Bush insists: California must give up Spanish placenames

Martini Republic » Bush insists: California must give up Spanish placenames: "In an apparent attempt to shore up his appeal to his white-wing base, President Bush asked Congress in his Saturday morning radio address to push for legislation erasing large portions of California’s Latin legacy.

‘Now, we appreciate the state leading the way on the language issue, as California made English its own official language in 1986,’ the president said. ‘But look around. What good has that done? We’ve got to go further.’

‘San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Sacramento—ain’t it time these placenames were put in American English?’ the president sputtered."

(Via Martini Republic.)