"This is Alabama; we speak English," he says in the ad. "If you want to live here, learn it."
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
'This is Alabama; we speak English,' governor candidate says!
Republican Alabama gubernatorial candidate Tim James (and son of previous Gov. Fob James) vows in a new campaign ad that if he's elected, he'll give the state driver's license exam only in English, as a cost-saving measure.
"This is Alabama; we speak English," he says in the ad. "If you want to live here, learn it."
"This is Alabama; we speak English," he says in the ad. "If you want to live here, learn it."
Obama Calls In Riot Police On Peaceful Tea Party!
Quincy Herald Whig: There were a few tense moments when the crowd moved west down York toward Third Street after the president's motorcade arrived. A Secret Service agent asked the crowd to move back across the street to the north side. When the crowd didn't move and began singing "God Bless, America" and the national anthem, Quincy Deputy Police Chief Ron Dreyer called for members of the Mobile Field Force to walk up the street.
OBAMA: AZ IMMIGRATION BILL A ‘POORLY CONCEIVED LAW’!
“You can try to make it really tough on people who look like they, quote, unquote look like illegal immigrants. One of the things that the law says is that local officials are allow to ask somebody who they have a suspicion might be an illegal immigrant for their papers -- but you can imagine if you are a Hispanic American in Arizona, your great, great grandparents may have been there before Arizona was even a state. But now suddenly if you don’t have your papers and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you’re going to be harassed, that’s something that could potentially happen.”