그럴려구 한 건 아니구, 마구 검색질을 하다가 이런 기사도 있네요. Mr.Bob Schieffer 씨의 의견에 전적으로 동감합니다. 왜 이런 쓸데없는 데 시간과 노력을 쓰는지...


<기사원문  source :CBSnews>

The English Language Debate

Bob Schieffer Says This Country Has More Pressing Issues

WASHINGTON, May. 21, 2006

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(AP Photo/Erin Trieb)

(CBS) Weekly commentary by CBS Evening News anchor and Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer.

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It's official! The Senate voted to make English the national language of the United States.

Do you feel a lot better knowing that? Or were you like me and thought English was our national language?

Sort of like we know the Washington Monument honors GeorgeWashington even though it doesn't have a sign on it that says OfficialMonument to George Washington. Even I figured that one out.

Of course new citizens should speak English but why would theSenate spend hours debating whether to make English our nationallanguage?

Let me break it to you gently: because it gives Senators somethingto do while they avoid addressing the real problems -- the war, healthcare, the ballooning deficit and immigration, for that matter.

Working on real problems that have to do with national security andthe country's fiscal well-being take determination, political courageand the ability to compromise -- all of which have become the missingingredients of modern politics.

So we'll hear more about silly issues between now and election day and come to think if it...

Maybe we should make the Washington Monument the national monumentto our first president, otherwise people might think it honors theWashington Airport.

And if Senators designate Grants Tomb the official tomb of GeneralGrant, maybe that old joke about who is buried there would go away.

And while they're at it, maybe senators could declare the U.S.Capitol to be the national monument to wasting time and avoidingresponsibility.

Actually, I doubt any of us needs to be reminded of that.