[Angelique]

I see your point in your later post,Luis, but I believe you are stretching the first amendment, here. How would we function if everyone chose to speak any language?

Taxman is correct. A country has an official language, and ours is English. We do not need to do our official business in another language. It ends all cohesiveness of our country. If a group wants to translate something in a diffeent language, it should not be on our dime.

This doesn't have anything to do with more government. Indeed, it is less government by not having to accommodate other languages in government business.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"How would we function if everyone chose to speak any language?

The same way we always have, by realizing that in order to prosper we all need to communicate with one another.

Answer one simple question...how would you enforce a common language amendment, and what penalty would you impose for violation?

Most importantly, how would the government monitor such a regulation, without intruding on our civil rights?

[Jhoffa_]

Ted Kennedy deducting his bar tab as a "business expense" in hyrogliph..

Barney Frank doing the same thing for "Services Rendered" in a brand new language he calls "scoutmaster"