Posted 12/01/2006 05:42:00 PM by Douglas

The "whiter than rice" city of Friendswood, Texas in next on the list of Texas towns that want to show their intolerance and ignorance of the fact that Texas was once part of Mexico.

A Friendswood City Council member is interested in making English the city's official language and would like the idea to go before voters next spring.

"To be employed, you must have a command of the English language. The reason I want it to be on the ballot is because it'll be in the charter. Voters will have to approve it, not me."

Well it's about time an insignificant Houston suburb of 30,000 people take a stand for good folks with "a command of the English language." While I don't pay taxes or vote in the City of Friendswood, I would suggest a list of banned words and their substitutions when/if this resolution passes a plebiscite.

• Restaurant Eating place (from the French)
• Menu Food list (again from the French)
• Taco Flat bread sandwich (Mesican)
• Tornado Twisty cloud (again, from Mesican)

The list could go on and on, ad absurdum (shit that's not English either!) but it doesn't negate the point that this is stupid, especially in Texas. But what else is the Friendswood City Council up to?

Last month, the Friendswood council voted 6-1 to approve a resolution that urges President Bush and Congress to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act, which governs primarily immigration and citizenship in the United States.

There really isn't anything better to do in Friendswood than to push an agenda on Washington. Hell, why stop there? Why not NATO, the UN, or pass resolutions that directly effect the border dispute in Timor? Oh right, that's why. You're politically neutered. These guys need to spend more time mowing their lawns and less time passing resolutions about things they have absolutely no interest in.