Incidentally, as former Senator Ted Stevens would put it, Rig's and my posts evidently collided 'in the tube' and his won.

Here is what I had said:

"I suspect that it is more the foreign language that rankles so deeply. Are you afraid they are talking about you?

In Alaska, we have illegal aliens amongst us every day. Did you know that some Canadians and UKers overstay their visas or work for pay or work 'under the table'? Illegal as hell.

Oh. They all speak English."