Comments on: Bilingualism in politics

By: Joat

Joat — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:21:24 +0000

Charley………..seriously, you should learn facts before answering….first, you cannot blame Bush Jr for Sept 11 as he had only 9 months in office. It takes about a 1 1/2 to 2 years for a president to fully grasp the true state of the country and enact real policies. Second, don’t give Obama any credit for not being attacked as we are far more aware of dangers then prior to Sept 11 which may be reducing such attacks. Just watch the news and hear about all the attempts that have been made or were in planning stages. Second, since when did Bush Sr spend 12 years in office? He had one term from ’88 to ’92. That seems like only four years to me. Maybe my math is off.

By: charley

charley — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:18:36 +0000

Say there Timmy, how many planes hit buildings while any other president was in office??
That is not what I would call safe.
Obama is an idiot as well, but we haven’t been attacked so far. I can not remember when there were so many wars that did not amount to anything. Bush senior spent 12 years in the White House, and junior spent 8. Count the wars and divide by 20!!!

By: Li

Li — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:51:43 +0000

Actually Tim, though I’m not the biggest fan of Obama, or anybody except Ron Paul for that matter, Bush didn’t have a good enough grasp on certain aspects of the country and how it should be taken of just as much as Obama lacks the same, just different aspects. And he has not added a trillion in a year, our debt has REACHED a trillion, and his health plan will not cost 3-5 trillion, they said something like roughly 34. some odd million over the next 10 years, and I got this from what I’m sure is your “beloved” fox news.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:28:45 +0000

You could not wait for Bush’s term to end. Now that Obama has been in office for a while are you happy with what we have now? Go ahead I will wait…………. Bush did a fine job the last year he was in office the economy started declining well what goes up must come down it was just timing. ?He kept us safe not only did he keep our country safe he kept others safe and no he did not finish what his dad started he did what he had to do and I support him. Obama has lied several times in speeches about not adding to our deficit and he has added a trillion in a year and if his health care bill goes through it is projected to add 3-5 trillion in the next 20 years. Honestlymost politicians are crooks the problem is finding out who is lieing the least.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:33:02 +0000

How will the Arabic speakers vote in this year’s US election?

Will it be a majority going for the Democrats? I can’t imagine too many of them supporting the Replublicans.

They, like me, probably can’t wait for Bush’s term to end.

By: Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:08:57 +0000

There are a lot of Arabic speakers in the US believe me. The problem is no one wants to work for the State Department- OR- their background would not be able to stand the scrutiny.

It’s completely different from what Singapore is facing in terms of growing a nation of bilingual speakers. There are millions of Arab-Americans, they are just not trusted by the US government.

The issue here is far deeper than that of language. It is a lack of, and in fact, a refusal, to understand a culture other than one’s own.