Liddy: Obama wants your child to "speak fluent illegal alien"
On the July 9 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, while discussing a July 8 speech in which Sen. Barack Obama discussed the importance of learning a second language, G. Gordon Liddy claimed that Obama "wants you to be sure your child can speak fluent illegal alien." He added: "Sadly, with every legal and cultural step we take to make our life more immediately convenient for non-English-speaking illegal aliens, we merely feed the beast." Liddy later stated: " 'Round here, let's see, I speak some French, some German as well as English. Franklin [Liddy's producer] speaks fluent French, fluent Italian, as well as English. But none of us here, so far as I know, speak illegal alien."
As Media Matters for America has noted, Liddy has previously said of undocumented workers from Mexico: "[T]hey want to speak Spanish, you know, and other varieties of illegal alien."
From the July 9 broadcast of Radio America's The G. Gordon Liddy Show:
LIDDY: And that, of course is the latest pander from Barack Obama. He says that Europeans coming over here can speak German and French. Well, yes, if you're from Germany I would suspect you would speak German. And you -- you would speak French and they do study English because English is the universal language. All aircraft communications and all the rest all over the world are in English. No, they're not in Russian or Chinese, or anything else. But think about that; he wants you to be sure your child can speak fluent illegal alien. Sadly, with every legal and cultural step we take to make our life more immediately convenient for non-English-speaking illegal aliens, we merely feed the beast.
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LIDDY: You've just heard Barack Obama insisting that we all teach our children Spanish. Well, not mine, no way. 'Round here, let's see, I speak some French, some German as well as English. Franklin speaks fluent French, fluent Italian, as well as English. But none of us here, so far as I know, speak illegal alien.
LIDDY: You've just heard Barack Obama insisting that we all teach our children Spanish. Well, not mine, no way. 'Round here, let's see, I speak some French, some German as well as English. Franklin speaks fluent French, fluent Italian, as well as English. But none of us here, so far as I know, speak illegal alien.
Liddy is an idiot, there is nothing wrong with learning different langages and especially Spanish. We share a hemishphere with Spanish speaking people. What a racist jerk.
I know a few people who speak fluent Klingon, and it hasn't ruined THEIR lives.
Well, if you don't count the fact that they can't wear any of their old hats due to the forehead implants. But as far as I know, that's legal.
"True enough. And the irony is that G.W. is fairly fluent in Spanish, but has horrible troubles with English."-PLRR
I am guessing you don't speak Spanish or haven't heard George W. Bush butcher it. He is not anywhere near fluent. He seems to know just enough to confidently order a burrito at Taco Bell.
What do Capt. Kirk and G. Gordon Liddy have in common?
It's clear what G. Gordon "Why am I not still in jail?" Liddy meant to say is that all people who speak Spanish are illegal aliens, and all illegal aliens speak Spanish.
What a pug-ugly bigot.
Aaaa!
Stupid browser!
P.S. Yup:
LIDDY: You've just heard Barack Obama insisting that we all teach our children Spanish. Well, not mine, no way.
Pure bigotry.
"people who are interested in expanding the opportunities for all Americans?"
Where do you see a posibility of "expanding the opportunities" by forcing children to learn spanish? How would Americans speaking spanish expand opportunities to other Americans? It might help the illegal ones and the lazy latino ones, but it would only be a hindrance to Americans.
Don't worry about answering a question that is on-topic, it's obvious you are busy trolling with your off-topic rant about left/right ideals when this topic is about O'bama demanding we learn spanish while he does not feel the need to.
"when China owns all of us because we can't pay our mounting debt to them"
Exactly my point. What good would it do to speak spanish, when the only job I would be able to get is as a food picker or house cleaner? Openmind claims to have learned spanish from coworkers in an office, were they the office cleaners? Maybe he's an office cleaner.
Seriously, I KNOW there are some spanish speaking office workers. But, the majority of those speaking spanish do NOT aspire to be upper management. It's obvious by their lack of motivation to learn OUR language that they are happy staying in the fields.
However, since O'bama says we should learn to speak spanish, then that leads me to believe that he expects us to be his 'worker' while he's in upper management (since he can't speak spanish, either). O'bama wants a nation of 'workers' to complete his liberalization of America plan. So much for freedom of choice. Now, the president will choose which language you learn for you. Of course, he won't learn it himself, just demand that YOU learn it, so you can work in the fields with all the rest.
Seriously, I KNOW there are some spanish speaking office workers. But, the majority of those speaking spanish do NOT aspire to be upper management. It's obvious by their lack of motivation to learn OUR language that they are happy staying in the fields."--philib
FYI, at the time I was a senior computer component salesman for a small wholesale distributor. The majority owner of the company was South American woman, but the office manager was a naturalized American citizen from Mexico. Very smart and driven guy from Monterrey. Nearly everyone in the office spoke fluent Spanish and English - although they would usually revert to their native Spanish when they needed to talk to another latino.
They were fantastic people and were very patient and kind to me. I wish everyone could learn a fifth language as enjoyably as I did.
"FYI, at the time I was a senior computer component salesman for a small wholesale distributor."
Is that your liberalized description of what a door-to-door salesman is? What a very heart touching story about a poor immigrant who comes to America to own a company. I'll bet you've got a thousand of those stories? One for each occasion. All just so heart touching and I'm sure accurate.
While your bragging, I'm working on my 4th/5th languages. Learned spanish in HS, German shortly after. Learning Chinese (cantonese) and Vietnamese now.
Or in the military ?? fighting a war???...See post towards end..Sgt. Jiminez.
You are an arsetrich.
I don't need parenting advise from a scumbag convicted felon.
I don't need parenting advise from a scumbag convicted felon.
Elitist !
Liddy looks like a Dick Tracy character. Maybe a cousin of cueball.
One of those selfless acts by rough diamond with a heart of gold?
Ideology trumps all in corporate mediaworld?
Clutivated blackmail?
Inertia?
He does a mean barbeque and gives off proper clues that, despite some boyish pranks on the country years and years ago. he is the proper angry white male hetrosexual church going role model, that we all truely want to be.
I'm now going to gargle some extreme hot sauce to derail this line of thought.
Funny, I thought Spanish, you know, originated in, well, Spain. It's not like our neighbors speak this "illegal alien" language. Oh wait, they do. Never mind. Where I originally hail from, there are lots of folks who speak French, and it was never an issue of course.
This sort of reminds me of the movie Knocked Up. Weren't those guys in that movie illegal aliens, but they were from Canada, so nobody cared?
I would rather my kid learn Tagalig.
Well, he is correct in that English is the lingua franca of the modern world. But why are French and Germans allowed to speak French and German, and Mexicans are not allowed to speak Spanish? Mexico is a big country. It's not like they have many other countries surrounding them as they do in Europe. And are we superior just because we speak English and it happens to be the lingua franca of the world? Most of us don't know a second language.
I myself speak quite a bit of Spanglish, a very stilted eboncis - a very colorful language. And I speak Texan also like: Fixin' ta (meaning getting ready to do something), and all swole up (meaning you're full of pride).
Ok, that is hot.
And now back to wherever it was we were.....
You people who think everything's a joke make me sick...
I've no use for juvenile taunts,
won't dignify them with response.
even though names you call;
it's sober discourse - that's all
that a man of my caliber wants.
What do you have against companies trying to make as much money for their stockholders as is possible?
You're not one of those commies now are you Dave?
Which company are you referring to, WK? The companies I call in the US have no problem speaking english. But if I, for example, order cigars from Costa Rica, they do answer the phone in spanish, but will quickly find someone who speaks english. If I owned a company in the US and someone called from Costa Rica, I would find someone who speaks spanish. That's just smart business. I still do not understand your point about pressing 1 for english.
And I'm a commie all the way down to my pink/red boxer shorts :-)
whi do I have to press 1 for English?
ould you rather wait until every other language and its menu choice are read to you? By putting English first, by itself, you only have to hear that before you select your language.
"why do I still have to press 1 for English?"--dave
I do think that is annoying. The call should default to whatever language their customers speak most often as a matter of efficiency and good design and prompt for other languages to have to press a button to change the language.
On the bright side we don't have to press "2" for English...yet.
: )
"The call should default to whatever language their customers speak most often as a matter of efficiency and good design and prompt for other languages to have to press a button to change the language."
Try holding the line and not pressing anything. You'll find, as I have, that most of the time it DOES default to 1. The few remaining times the call will disconnect.
"3" is for Fox Security immigration deportation department.
And why is there braille on the drive up ATM machine?
So the elitist blind guy riding in the back seat can have his driver pull up.
NOBODY expects the Spanish Imposition!!!
And he comes pretty cheap. He's already sold out himself and his country for snow tires and a home security system.
I'm getting my convicted felons all mixed up. And before anyone else jumps on me, I'll admit that the Democrats have had their share too.
Dorothy Parker: (About a Hollywood starlett.) "She's really well educated. She speaks seven languages, but can't so "No" in any of them."
Donald, these people would get a kick out of the language we speak in New Orleans...
How ya momma-anem? (TRANSLATION: lierally: How is your mother and them?; meaning: How is your family? i.e. your mother, father, brothers, sisters...)
Or the way English is spoken in some of the areas surrounding New Orleans proper...
Hoe-dawn. (That's what the telephone receptionist says when you call and ask to speak to her boss.)
I'm pretty sure the lady putting my hair in corn rows was insulting me.
That's probably just because she didn't know you, Julia.
I'm pretty sure the lady putting my hair in corn rows was insulting me.
That's probably just because she didn't know you, Julia.
Is that patois?
No...mostly just stupidity. ;>)
A pigin? Pre-institutionalized insanity?
As it was put in shipyardeez,"I be gototheboat."
As a fellow New Orleanean, you must know that "Howsyamom'n nem" is only said by touristas who think that's the way we speak. I have never heard anyone from N.O say that. We do say "making groceries" instead of "grocery shopping". Also, New Orleans being the international city it has always been, we can hear languages from every part of the world. The only place you don't hear English is in a cab. 50 years ago Chinese and Italian were more common. As the world changed, other languages replaced ones that we were just getting used to. A huge Vietnamese community has altered the sounds of New Orleans. Katrina's aftermath resulted in an influx of Mexican workers. Strange to notice, isn't it, the only bums you see on the street are young Americans. Everybody else is working for a living and contributing to the life of our beloved city.
This thread is out of whack and has made me hungry.
JJ, thanks for the menu idea. I'm going to have a little lingua franca with a light basil cream sauce with a side a patois 'an at.
You should be sent to the "smoke filled liberal rooms". That is a quote from Hannity from todays radio show about 15 minutes from the end.
Here in Pittsburgh, he is on a 4:00pm.....What is a "smoke filled liberal room"?
Considering it's Hannity, I think he gets his fizzle dizzle (limp member) going by imagining the fun that must go on in "smoke filled" librul rooms. Oops, sorry there pastor.
What is a "smoke filled liberal room"?
Just a few people smoking pot and watching cartoons...an experience Hannity probably missed. ;>)
What is a "smoke filled liberal room"?
Just a few people smoking pot and watching cartoons...an experience Hannity probably missed. ;>)
The fact of the matter is, if Obama (Which he won't) becomes President he will mandate Spanish must be taught to our children. Liddy made one error. If you know Italian you can understand Spanish. And not all Spanish speaking people are illegal aliens.
But I do not need a President to tell me what my child should learn to speak. It is their choice not the Governments.
You misused the phrase "The fact of the matter is..." because it's immediately followed by "if Obama..." making it not a fact, but speculation. Next, in your "(Which he won't)" statement, the "W" does not have to be capitalized, and the aside should come AFTER "becomes president". Coming before it leaves the reader wondering what it is he won't do - he won't if Obama? Makes no sense. And "Which" is not the beginning of a sentence (even though it's in parenthesis ) nor is it a proper noun. Also, a person does not "become" president - they are elected president. Try to be more specific so that it sounds like you're well-versed on the subject on which you are commenting. And you need a comma after "President". Remember, if you pause when reciting the sentence, there's a good chance that a comma is needed. Also, the president does not "mandate" laws in our country. All laws must be passed through congress and the senate with a majority of votes, upon which time the president can then sign them into law. Next, your "Liddy made one error." should rightly be the beginning of a new paragraph, since it is subject matter significantly different than what immediately precedes it. And rather than ending with a period, it should be separated by the sentence immediately following it with a colon, thusly "Liddy made one error: If you...". And you need to make your verbs agree - "knowing" and "understanding" are not necessarily the same thing. I understand that you're saying that if you understand Italian, you will also understand Spanish, however one may not presume that all your readers will possess the exceeding comprehension and patience that I do. And never begin a sentence with "And..." (a little advanced irony for you, we'll work up to that). In your next paragraph, you begin with "But...", however it is not followed up with any statements which contradict what came immediately prior to it. Also the "...tell me what my child should learn to speak." statement is ambiguous. Again, I assume that you mean "...what language my child should...". Try to be more precise about what you mean, otherwise some may think you're implying that the President will put words in your kids' mouths. Same thing with your closing sentence - when you refer to "their", do you mean the President, or your children? Also, don't forget the comma between "choice" and "not".
I wouldn't turn it in to the teacher just yet - could still use some proof-reading. But over all, not a bad first effort.
Neon, I ain't the besterest when it comes to that English language and not really gooder at paragraghs...but Gee Whiz, go look for one of them 'thar "smoke filled liberal rooms".
And in your last sentence, what is the deal with the - ? Sister Mary Jacinta never show us that one.
"...but Gee Whiz, go look for one of them 'thar "smoke filled liberal rooms".
Where do you think I was when I wrote that? Man, don't harsh my buzz. I was, like, distracted by Deputy Dawg and the occasional coughing fit, it's possible I made a mistake or two, but mellow out, man.
Here - have some Doritos...
Bravo!
A genuinely professorial dismantling, Neon! Speaking (okay, writing) as a former teacher/proofreader/magazine editor, I've long felt that poor presentation is directly related to poor reasoning. Hence the trolls will regularly put forth not only the worst argumentation, but the worst writing. I would quibble about the absolute incorrectness of starting a sentence with a conjunction, though.
Does this make us elitist, or merely educated? Or do we simply have delusions of grammar?
"I would quibble about the absolute incorrectness of starting a sentence with a conjunction, though!". Hell, I'd love to hear that one. Pay-per-View is calling. Wait a minute, is that just some type of word-elitest inside joke? You guys/gals must be rolling on the floor. Now I get it....yeah, right!!
MMFA, is absolute incorrectness just plain old "wordism" misinformation. Should this be investigated? I hope not.
P.S. I am proud to admit the my English scores were in the top 72% when in school. Although 72% was considered a "D", it was higher than my other grades. When mom asked why all the "E's", I told her I spent too much time studing English.
Does this make us elitist, or merely educated?
Is there a difference? ;>)
I readily admit that mine are merely "illusions of grammar". I would never challenge anyone on the basis of my grammarian training - I've had none. In fact, I've been rightly chastised by those who know better for my militant resistance to the use of "were" in phrases such as "If it were...", or "If he were...".
But I think that writing a coherent paragraph, even with the occasional error in proper grammar, is not that difficult. And (<--conjuction) I agree with your assessment that muddled thinkers write muddled sentences. Quid erat demonstrandum, the root of this thread.
But I do not need a President to tell me what my child should learn to speak. It is their choice not the Governments.
LOL
What are you going to do when they tell you they want to learn Spanish?
The tennis coach taught Latin , Greek, and Italian. Just think of all those innocent children learning all them fur-eign languages. Shameful! When I was stationed in Germany, back in 1957, all these little kids were speaking perfect German. Fancy that!
Same shocking deal in France. Eight year old tikes speaking FRENCH! And English. I was disgusted by all the languages little kids were forced to learn. I guess G. Gordon only learned to speak CREEP.
Wow, Liddy did everything but call them "beaners." What a swell guy.
And that, of course is the latest pander from Barack Obama. He says that Europeans coming over here can speak German and French. Well, yes, if you're from Germany I would suspect you would speak German. And you -- you would speak French and they do study English because English is the universal language. <-- Because English is a universal language, learning other languages isn't necessary, and learning Spanish is just downright wrong? Do we somehow get a free ride because we speak English? Excuse me for a minute while I go scrub my brain with a brush and a bottle of bleach.
I know how to say Good-bye in 12 languages, among them, Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Adios, Farvel (Danish) and I can't wait to use any or all of them as Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, fly away to France after he loses the election.
By the way, have you ever posted any of my comments? If not, when? Your stipulation is that I have not posted enough comments to qualify. I've posted many and I keep getting the same message. How many posts do you want? 100, 200, 500. Let know so I can fill the bill.
Thank you, Jennie Maroney, Framingham, Massachusetts