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Small New York Town Makes English the Law
NY Times ^
| May 13, 2010
| Walsh
Posted on 05/13/2010 7:23:03 AM PDT by walsh
It’s about 2,500 miles from this green, rural town in the rolling hills near Vermont to the Mexican border at Nogales, but that hasn’t stopped Jackson from making a bid to be New York’s small version of Arizona in the immigration wars.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aliens; english; newyork
Great news!
Three cheers for Mr. Meyer and the Town council!
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posted on
05/13/2010 7:23:04 AM PDT
by
walsh
To: walsh
I got run out of a restaurant in Montreal for speaking English.
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posted on
05/13/2010 7:31:02 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: walsh
Small New York Town Makes English the Law Dey tawk English in Noo Yawk?
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posted on
05/13/2010 7:32:00 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: a fool in paradise
‘I got run out of a restaurant in Montreal for speaking English.’
Their country, their rules.
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posted on
05/13/2010 7:35:50 AM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.-- Idylls of the King)
To: Polybius
‘Dey tawk English in Noo Yawk?’
Upstate, yes.
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posted on
05/13/2010 7:37:30 AM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.-- Idylls of the King)
To: walsh
KUDOS!
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posted on
05/13/2010 8:12:06 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Excusaholic: MeCain lost to Jr., RINO endorsements are flying, & you live at 2012 Denial Blvd.)
To: walsh
Yep. One step at a time. I hope every town in the US does the same.
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posted on
05/13/2010 8:12:39 AM PDT
by
Bitsy
To: a fool in paradise
were you wearing a Maple Leafs sweater?
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posted on
05/13/2010 8:25:00 AM PDT
by
rahbert
(Only a poor snake charmer blames his snake..)
To: walsh
Cool!
My relatives had to assimilate, why don’t the new immigrants?
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posted on
05/13/2010 8:31:43 AM PDT
by
PATRIOT1876
(Language, Borders, Culture, Full employment for those here legally)
To: walsh
Don’t these white people get it that there’s reconquista going on in Vermont? That was Mexico’s territory! Yanqui go home!
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:29:13 AM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(No prisoners, no mercy. 2010 is here...)
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..
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posted on
05/13/2010 12:22:37 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ Illegal is a Crime, it is not a Race ~)
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