Stupidity, Again...

Yesterday the Senate voted to declare English our national language. They didn't have the courage to put it so plainly, but that would be the net result.

Harry Reid, that most embarrassing of our Senators, has declared that to do so is racist. Harry, of course, is a consumate idiot.

The United States of America is, and has been, a monolinguistic country. The sizable communities of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Hispanics in our country notwithstanding, English is our de facto national language, and always has been. English is the language of commerce in this country, the language of power, and the language of education. Failing to achieve competence in English will leave any immigrant in a second-class position in life here.

Failing to ensure that immigrants understand this reality, and that they achieve competence, if not mastery, of our national language, is the real racism.

Get it right, Harry.