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THE PLANK JUNE 22, 2009

Is Our Immigration Restrictionists Learning?

Pat Buchanan and Peter Brimelow come to the defense of the English language, sort of.

--Christopher Orr

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Karma's a you-know-what . . .

- rozenson

June 22, 2009 at 3:22pm

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I think that everyone is getting this wrong -- it's the word "conferenece" (con'fir'a'ne'che), an exact but rare borrowed term from medieval Italian (see Dante, Inferno, stanzas XXX and XXXIV), meaning "a gathering of the condemned who believe they are saved."

I believe the National Conferenece is designed to give Republicans with no ideas a chance to develop plans that aren't going to work.

- ironyroad

June 22, 2009 at 3:51pm

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Wow.  Just... wow.  

- dylanposer

June 22, 2009 at 4:47pm

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Ironyroad, this just proves Pat Buchanan's point!  What's next - street signs and instructional manuals in medieval Italian?  Medieval Italian at voting booths?  The nefarious spread of medieval Italian into even conservative corners of our society is sowing the seeds of our destruction!

- adaglas

June 22, 2009 at 5:08pm

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Well, hopefully the "yellow people" they're trying to impress won't notice.

- drdannyu

June 22, 2009 at 5:24pm

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Don't you know when they are going all meta on us? They is showing why learning English are so important

- blackton

June 22, 2009 at 6:02pm

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Blackton, you cretin.  They is showing why learning English AM so important.

Maybe you've spent too much time out of the country.  You should improve your English with a little children's literature.

- drdannyu

June 22, 2009 at 7:14pm

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Last month's take: It's wrong to pronounce her name correctly . Today's take: It's wrong

- Anonymous

June 29, 2009 at 3:08pm

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