Jay Bookman

By Davo

January 23, 2009 2:30 PM | Link to this

If diversity is a good thing does that mean unity is a bad thing?

Multi-culturalism; politically correct BS.

By tcoach

January 23, 2009 2:48 PM | Link to this

So which languages are going to be used?

Who decides which languages are used?

How is it not discrimination to not put all languages used by residents of Nashville on Every public or government building?

If we are to become a multilingual nation, then in fairness to us being a melting pot, I feel it would be irresponsible and discriminatory to not include all languages then.

By Davo

January 23, 2009 2:51 PM | Link to this

Meanwhile, in Nebraska…

Judge upholds affirmative action ban http://www.omaha.com/index.php?upage=2798&usid=10544841

At least one state is closing the door on white guilt. Change I can believe in.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 23, 2009 2:52 PM | Link to this

Yes, we need to be able to tell our houseboys and yard slaves to chop chop or something like that.

Since dollar no good anymore, you take peso amigo?

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 2:54 PM | Link to this

Bookman, wow, that is an accomplishment. Next time a mexican illegal alien slams into your nice bmw or whatever car you drive, you can feel great knowing that he/she won’t understand a single word you are screaming at him/her.

By JAY BOOKMAN

January 23, 2009 3:08 PM | Link to this

You mean my ‘80 Toyota, Commie?

The immigrants are more worried about ME running into THEM.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 3:14 PM | Link to this

JAY BOOKMAN, having a 1980 Toyota is a bigger accomplishment than rejecting an all-English city. I doubt the illegals are worried about you running into them. Especially when you are rooting for them. Si.

By Taxpayer

January 23, 2009 3:19 PM | Link to this

Jay,

I see your whiners are still hard at it. Whining. Not a single word from them regarding pros and cons or historical context. Nothing. Except whining. They’re so cute when the whine. They’re always so cute.

By Midori

January 23, 2009 3:23 PM | Link to this

Taxpayer,

perhaps Jay should go into the cheese business?

give them something to go along with that whine?

By Bud Wiser

January 23, 2009 3:25 PM | Link to this

Nashville.

My hometown and where I grew up before leaving for college.

And this vote is why I choose to live here.

I’ll recommend to my brother and other family members still there to invest in ‘Rosetta Stone’ so they can learn Spanish. It’s obvious the Spanish speakers have no intention of learning English, except for the phrase “where es de social securitee offeece?”

By RealityKing

January 23, 2009 3:28 PM | Link to this

1980 Toyota!?

Image that.., a liberal who crys about keeping jobs at home is responsible for the downfall of the American auto industry. Wow..

By deegee

January 23, 2009 3:29 PM | Link to this

This is heartening. Just FYI, Nashville’s documented translation expenses have totaled $522,287 since 2004. By comparison, the special election cost $300,000. Whoever championed this election either wasn’t informed of or didn’t care about the costs associated with enacting anti-immigrant legislation.

Additionally, About 10 percent of Nashville’s nearly 600,000 people speak a language other than English in their homes, according to census data. The city is 5 percent Hispanic and home to the nation’s largest Kurdish community and refugees from Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

By Taxpayer

January 23, 2009 3:30 PM | Link to this

No can do, Midori. The next thing you know, they’ll be wanting bread or crackers to go with the cheese. Where will it end. These whiners and their wants. My daughter is taking Spanish. I suggested to her that a foreign language would be a good thing and she agreed. It’s the diverse thing to do.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 3:33 PM | Link to this

Midori, I see that you are getting your jokes from wonderfully funny comedians such as Sinbad, Steve Martin and Carrot Top.

Taxpayer, enlighten us on the pros of having people who can’t read or speak English?

By Dale Gribble's GOP

January 23, 2009 3:34 PM | Link to this

Funny how Commie and AC/DC always post within minutes of each other, and that they both used Spanish in back to back missives.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 3:36 PM | Link to this

Taxpayer, Great, maybe your daughter can work at the nearest Los Charos Mexican restaurant. I’ll be sure to give her a big tip. It’s the diverse thing to do.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 23, 2009 3:37 PM | Link to this

What’s up with the personal attacks from the usual personal attacking crowd?

Whine, whine, whine.

By Taxpayer

January 23, 2009 3:40 PM | Link to this

Como esta, Commie?

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 3:41 PM | Link to this

Dale Gribble’s GOP, Funny how you’ve pointed that out yet you’ve never blogged on Bookmans blogs before using that name. You wrote “always post within minutes of each other” but you’ve never blogged on here before. Interesting indeed Mrs. G, copyleft, taxpayer or whoever you are.

By TW

January 23, 2009 3:41 PM | Link to this

Good for Nashville.

Bad for the bigot right.

Probably safe to assume white trash ain’t in vogue no more. Not surprising - nobody likes a loser.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 3:44 PM | Link to this

Estoy bien, taxpayer!

By TW

January 23, 2009 3:46 PM | Link to this

Wait!

ATLANTA — Kentucky and West Virginia — where people traditionally smoke the most — have the highest death rates from smoking, a new federal study has found. Rounding out the 10 states with the highest average annual smoking death rates were Nevada, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Indiana and Missouri.

9 red - only 1 blue

REDSTATES WIN!

Can’t win for losing?

YES YOU CAN! YES YOU CAN!

By Dale Gribble's GOP

January 23, 2009 3:49 PM | Link to this

Commie. You are wrong as well as paranoid, as usual.

By Hillbilly Deluxe

January 23, 2009 3:50 PM | Link to this

I don’t care what language anybody uses at home, with their friends, or in their private businesses. All legal and government documents should be in English.

At the present time I happen to be reading a book on the history of Texas. The earliest American settlers in Texas, including Sam Houston, became Mexican citizens. (Most still thought of themselves as Americans though). Later on many Americans poured into Texas. The Mexicans turned a blind eye to this because they wanted the Americans to serve as a buffer between the the Indians (Comanches in particular) and Greater Mexico below the Rio Grande River. Texas eventually split off and became the Republic of Texas and later the State of Texas. So in a sense Mexico failed to control its borders and lost Texas.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this

Dale Gribble’s GOP, ??????? Okay.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 3:54 PM | Link to this

TW, what does smoking have to do with red and blue states? Did you get the voting records from every dead smoker?

By Taxpayer

January 23, 2009 3:59 PM | Link to this

Commie, you aren’t paranoid, are you? Do you think that I’m lurking behind another label?

My daughter has some new Spanish words for you:

Pasado manana es el domingo. Gracias por un consejo.

By tcoach

January 23, 2009 4:06 PM | Link to this

Why only Spanish?

Should be every major language.

If not all of this about diversity is crap.

Do you people not have compassion for the many languages of Asian decent, what about europe, or Africa?

Be inclusive, sounds like exclusionary bigotry if the others are not included as well.

How can you say one race or culture is more important than another.

English was, and is considered part of teh culture of America. If it is going to be altered it would be mighty racist of us to not include them all.

How much money would that cost?

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 4:08 PM | Link to this

Taxpayer, according to Dale I am. Whoever Dale is.

You wrote: Pasado manana es el domingo. Gracias por un consejo.

Tomorrow is the last Sunday. Thanks for the tip.

Is this correct? My Spanish is fuzzy but I believe it translate into this. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Tomorrow is the last Sunday? According to my calender tomorrow is Saturday.

By Bosch

January 23, 2009 4:13 PM | Link to this

This has always been a really unneccesary and ridiculous thing in my opinion - to have a LAW passed where all documentation or whatever is in English.

Really, is this so necessary? I mean, is there REALLY a chance that governments and schools will be FORCED to translate things? I really just don’t think so.

But to make this a LAW? Good grief.

By HandSolo

January 23, 2009 4:19 PM | Link to this

Bosch, do you speak to your dry walling crew in sign language?

By Bosch

January 23, 2009 4:24 PM | Link to this

HandSolo,

I do my own dry walling.

By Bud Wiser

January 23, 2009 4:29 PM | Link to this

La puerta está siempre abierta a los mexicanos, pero de golpe en la cara de los estadounidenses.

¡No interfiera con México!

La estupidez de los gringos para tirar el dinero a los inmigrantes ilegales es asombroso.

This is what we do to ourselves, amigos.

Vaya con Dios!

By HandSolo

January 23, 2009 4:29 PM | Link to this

Bosch, I’m sure you do.

By Hey

January 23, 2009 4:29 PM | Link to this

Handsolo-

Are you saying all dry-wall installers do not speak english, or speak spanish?

Also, why not just hire legalized citizens who speak english?

Our economy is bad right now and I am sure there are legal citizens that functionally speak English who need jobs.

Kinda racist to assume those in Dry wall would not be able to speak English.

By Taxpayer

January 23, 2009 4:34 PM | Link to this

Commie,

My daughter said that the first sentence translates to “The day after tomorrow is Sunday.” I just asked her to type something that she recently learned and that’s what she typed. I assume her second sentence was regarding your comment that she work at a Mexican restaurant.

Now, regarding the pros for having people who can’t read or speak English. For one thing, that means we’ll have people to translate for us when we ask for work at Toyota or when we need to determine how much that favorite Mexican dish at Los Charos will cost. But, for you, I suspect you might not want to be able to determine what the cook or waiter at Los Charos was really saying while they smiled back at you.

By HandSolo

January 23, 2009 4:34 PM | Link to this

Hey, Ah yes, playing the race card. No, not being racist because Mexican illegal aliens work harder than most any American construction worker. I’m simply giving Mexican illegal aliens full respect for the hard work that they put into dry walling. And yes, most all dry wall workers are Mexican and do speak Spanish. Legal American workers will not work as hard nor will they except low pay like the illegal workers will.

By Class of '98

January 23, 2009 4:36 PM | Link to this

If diversity is preferrable to homogeneity, why do we virtually worship the Constitution?

It was 100% written, debated, and ratified by white men.

I don’t understand the logic.

By getalife

January 23, 2009 4:41 PM | Link to this

I see the right are still angry and whining.

Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez (Let the Good Times Roll)

By Chad Harris

January 23, 2009 4:42 PM | Link to this

Ah ain’t done nevah heard no English be spoken in Jaw Jaw nor saw any written well since comin’ heah so many years ago. When they gonna pass a law for basic literacy in Jaw Jaw? If it wree a requirement for the hogs and hogesses under the Gold Dome, the place would be friggin’ empty.

TGIF Shoutouts Indicted REPUBLICAN New York Sen. Majority Leader Joe Bruno Edition for the Jaw Jaws who don’t nevah speak or write English

8 Count Indictment for Arguably Most Powerful Man in New York Legislature today former state Senator Joeseph Bruno—

Mr. Bruno is accused of collecting more than $3 million over a 13-year period, beginning in 1993, from a handful of businessmen seeking state contracts and grants, as well as contracts to manage pension fund investments for at least 16 labor unions.

Mr. Bruno hearded some of the toughest 3 strikes your in prison for life laws for miniscule penny ante convictions in the history of the US and as usual you’ll see him suddenly begin to understand the consequences of Draconian laws now that the feds have his scrotum in a wringer. That’s always the way with indicted legislators on the state or fed level whether the indictment is state or federal and this one is DOJ.

And Mr. Bruno was Mr. REPUBLICAN RETHUGLICAN PARTY OF COURSE in New York pronouned Yawk. What else? Mah favorite party of course. They sho do know how not to pass go and head for the ole federal prison concrete 8X 10’s don’t they them snugly lovable Thuglicans.

Bush Former Staffers Out in Force on Faux to Whine and Cry that Barack Star didn’t play nice when he called Dimwit a lawbreaker to his face in Inaugrual Speech

Obama aka Barack Star makes meaningless order to follow the Army Manual which leaves tons of loopholes for torture

Russell Tice Concerns Bushie, Cheney and Addington have gathered all your emails and phone calls to your mistresses and ectopic love interests

Who Be Russell Tice?

Tice had a 20 year career as an NSA and Naval Intelligence Officer who has been a whistleblower and went on KO night before last spilling the beans about the Bush admin collecting all the emails and phone conversations of all Americans—that’d be yours.

He was also the major source for the NY Times story that broke that the NSA was illegally wiretapping you that provoked a collectgive yawn and to date no mention in your local AJC or notice from their illustrious editorial board.

Wooten calls it “our patriotic party line.”

A shoutout to Baracky Star who showed that he’s a Bush puppy when it comes to illegal wiretapping.

Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case

Change We Can Hallucinate In

Thursday’s filing by the Obama administration marked the first time it officially lodged a court document in the lawsuit asking the courts to rule on the constitutionality of the Bush administration’s warrantless-eavesdropping program. The former president approved the wiretaps in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Given Obama’s flip flop vote for the egregious illegal wiretapping immunity law last year, and Holder’s current support of it, this should surprise no one.

You might want to call Baracky Star BarRethuglicanrack OGOPMA.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 4:43 PM | Link to this

Taxpayer, I rarely eat at Mexican restaurants. I also didn’t know that Toyota was hiring illegals to assemble Camry’s and Corrolas.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 4:45 PM | Link to this

Chad Harris, From reading your first paragraph I’d say that you are making fun of black people.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 4:49 PM | Link to this

Chad Harris, Is that first paragraph your Aunt Jemima impression?

By Taxpayer

January 23, 2009 4:51 PM | Link to this

Commie,

You suggested that my daughter get a job at a Mexican restaurant and that you would tip her well. Now, you say that you rarely eat there. My daughter will be so disappointed. Regarding the employment at Toyota, your thought process is clearly too restricted. You should consider other more likely scenarios such as the need to learn a foreign language in order to expand your own employment opportunities or to open new “doors” for sales, etc.

By RW-(the original)

January 23, 2009 4:55 PM | Link to this

First off this wasn’t an English only amendment it was an English first amendment and it only has to do with conducting official government business. Exceptions were allowed and it protected the city should a problem arise that could be pinned on the city’s translation.

By CommunistAJC

January 23, 2009 4:58 PM | Link to this

Taxpayer, She’ll get over it. There’s nothing wrong with learning new languages so don’t take that as an offense. Yes, learning new languages does indeed open doors for higher salary and more advancement. I want to learn Mandarin so that when China takes us over I can have a job. As far as Toyota goes, I was referring to the actual people who assemble the cars, not the sales people.

Bookman, What song will you refer today for the Friday drive home? Not that I’m driving home today since I take the train. I have a few suggestions if you’d like to hear them.

By Taxpayer

January 23, 2009 5:00 PM | Link to this

I remember giving a presentation to a group from China (over twenty years ago). I’d say one sentence and wait for the translator then wait for their response and wait for the translator. It was a painfully slow process until we got to numbers. They knew dollars real well. In fact, they knew more English than any of us knew Chinese and we were the ones looking to make the sale. Strange.

By Chad Harris

January 23, 2009 5:05 PM | Link to this

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By deegee

January 23, 2009 5:11 PM | Link to this

Interesting story, taxpayer, and not surprising. Some bemoan the fact that immigrants come here and don’t speak English yet Buford Highway is lined with businesses and banks of every nationality. The immigrants seem to find a way to make money now as they always have. Anti-immigrant laws are symbolic gestures designed by people that are afraid of competition.

By Ray

January 23, 2009 5:14 PM | Link to this

Business people need to be tri-lingual in most cases in most of Europe but don’t tell me that you will be able to go to Germany and apply for a drivers license in Spanish. Of course, most of the world is not trying to prove that they are the most tolerant people on the planet and that “diversity” and “political correctness” are more important than hanging together as a nation with standards that mean something. As each individual segment of America that we inherit from bad border security settles in towns and cities and establishes their own enclaves, the idea of being an American becomes less important. It is already happening in more cities and towns than are healthy for this country to maintain it’s American heritage. We defeated the Mexicans not too long ago and they haven’t forgotten it, you can be sure. The more we pander them for votes and the more department stores that have signs in Spanish to capture the Mexican market, the more of our security, identity and heritage is lost. We are indeed a nation of immigrants but most learned to speak English and acclimated to our country and became Americans. Most of these present day latinos are just quasi Americans, more interested in their own national identity than in the best interests of our country. The first step in our path to second nation status.

By Paul

January 23, 2009 5:30 PM | Link to this

Midori 3:23

That was cute – made me laugh.

Hillbilly Deluxe 3:50

When my fifth-generation brother in law was in grade school the teacher assigned them to write about the country their ancestors came from. He wrote about Texas. She wasn’t amused . He pointed out it was a Republic. then she got mad (anger is a usual response to embarrassment). And she was the teacher…. must’ve been a Yankee…

Getalife 4:41

Hey, enough of that Cajun, feriner!

RW-(the original)

As usual, there’s a rest of the story. Thanks.

Jay,

[[And good surprises are pretty rare these days. ]]

I expect you’ll enjoy this:

Link: Texas education board ratifies vote against focus on ‘weaknesses’ in evolution

I’m gonna have to check if the Physics teachers have to teach the weaknesses in the Theory of Relativity -

By AJC/DNC Management

January 23, 2009 5:30 PM | Link to this

There are reasons that people leave their countries and come to America, mostly because their country sucks.

So yes, let’s turn America into their country.

And we’ll all suck together!

duh, democrats, duh

By Chad Harris

January 23, 2009 5:58 PM | Link to this

Toyota/Schmoyota

The 9/10 choice for the sofistukated Jaw Jaw is an SOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEE. AJC is 50% SOOOOOOVEEEE ads and that ain’t nevah gonna change. Proud Jaw Jaws pimpin for the Saudi Royal Family Foevah.

The laugh is going to be when prices goes rapidly from 2 bucks a gallon to $6 soon and take off from there.

The Oooooveees are dead men walking and so are the American ooooveee makers.

By Chad Harris

January 23, 2009 6:37 PM | Link to this

Bush did his best to turn this country into Auschwitz—we’re fixing it to a degree and Barack Star is leaving some of the Nazi provisions like the warantless wiretapping in place.

Heill Andy!

Embyronic stem cell injections into cord dazmaged patients begin soon.

By yo quiero taco bell

January 23, 2009 6:49 PM | Link to this

chad, how are you fixing it?

don’t accept phone calls from 1.800.alqueda and you should be fine

By Chad Harris

January 23, 2009 6:56 PM | Link to this

I voted for someone who is reversing a number of Hitler Bush’s orders. Perhaps you voted for the dumbest woman, and there are many close, to run for the 2nd highest office in the country.

What does that make you?

Can you see Russia from where you’re sitting?

By @@

January 23, 2009 7:03 PM | Link to this

Sometimes, jay, what makes Americans feel warm and cozy doesn’t always serve to benefit the recipients of the good intentions.

Non-english speaking immigrants are put at a terrible disadvantage in business, at medical facilities, education, emergency services. In Tennessee, manufacturing and retail employers say they would hire more Hispanic immigrants but cannot adequately train or relay job safety requirements to non-English speakers. .

Being able to communicate is key.

I would have thought you’d want something better for our newer citizens and those “just visiting”?

By Chad Harris

January 23, 2009 7:07 PM | Link to this

Obama limits ex-presidents’aka dimwit’s discretion on records

By Chad Harris

January 23, 2009 7:13 PM | Link to this

I seem to remember a couple weeks ago a few self-appointed MDs who decided to skip med school because they couldn’t get in pronounced embryonic stem cells of no value, taking the Palin approach to medicine.

Palin who either gave birth to a trisomy 21 child or claimed the baby was hers, during the height of her jabbering aimlessly on her 15 minutes of pulpit fame, trashed fruitfly research.

What the moroness did not know and still does not know is that the infrastructure of medical research for this trisomy baby she calls hers is none other than work with the fruitfly.

Itnorance is bliss ain’t it?

U.S. Approves First Stem Cell Study for Spinal Injury

This “US” that approved the embryonic stem cord research isn’t Palin or Bush’s America is it? Where is this US located? Can you see it from Alaska? Can you see it from Midland or Dallas? I think the answer is hell no.

By fed up

January 23, 2009 8:49 PM | Link to this

I knew it wouldn’t be too many days before chaddy wick was back talking about Palin. Seems he said he doesn’t mention her until someone else does….not this time….again.

By fed up too

January 23, 2009 11:45 PM | Link to this

me too- fed up.

smile:)

By Chad Harris

January 24, 2009 12:28 AM | Link to this

I mention Palin anytime I please. I don’t need anyone’s permission. It’s called the First Amendment from the Constitution your dimwit trashed for eight years and Obama hasn’t moved to fully repair. And she’s a symbol of why there will never be another Thug elected President in your lifetime and why both houses of Congress are firmly controlled by Dems; why Franken will be in the Senate, and most importantly why after ten years of freezing medical progress in this area on the day that Obama was sworn in the moronic bureaucrats at FDA got offtheirasses and approved the first human embryonic stem research:

FDA Approves Stem Cell Trial After Ten Years of Delay on Day Bush and Dimwit Liftoff and Obama is Sworn In

By DB, Gwinnettian

January 24, 2009 7:40 AM | Link to this

“she’s a symbol of why there will never be another Thug elected President in your lifetime”

She’s a symbol of something, all right, but unless the person you’re replying to is in his/her 70s or 80s, that prediction of yours is about as valid as one of Andy’s.

Whatever becomes of the GOP will find a way to either purge itself of the Christianist nutballs or keep them on a shorter leash. They may need to allow a Palin 2012 ticket to crash and burn to allow this to happen; who knows. But they (or some other national opposition-to-the-Dems party) will surely adapt and overcome, just as the Dems did after the Mother Of All humiliating defeats, i.e., the Civil War.

Gotta run (literally). Later, all.

By fed up

January 24, 2009 9:05 AM | Link to this

You’re right chaddy wick you can mention Palin as often as you want even if it borders obsession. You are the one who claimed you only brought her up when someone else had, not me.

Dream on about the repubs….they will be back.

By Chad Harris

January 24, 2009 12:09 PM | Link to this

They will be back with whom and what? That’s why they won’t be back, and they destroyed this country.