Rally showdown on city of Irving’s immigration policies on Saturday

DrColes, says:

80% of the American people want an end to anarchy!

Illegal workers are criminals, those who hire them are criminals and those who aid-and-abet them are criminals.

Illegal aliens in America have NO rights. We are required by law to arrest and prosecute, deport them. (Title 8 U.S. Code)

No, matter your political party affiliation, and setting aside your thoughts on issues. We all need to remember what it is to be an American Citizen. We need to make sure our elected representatives obey their Oath of Office and keep their Oath of Allegiance.

See http://tinyurl.com/2znnvl Know whom you are voting for.

Bemused, says:

DrColes is among the few voices of reason I have encountered in Pegasus News blogs. Chanting "We are America" in Spanish is absurd. One nation, one language! Make use of the Anglican tongue or kindly retreat to your third-world pit.

DC, says:

Is this what happens when the Cowboys move to Arlington??

Bemused, says:

On the contrary, rkiosk, my statements are consistent with those of Theodore Roosevelt. Surely you wouldn't compare him to a deranged dictator. There's nothing hateful about cultural preservation. Language and culture are inseparable. If one is lost, so is the other. I'm not demanding that anyone be of Anglican lineage. That's not a prerequisite for speaking English.

It's pathetic how people attempt to discredit views by sugessting that racist motives are at work. That's a very convenient way to dodge substantive discussion. Such ruses are employed only by cowards.

kirk, says:

Bemused: As someone who links language and culture, maybe you would like to use a word other than "Anglican" to describe the English language. "Anglican" is used most often to describe the Anglican Communion, aka Church of England. And if you are referring to the language of the Angles, you are suggesting that everyone learn to speak a Baltic dialect that no longer exists, having been influenced and superseded (in England) by other languages like Norman and French, along with a hundred other languages including Spanish.

Bemused, says:

Mr. Brewer, while your didactism may carry some merit in the most limited sense ponderable, "Anglican" does not refer exclusively to the Church of England but also to the people of England and their culture. Thus, my reference to the "Anglican tongue" is perfectly applicable.

I am not recommending that we revive the language of the Angles, Saxons, or Jutes, but this brings up an interesting point. Why are the Jutes excluded from the term "Anglo-Saxon"? The Jutes arrived in England before the Angles or the Saxons, and "Anglo-Saxon" refers to people of Jute origin as well. The exclusion of "Jute" is curious.

kirk, says:

"Anglican tongue" would have been "perfectly applicable" if you were George Perkins Marsh writing The Origin and History of the English Language in the 1860s. It's considered archaic and stilted these days, but, then again, so are many of the statements you have made here.

Bemused, says:

Brewer, you are no arbiter of expression. Should I long for writing guidance, I'll consult the Chicago Manual of Style or, my favorite, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. Besides, when you label my prose "stilted," you simply confirm my commitment to literary tradition. I do, however, respect you for citing The Origin and History of the English Language. You seem to have a liberal-arts foundation, and we are brethren in that regard.

Gilliand, your mastery of disgraceful metaphor leaves me wallowing in inferiority. Your brilliance is inimitable. How I lament the defects of my intellect in the presence of a true sage. Tutor me, for I am your charge.

Yost, I trust your are categorizing me as either a masculine woman or an effeminate man. I assure you I am neither. As for "gender-confusion," is that not what you encountered upon shaving your legs this morning?

kirk, says:

I assure you that we are not brethren, in any regard.

Bemused, says:

At ease, Mr. Brewer. I write in jest. I hope everyone here realizes that. Why is it that every Pegasus News blog I participate in strays miles from the topic at hand? Do I have a distracting effect, or am I really so pervasively loathed that I've become a sponge of universal scorn?

Bemused, says:

No need to explain, Mr. Yost. I interpreted the comments as insults to have some fun with them. That's what blogs are all about. And yes, the book would resemble the work of Kafka.