Moderators IWS Posted April 6, 2009 Moderators Posted April 6, 2009 I've been concerned about this since the campaign... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Igvv9zogk]YouTube - Barack Obama: Your Children Should Learn To Speak Spanish[/ame] Even though the President himself, doesn't speak a second language... ?I don't speak a foreign language. It's embarrassing!? Barack Obama exclaimed today at town hall meeting here. Obama, who often touts his time growing up overseas, made the confession while speaking about the importance of teaching foreign languages in schools. Obama: ?I don't speak a foreign language. It's embarrassing!" | From The Road - CBS NewsI've been inspired by President Obama and have decided that my children will learn a new language... At a news conference afterward, Obama said his debut on the international stage had convinced him that ?political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate,? where he served before entering the White House.?There?s a lot of -- I don?t know what the term is in Austrian -- wheeling and dealing, and people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics,? he said in response to an Austrian reporter?s question. Obama Again Invokes Personal Diplomacy to Avert NATO Stalemate - Bloomberg.comIn fact. It's a brand new language, invented by President Obama, just yesterday. I'm having trouble finding Austrian on Rosetta Stone, though. :D Quote One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.? ~ Thomas Sowell
eddo Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 it's like the Special Olympics or something... Quote I hate signatures, so I don't have one. wait....
snafu Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 learning another language is not the same as having a second American language. We should make pig Latin the second language. I think that would make more sense. Quote *NEVER FORGOTTEN*
Phreakwars Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 Chinese as the second official language is the more logical choice, seeings how their gonna own at least a 51% stake in our land and resources anyway. . . Quote NewSucks500.com The return of the Suckage
jokersarewild Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 *facepalm* Ok, so, little lesson for ya... They speak German in Austria. Well, if we look at what dialects are, and how they're different between any given language, then you would see what he's talking about. Hey, guess what, Australians speak English. Most people would go "Well, yeah." Except, you know, the whole slang thing they have going on that NOBODY else understands... Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand Bastard : term of endearment (not in my English :o ) Exy : expensive Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop To name a few. Hell, even Ebonics is "English"...sort of. Native English speakers understand it...sometimes. But most people I've talked to who speak English natively consider Ebonics a language in and of itself. So saying "IDK what it is in Austrian" is like me saying "IDK what 'I need to go take a ****' means in Ebonics." Probably something like "I needa squat a nigga" or something. Quote "...and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a, cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed, sack of monkey sh*t HE IS!? ?..Hallelujah! Holy sh*t! Where?s the Tylenol?"
Members RoyalOrleans Posted April 7, 2009 Members Posted April 7, 2009 Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop Wrong! An "icy pole" is a Polish Jew frozen to death. Quote http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5I0M6PKr5HM/SrZiXevwa5I/AAAAAAAAAIo/HZMRBP1nwyI/s200/obama-socialism-attacks-capitalism.jpg It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich of this country: the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the foreign dictators, it's totally out of control. This idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at the destruction of the principles of freedom, and we ought to challenge that concept. - Ron Paul
emkay64 Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 I'll take one cherry icy pole please! Hmmm...doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.... Quote
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