May I just say

for the record, that I can say beer, butt and trashcan in Polish, but am in no way fluent. Dumbass.

Added- HA! Seems General Petraeus has been hiding his secret Mooslim roots also and such.

Lessons Barack Obama taught me

By GottaLaff

It seems that people are so bored, or can find so little fault with Barack Obama, that they are condemning his suggestion that our children learn a second (third, fourth...) language, as if that were a bad thing.

Let's review.

People speak. They often speak in different languages... especially if they're not from the United States. They often come here to live. We live together in the same country. We need to speak to each other. Communication is important.

Very good. So:

Lesson: It is helpful to learn each other's languages.

Lesson: Learning another language takes skill.

Lesson: Skills can be taught.

Lesson: Skills can be learned.

Lesson: Foreign language skills are a good thing.

Lesson: Knowledge is a good thing.

Lesson: That's what Barack Obama is saying.

Lesson: What Barack Obama is saying is wise.

Lesson: Fear of other languages or those who are different from you is ludicrous.

Lesson: Listen to Obama and ignore quivering, ethnocentric, intolerant, xenophobic, insular little people.

Thank you.