OT: English-speaking Oregon Firefighters Fired

That just plain sucks!

That is really disgusting. Why are the firefighters speaking SPANISH in the first frigging place? Don't we have enough American citizens to do the job? I don't mind immigrants but damn it, learn the frigging language!!

Jim

Probably not if they can pay 2.10 and get away with it...

That story is 2-1/2 years old, Larry. And, in typical Fox fashion, they really spun up a yarn. The state only requires that the crew chiefs speak

*English*. Beyond that, it's up to the independent contractors who supply the crews whether they want to hire Spanish-speaking workers, or workers who speak any other language. If they do, their crew bosses have to speak the language of their crew members. Regardless, they have to speak English.

Here's the story from the Oregon Dept. of Forestry, including an explanation of the law and the contracting:

-- Ed Huntress

So, if I got there and tell them at I only speak Klingon...........

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:52:47 -0400, the infamous "Ed Huntress" scrolled the following:

I sit corrected. (I'm too lazy to stand.)

Thank you, Ed. I reaffirms some belief in gov't.

-- To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. -- Robert Louis Stevenson