Should English Be Declared the Official Language of the United States?

I'm probably going to get some flack on my opinion on this topic. How many times do I need to hear "push two for Spanish"? This is America where we speak English. Our government makes it way too easy for immigrants to function in their native languages through bilingual education, multilingual ballots and driver's license exams not to mention government-funded translators in schools and hospitals.



In my travels to Europe and other countries most people in those countries know English. Why can't our citizens be required to know English. My father and his family were Polish immigrants and my grandparents made them speak English outside of the home as they were no longer in Poland they were in America. It was fine for them to speak Polish inside the home.


I think it is a respect issue if you live in America you should speak English. As an American if I am traveling to a different country perhaps France I purchase a travel dictionary. I do this so I atleast try to speak that language. Again, it is out of respect.



After all English is an international language why shouldn't we speak it in America?

Todd Marciniak

Should Bartenders Be Held Responsible for the Behavior of Their Patrons?

                                                 Who's Monitoring the Local Watering Hole?

                                                                                    

We have all been to the local bar where their has been a drunk unruly customer. Who is at fault for this behavior? Now, I understand that the bartender is not a babysitter on the flip side the bartender should be aware as to how much booze a customer has consumed.
 The customer may not be drinking directly at the bar. If they are being waited on by a waiter or waitress they should report any over drinking and bad behavior.




This is not good behavior!



This is not great behavior to have in a bar. If someone becomes so intoxicated it is this writers opinion that the bar owner, the bartender, and or the waitstaff should be held responsible if their is a bar fight or even worse a drunk driving accident. The establishment should be in charge if someone has been over served and take the patrons car keys away and offer for a cab ride home. The alternative could be fatal.


This is the alternative. We should all be responsible human beings. If we over drink in an establishment that establishment should cut you off and make sure you leave safely and do not operate a motor vehicle.

Todd Marciniak

Should Tobacco Companies Be Held Responsible For Smoking Related Illnesses and Deaths?

                               Are Tobacco Companies On the Hook For Medical Bills and Funerals?
As a smoker myself I do not think that tobacco companies should be held responsible for my habit. I know the harm that smoking can do and yet I choose to smoke.



                                                                                

Where I have a problem is if a person is not informed or lied to about the dangers of smoking. Let me make it clear, this is not our parents generation of the 1920's, 30's 40's, and 50's where issues like this were covered up. It is 2011 and if you don't know that smoking is bad for you, you must be living under a rock.



Tobacco companies are in the business of making money just like any other business in America. If you are against smoking than don't smoke. There are so many frivilous lawsuits these days. You can sue if someone looks at you the wrong way.




Smokers are treated like second class citizens. They have been pushed out the door of restaurants, bars, and country clubs. If someone wants to smoke that is their right. Please if you are a smoker don't become spineless when you get a smoking related disease and sue the tobacco companies. You knew the risks. Buck Up!!!!




Todd Marciniak





                                                                                

Child Molestation and Child Abuse-What's The Penalty?

It seems that whenever I sit down to watch television there is another case of child molestation. Let's be clear child molestation is child abuse. Yes, a child getting hit, kicked, a black eye is bad enough. Child molestation does not necessarily leave a scratch or a bruise. The pain of child molestation kills the heart and soul of the child being abused.

                            

If an adult molests a child they should be imprisoned for life. This is not a normal human being. I know that you cannot just throw someone in prison for life without a trial. We need to implement a one strike your out rule in this country for child molesters. You molest once you go to prison for the rest of your life.



When I was in junior high and high school there were two girls that were neighbors who became pregnant. They were looked down upon, ridiculed, disliked, laughed at and even spit on. People in school thought they had gotten pregnant by a classmate. Well, guess again it was Daddy, yes you heard it. There own father was the father of their children. These girls kept this a secret until he died. What a burden to carry. If their had been tougher laws and a place to turn to they would probably had turned him into the police. So, here you go in my opinion and I will repeat it again, if you molest a child just once, you should go to prison for life.
                                         

                                    The offender should be in prison for life not the victim!

Todd Marciniak