To match the offer by a California Mexican language radio station's offer to pay $500 to any illegal immigrant who names their child "Lou Dobbs," I ask fellow ALIPAC members to "pledge" to donate $525 to any parent here LEGALLY who names their child "Lou American Dobbs." Of course their publicity stunt is just that, and painfully pathetic. Just $500? That's as serious as they can be or is that all they could pool from the staff?

It's just as ridiculous as the idea of singing the national anthem in Spanish. Hey, this is America and anyone can sing anything in their basement, on top of their car or in the park. They just need to be ready for other people to exercise their right to free speech when they sing the anthem in English all over them.

Just my totally whimsical aside about the anthem: it's sooo hard to sing. How about a co-anthem, if you will. I nominate "America" (by way of the recording, of course) sung by Ray Charles. It gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it. Or "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood. Sung in English, what else.

Iig
American, of Mescalero Apache/Irish/Mexican descent - I'm not a Mexican-American