A Perversion of Words
As Samuel Adams put it in a 1776 letter to John Pitts, “How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!”
The post A Perversion of Words first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Using Language to Expand Power
In 1984, George Orwell portrayed in chilling detail how totalitarian governments use the power of language to manipulate the masses. This notion was not unfamiliar to the founders, as James Madison warned that changing definitions of words over time would create “a metamorphosis” that would destroy the original limitations of the Constitution.
The post Using Language to Expand Power first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.How Much Does America Spend On Multilingual Programs?
Do you know exactly how many of your tax dollars your government spends on multilingual programs? I mean everything, from the costs of hiring bilingual teachers, printing bilingual textbooks, translating every government website into multiple language...
Representative McClintock's Response to Mexican President Calderon's Bashing of America
Editors Note: Many Americans were appalled on May 20, 2010 when Mexican President Felipe Calderon speaking before a joint session of Congress proceeded to lecture the United States critizing our immigration policy and specifically attacking Arizona’s...
Puerto Rico Statehood – A Bad Idea at a Terrible Time
In my last letter to you, I described what appears to be an effort on the part of the elitists in Washington to replace American voters with tens of millions of non–English speaking new citizens. Their pla...
87% Say English Should Be the Official Language of the United States
Editors Note: The following report appeared in the May 11, 2010 edition of Rasmussen Reports. We are sure that you will be heartened by the following poll results which clearly show that the overwhelming majority of the American people are w...
S.991 Establishes Uniform Language Testing Standard
As Americans have witnessed in recent days, there are bills brought before the Congress that attempt to hide their true intent. Their authors try to conceal the worst elements by making their bills thousands of pages long and full of cryptic and ambi...
Vote Against H.R. 2499 Puerto Rico Statehood
ENGLISH FIRST WILL NEGATIVELY SCORE THE BURTON/YOUNG AMENDMENT ALLOWING BILINGUALISM. The Burton/Don Young destructive amendment is meant to give cover to bilingualism. Congressman Burton is reprising his role as spoiler on the English is...
Bill Stops Bilingual Ballots; Prevents Illegal Voting
Did multilingual ballots and illegal alien voting determine who won close races in the last election? Who knows for sure? But what I can tell you, for certain, is that, every year, more and more Americans are having their votes cancelled out by ten...
H.R. 1228 Will Terminate Executive Order 13166
Last month, I asked for your support of Senator Inhofe’s National Language Act, S.991. It was the first step in our campaign to make English the official language of the United States. And today I am asking you to help English First take the next...