Invite ye felawes and frendes desirous in gold to enter the gates of Shrewd'm, for they will thanke ye later.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
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"Canada lives because we are Canadian"
Spectacular speech by Prime Minister Carney.
But it's ok when he does it.
If it were Reagan. Bush. Bush. Trump.
If it were just a common American on the street.
Then "jingoism" "nationalism" "ugly" "bully"
Must be nice to just speak up for your people or country---just words---and not be lambasted for it. Everyone else but America is allowed.
Oh well.
Putin - you wimp. Why did you not use nukes.
XI: I hope you one day take Canada's resources (mind you, dems love XI so that's the downside)
Religion of Peace: Enjoy the romance in Sweden, and then like I wrote on TMF -- pool your political and economic resources. Weterners are soft, decadent, and just aching to be displaced.
Do it.
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Must be nice to just speak up for your people or country---just words---and not be lambasted for it. Everyone else but America is allowed.
Aww, Baa. Are you getting sucked into the "US is always a victim" narrative? :^)
Steve
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Nope.
As usual I state plainly what I think.
I think you want to dodge it ;)
Just admit: Carney can say that stuff. Macron can.
And this is WAY BEFORE trump.
Americans are denied as "jingo" "nationalist" "Ugly" for saying the same stuff.
Americans are "ugly" just for the sin of trying to speak English as a tourist in France.
But Americans are evil if we want PERMANENT RESIDENTS to speak English.
C'mon Steve, you are an independent thinker---- just admit it, I'm right. Doesn't mean you love Trump --what I'm saying is well before trump.
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But Americans are evil if we want PERMANENT RESIDENTS to speak English.
Are there official programs to teach immigrants English, that are free and accessible? 100 years ago Ford Motor had a lot of immigrant workers, and provided English language instruction for them.
Here's a bit from the net sifter: percent of US population that are first generation immigrants, by year.
Historical First-Generation Immigrant Share of U.S. Population
1890: 14.8% (Previous peak)
1910: 14.7%
1930: 11.6%
1970: 4.7% (Record low)
1980: 6.0%
1990: 7.9%
2000: 11.1%
2010: 12.9%
2020: 13.7%
2024: 15.6%
2025 (Jan): 15.8% (53.3 million
It may seem there are more people speaking other languages, because the US has not had such a large portion of the population being first generation immigrants, since before the highly restrictive immigration laws enacted in the 1920s.
That record low at 1970, did not prevent a metro Detroit area company running TV commercials in Polish, because they found it beneficial to do so. Now, with a record high immigrant population, Lowe's uses signage in both English and Spanish, because they find it beneficial to do so. With such an influx of new residents, seems it would be beneficial for the government to be as accessible as possible to these new residents.
My dad's family spoke Québécois, excursively, in the house, in New Jersey, but they spoke English to outsiders. Same thing now, 100 years later. I can have lunch at the local Tim Horton's and hear Arabic or Hindi spoken by the group at the next table, after they ordered their food and coffee in English. I remember my mom, 60 years ago, complaining about hearing people in a store speaking other-than-English among themselves, but she had her share of kinks. I keep hoping that we can rise above tribalism, and not be offended when a bit of Arabic or Spanish, floats through the air to our ears....I keep hoping.
Steve
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Trust me....
I know as much as you do if not more ---about people emigrating --- being fluent in French in Montreal Canada (Dorval....Lachine....a green house owned by Mr and Ms Bell...)
And then English when emigrating to America.
And not taking a dime.
And assimilating.
And becoming mulit-millionairres in the process.
I don't need links for it -- I've seen it up close and personal....many times ;)
So back to your dodging.....
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What Carney said and I quoted----every other country can say that stuff versus if an American president (other than trump) says it ---it is 'nationalist, jingoism" blah blah etc.
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Aww, Baa. Are you getting sucked into the "US is always a victim" narrative? :^)
No, he/she is whining about ALWAYS "being on the menu".
