According to Barack Obama, we all need to learn foreign languages because its embarrassing that we cannot speak a second language and so many people from other countries can.
Except he can't speak a foreign language either.
Does he even know the real reason why so many people around the world speak English? It's because it is the international language of business and prosperity. I doubt that all the people from Europe, Mexico/South America, the Middle East and the Far East speak English because they like to come here to vacation. Most of them have never even been on American soil. They learn the language because speaking it gives you an advantage. I'd put "vacationing in America" as reason number 8 or 9.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
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