“Why Aren’t You Speaking English?” A Texas Senator is receiving praise and criticism.

KTRH 740 ^ | Friday, June 17, 2011 | By KTRH STAFF

[tje]

During committee testimony this week in Austin, a Texas senator interrupted a Spanish speaker and telling him he should "be speaking in English" during a committee hearing.

Antolin Aguirre of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition was testifying against Senate Bill 9 that would help crack down on illegal immigrants in Texas. Aguirre spoke through an interpreter even though he had been in the U.S. since 1988.

Two minutes into Antolin Aguirre’s testimony, Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, interrupted asking Aguirre’s interrupter, "Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?" Harris asked. "Why aren’t you speaking in English then?"

[Huskrrrr]

[Old Teufel Hunden]

Funny story. Many years ago, I was on the U.S.S. Tripoli. Aboard ship as you can imagine there are many different groups of people. Fillipinos speaking Tagalog, Dominicans/Puerto Ricans/others speaking Spainish. One day the captain gets on speaker and is passing information. This is a fairly common occurrence to hear the captain speak from time to time. This is one time that I will never forget. At the end of the word he was passing, he announces words to the effect that this is a United States Naval ship and the official language on here is English. No other languages are to be spoken.

I never had a problem with others speaking their native tongue to fellow natives. After all, they can probably best communicate their thoughts and ideas in their native tongue. However, in a public forum such as the Senate hearing or when speaking to someone to talk about others while right in front of them is highly insulting. And the government should provide all of their documentation/etc in English only.

[Georgia Girl 2]

A lot of them speak much better English than they let on. I used to get sucked into that No speekee stuff and there I would be struggling to speak Spanish.

[RowdyFFC]

Don’t you just love how they pose the poll...”Texas Senator in trouble for...” He’s not in trouble, he’s being applauded.

[Liz]

Nothing good has come from this plague of lawbreakers violating our borders. Karl Rove was WRONG----they came from hellholes whining about a "better life".....but that was a ruse. They DID NOT embrace democracy once they had a taste of it as Rove famously said. On the contrary, they are a national security threat-----and are conspiring to tear down democracy---and their home countries are helping them. Read on:

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News reports say Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru and are conspiring to collude with The Anti-Defamation League, The American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center and several other civil and immigrant rights groups to infringe on US sovereignty to make laws as we see fit. The co-conspirators filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Georgia's law and are now asking a judge to halt the measure pending the outcome of their case.

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They only look like they're mowing our loans and flipping burgers in fast food joints. The main occupation of these hyphenated-separatists is creating chaos to divert attention from the Marxist Third World they are building on US soil.

These anti-American criminals consider the United States an invader state---a foreign power imposed on Third World hellholes. They arrogantly refuse to refer to the US by its legal name. The US is known by Mexicans as el Norte, (“the North”), el Otro Lado (“the Other Side”), or Gringolandia (the “Anglo Entity”).

Freud would have a field day with these people----that "warrior" mentality evidences a distinct lack of self esteem. They actually think we are "frail white people." That's what the Japanese thought. The same mistake Mexicans made with Texans. The disturbed left’s identity politics with its propensity to separate and balkanize America moves ahead apace with the era of Obama. You remember Obama? The post-racial president that was supposed to “heal” America? Yeah, that one.

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Phoenix Latinos will protest in Atlanta
"We are taking over this land and anybody who doesn’t like it should go back to Europe"
The Examiner | May 20th, 2011 | Miguel Perez
FR Posted Sat, May 21, 2011 by moonshinner_09

Georgia won’t be part of the proposed Latino homeland of Aztlán, but Latino civil rights leaders from Phoenix will march and protest in different parts of Atlanta next week for immigration laws they view as unjust. “Latinos won’t stay at the back of the bus anymore. We are taking over this land and anybody who doesn’t like it should go back to Europe,” says Jorge Serrano of Take Back Aztlán. “Racism should not be tolerated anymore in this country. Trying to get rid of Latinos is nothing but racist,” says Cecilia Maldonado of Chicanos Unidos Arizona, who will be meeting with Latino civil rights leaders in Atlanta to propose national boycotts. (Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...

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Translated from the Espanol------Third World federales are salivating over looting the US treasury. Can't wait to get their hands on the loot.

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Just here for a better life (sob).

WAITING TO GET THEIR ORDERS FROM MEXICO
Reconquista shock troops at Phoenix Capital protest, May 29, 2010.

2009---TEXAS DREAM ACT DEMONSTRATION
In secret enclaves, they conspire to destroy the USA from within.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, interrupted asking Aguirre’s interrupter, “Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?” Harris asked. “Why aren’t you speaking in English then?”

Bravo! A Joe Wilson “You lie!” moment that is bound to make some leftist heads explode.

Speaking the truth in our current PC environment is an extraordinary thing because the PC police will try to ruin you.

But though he may have shocked the elitists, I bet Sen. Harris will gain popularity in his district.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

It was down to about 90/10 when I voted.

I’m surprised they didn’t give the options as “Si” and “No.”

[Liz]

Sen Chris Harris’ email page-—contact him w/ your laudatory message right now.

http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist9/dist9.htm#email

[MrB]

I’d go further and say

Assimilate or leave.
Plan to assimilate, or don’t come.

[jpsb]

The colonists find it demeaning to speak the language of their lessors. Did the Romans speak Greek? Did the Pilgrims speak Iroquois? Did the German speak French?

[magna carta]

I was at that hearing. Two rooms filled with enablers,translators, crying victims...I would not wish this treatment of listening without losing it upon my worst enemy.The highpoint of course was Sen. Harris but not long after a puffed up machisimo illegal insinuated that should this enforcement bill pass that the “immigrants” might be driven into collusion with the terrorists...nice huh?
I got quoted in the Star-Telegram.There were about 8 patriots vs. 100 or on the other side.

[EmilyGeiger]

86% says yes he should be speaking English! :)

[onedoug]

You ruined our cannibalism.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, interrupted asking Aguirre’s interrupter, “Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?” Harris asked. “Why aren’t you speaking in English then?”

LOL! A man with guts and integrity. I would have done the same. A free brewski for this guy!

[Howie66]

Seems to me that these turds are already aligning themselves with terrorists.

That said, I have had it up to here with these scumbags.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Agree

[native texan]

Not only “speak English”, but if he has lived in Texas for 23 years, speak Texan!!!

[Guenevere]

Glad you were there...

...what's the buzz around there for Senator Harris....lots of support?

[Zakeet]

I wish you weeeeked Freeeepers would lay off our Undocumented Democrats

[free me]

The article doesn’t say. Did this guy finish his testimony in English as the senator asked?