Boston’s 2008 presidential primary ballot could read like a bad Chinese menu.
There might be “Sticky Rice” in column A, “Virtue Soup” in column B and, in column C, “Upset Stomach.”Those could be choices facing some voters if the names of Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and Hillary Rodham Clinton were converted into Chinese characters, according to Massachusetts’ top election official.
Of course, there are a hundred possible plays off this story, but I am going to play it straight. This is insane.
How many languages must we have, how tedious must our ballots be, how much expense must we force upon the state before we realize that the least we should be able to ask of a voter is that he or she speak the damn language? And how much more of this lunacy can we sustain before we devolve into an inefficient third world country?
And why is Boston in this fix? You guessed it:
On Tuesday, Galvin filed a challenge in federal court to a Justice Department agreement requiring that ballots be fully translated to protect the rights of Chinese-speaking voters.
Yes, folks, another fine example of all the good brought to us by political correctness.
How do you say, “Kiss my arse” in Chinese?
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This definitely goes in the category of, “I can’t believe we’re having this conversation!” Make all ballots in English. End of story.
This is still AMERICA - at least it was the last time I checked (today). No other language should be universally spoken in this country or no other culture should be catered to for political correctness. I would like to know who started all this foolishness in the first place so I can give them a piece of my English language skills (I promise not to cuss).
I’d love to tell you how to say “kiss it” in Chinese, but my keyboard doesn’t have those keys. It is clearly time for a change in the way keyboards are manufactured.
Like it going to make a difference in Mass. They can put it in any language and the results will be the same. The only hope for Mass is that the Big Dig will collapse and coupled with global warming, will flood the city of Boston.
Anday atwhay boutay igpay atinlay?
igpays ofay ethay orldway, niteuay!
Virtue soup will throw Mass to the repubs.
Kennedy is “dead girl in rickshaw”
Ixnay on anything other than English. BTW, is Pig Latin a generational item, or do kids use it today?
#6, clever interpretation.