obama and Clinton both remarked that it is good to know other languages and we should respect English blah blah blah... But the correct answer is this: a bilingual society is nothing but a downside. A nation that speaks more than one language is no longer a nation. Examples: Canada, Belgium, the former Yugoslavia, the old Austro-Hungarian Empire {multilingualism here resulted in World War I}. All of these places lack or lacked any kind of national feeling other than purely in name. Immigration is causing the same kind of "balkanization" in the U.S., and the fad for multiculturalism and bilingual education may fatally cripple us.
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The Cult of Obama

We still don't know what Hillary Clinton is going to pull before this election is over, but there is a very good chance that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. Obama's closet has been slightly probed, mainly by conservative media outlets and Hillary's desparate campaign, but to his supporters Obama is the equivalent of the Second Coming, and can do no wrong. I heard Laura Ingraham speaking about this a few weeks ago; she said that she had spoken to an Obama supporter, who had said that she supported Obama not because she agreed with his policies on healthcare or taxes or the war, but because she believed in "social liberation." Obama has generated a cult-like atmosphere, consisting of either idealistic youngsters or people who want to relive the 1960's. Conservative commentator Steve Sailer wrote an article on this a while ago, in which he made the point that Obama supporters do not say that they agree with Obama's stances; rather, they say "I believe in Barack Obama." But where does Obama stand? In Sailer's article, he quoted a reporter who had interviewed people with whom Obama had gone to law school, and asked them about his political positions. They replied that they "could not remember his specific views, beyond a general emphasis on diversity and social and economic justice." Sailer explained what this would mean for America if Obama were to be elected president: " 'Diversity' means racial quotas, multiculturalism, and immigration. 'Social and economic justice' means tax and spend." That's what Obama is: just another utopian, multiculturalist, socialist-leaning liberal, only he is a misguided liberal who may be president of the United States. Obama will give us socialism unadulterated by political oppurtunism and wariness of conservative backlash. Obama's lack of oppurtunism and wariness will work against him, but his followers, who seem to think he's the Messiah, may overwhelm all sensibility.
 
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