El Gringoqueño

Iran president bans usage of foreign words - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com

Haha, I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I read this hysterical sky is falling headline. Oh, look at those fascists Iranians. They are xenophobic. They are trying to ban language. This is big. Look how much better we — err, um.

Of course, the comical irony of this "look how whacked they are" story, is that we are trying to do the same thing in the US. Now, I will grant, it is a question of degrees, but I think most Americans support a ban on the use of Spanish in the US. They know it’s probably an impossible task, but we want to make it as hard as possible for those dirty immigrants who cheapen our country as we continue our spiral into isolation.

Make them fill out forms in English. Make the driver test in English. Take away bi-lingual requirements for government. Ban informal or formal use of Spanish within government offices and schools (remember the kid who got suspended for speaking Spanish with a friend at school?).

What the hell are you people afraid of?

Let me answer that for you: the same thing as the Iranians, people who are different from you.

We’re really not so different. Maybe that should be the basis of our next diplomatic talks. Well, Mr. Ahmadinejad, let’s focus on our common ground. One thing we share is our fear of foreigners. Let’s start there, shall we?

P.J. and I discussing some of the confounding requests we get from windows admins as we try to protect them from themselves:

"Yeah, it’s like, ‘I want you to secure it, but I also want be able to do every stupid thing I can think of.’"

P.J Cabrera

 And there you have it in a nutshell the security problems with Microsoft users.
 

Me: Hey Olaia, look my cup is mysteriously moving. It’s magic.

Olaia: *Smiles* Daddy, it’s because there’s some water under it and the fan is blowing.

Me: What a scientific little mind you have.

Olaia: Now let me tell you about why it rains.