The best argument I've ever seen against declaring English our official language: It will result in calls for recognition of secondary languages, or for certain states to declare that they have two official languages, or three.

Pennsylvania was officially bi-lingual, Dutch and English, until the 1950s. Dutch just dropped away in common use so the state dropped it.

Make English the official language at the federal level and watch efforts start to make California, Texas, or New Mexico declare themselves officially bi-lingual, with all the Hell that will bring.

This may be one where it's better to let inertia take its course, you know?

Well, I don't know if being on the same side as the Washington Post is a good thing Matt. Most of the time they're dead flat wrong about issues.

Senator, I would like to express my displeasure with the Presidents proposal on the illegal immigration problems. The U.S. must secure its borders first and than discuss a guest-worker program. I am opposed to a guest-worker plan that couls lead to citizenship for illegal immegrats who broke our laws. If the Republican Party gives in on this issue I will not vote for a Republican again. This will show that your party is no different than the Democrats. I voted for President Bush because I thought he was sincere in protecting American. I am having second thoughtrs.

Sincerely
Philip N. Caputo

Wow, so now when the liberal Washington Post praises something Bush did we think it’s a good thing? I am sure Teddy Kennedy liked a lot of Bush’s speech too, so is that a good thing?
Bush played it to not lose and when you do that you can’t win.

A " 'rational middle ground' between amnesty and deportation" is exactly what we need---but that does not, and cannot, include citizenship as an option for those who have shown such disrespect for our laws and our country.