Uhhh... no. The website was in =Spanish=, so it is relevant whether it
is a foreign language or not. And the word "foreign" doesn't mean
"foreign to Jay". Spanish is not foreign to the United States.

So, such a rant would be is relevant, and right. Not irrelevant and wrong.

Um, sorry to burst your bubble, Jose, but Spanish is a foreign
language in the United States. Just because an ever-growing segment
of the population speaks it does not make it anything but foreign.

My German ancestors onces dominated the upper midwest, especially
Wisconsin. In Milwaukee, it was completely normal to hear only German
spoken, everywhere. (In fact, I have nieces and nephews currently
attending German-language-only school in Milwaukee.)

That never changed the fact that German was (and still is) a foreign
language in America, and my ancestors learned the native tongue --
English -- as rapidly as possible.

And the US government certainly didn't squander tax money translating
everything into German for them.

Besides, do you know how much it costs to translate the website into
Spanish? I resent the government translating the website into babytalk.
=That's= where the problem lies.

I don't care how much it costs -- *ANY* amount is absurd. If the NWS
has so much extra money laying around that they can afford such silly
expenditures, I'd say we should get the extra money the FAA craves
from their budget.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"