- It is this reporter's opinion that America's national
security is not the only thing being compromised by the invasion of illegal
aliens. The lack of enforcement of our nation's immigration laws has threatened
our national media, our language ... indeed, our ability to communicate
with each other as America is under attack.
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- There are actually measures before Congress that would
force privately owned television and radio stations to broadcast in foreign
languages. For example, HR-3027 would literally mandate a multilingual
U.S. media market, would force the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
to monitor the ownership and control of broadcast stations used to "SERVE"
language minorities. It would force the FCC to oversee the sale of any
TV or radio station that caters to minority language groups.
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- Let's face it: The real purpose of HR-3027 is to set
in stone policies of the multilingual crusade - to make government the
enforcer of a multilingual marketplace - and to pander to those who come
to this country and refuse to learn English.
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- This reporter, a veteran of 70 years of radio and television
broadcast experience, has recently felt the results of our media invasion.
Having been employed as a radio and television news reporter/commentator,
I now face unemployment.
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- The 50,000-watt radio station that is this reporter's
employer initially attempted to establish a Catholic radio network. It
proved unsuccessful. Recently, the key station was sold by the Catholics
to a Jewish-dominated organization, which, in turn, has been placed in
the ownership of an all-Spanish-speaking 24-hour round-the-clock program.
As a result, this reporter and associates are out of work.
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- But this is only one such transfer of ownership to foreign
interests. In the greater Los Angeles area, there are more than 22 foreign
language broadcasters, all broadcasting exclusively in a foreign tongue.
This has, amazingly, been approved by the FCC.
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- It is difficult, as one scans the radio dial, not to
conclude that you're listening to radio in a foreign land. We know the
problems we face with the illegal-alien invasion. The challenges by these
foreigners, mostly illegal, to our very existence don't treat lightly the
long-term threats upon our basics. Our sources of water are being threatened,
areas devoted to food growth, housing, the repeated power threats, strangling
transportation, education, law and order, crime, pollution, health care,
the importation of diseases that were all but nonexistent in this country
... and the list goes on.
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- How can one emphasize the power of the media to those
of us who lived through the '30s when Adolf Hitler took over Germany through
just such power? He used the newspapers and radio stations to spread the
venom of the Nazis. How can one question the power of media - in this case,
foreign media - within our own country?
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- But it all comes back to the media and communication.
Sadly, no longer is it necessary for a person coming to this country to
learn to speak the English language. Upon arriving here - legally or illegally
- he or she can choose from a wide array of newspapers and publications
printed in his or her own language, radio and television stations are broadcasting
solely in foreign languages, and on to the movies and bilingual considerations.
Add to this our generous welfare, the burden caused by misuse of visas,
fraudulent identification, misuse of Social Security, amnesty and work
plans.
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- And yet when we attempt to counter all this misuse of
our precious sovereignty, as we Californians did with Proposition 187 10
years ago, we are either reversed by the courts or manipulated. Law 187,
revoked by recalled Gov. Gray Davis, is now supported by California's present
governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's bad enough that California has just
been through the battle over giving driver's licenses and thus widespread
identification to illegal aliens. Today California's Latino residents number
12-14 million, making up 45 percent of the state's Hispanic labor force;
and the next step on the Latino agenda is to seek the right to vote and
to move toward controlling the legislative process. All of this flies in
opposition to possible assimilation, yet how can they be assimilated if
they aren't able to communicate with us and we with them? The late Professor
S.I. Hayakawa repeatedly stated, "A common language is the glue that
holds a people and a nation together." Years ago, it was a source
of great pride for an immigrant to immediately learn the English language.
Now it's to be avoided. I recently dusted off our own state constitution
and on page 98 it states very clearly that English is our official language.
How often are we reminded of that?
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- All of which brings us back to the Congress of the United
States. Unlike Tom Tancredo, the inimitable congressman from Colorado,
far too many fear taking the right stand - the strong stand - on our disastrous
illegal-alien situation. Congress chooses instead to look the other way;
our representatives fear repercussions at the polling place.
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- And yet survey after survey shows that the public, by
an 85 percent majority, stands shoulder-to-shoulder on the illegal-alien
invasion. THE PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING DONE. And yet the Senate, the House,
immigration authorities and the White House all refuse to make a strong
stand.
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- As an example of where the administration stands on the
issue, when Rep. Tancredo visited the Oval Office and spoke of his fears
concerning the illegal-alien situation, he was insulted by the president's
top assistant on the matter, Karl Rove, and was told to "leave the
office and don't darken our doorstep again."
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- Afterward, Congressman Tancredo, a Republican, was told
that he was being cut off from all financial support by the Republican
National Committee and every effort was being made to find another Republican
candidate to run against him in his re-election.
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- One can only conclude, as one early Chicago ward heeler
said, "The fish stinks from the head." "... Defend our liberties
and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of
many kindred and tongues." - Thomas Jefferson's Prayer "And while
you bring all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all
other countries behind you - bringing what is best of their spirit, but
not looking over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you intended
to leave behind in them." - Woodrow Wilson, comments to new citizens,
1915 "The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable
that can unite mankind." - Alexis de Tocqueville
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- "English is the key to full participation in the
opportunities of American life." - S.I. Hayakawa
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- http://usenglish.org/inc/about/hayakawa.asp
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- The legendary George Putnam is 89 years young and a veteran
of 69 years as a reporter, broadcaster and commentator ... and is still
going strong. George is part of the all-star line-up of Southern California's
KPLS Radio - Hot Talk AM 830.
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- http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/1/2/151218.shtml
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