America is a retarded place. Don't get me wrong, I love my country and have served to defend it but there is something seriously wrong here. I am sure you are thinking I am going to go on about gas prices and the rising cost of food but I am not. What I am about to discuss has been a hot issue for a few years now and doesn't seem to be going away.
My co-worker and I were looking up something on a website. The landing page for the website wanted you to choose what region and language you fit into. The choices for regions were as follows:
- Canada
- Deutschland
- United Kingdom
- United States
Seems harmless right? When you hover over the country you are presented with your choice of language. Here is what you were given to choose from:
- English and French
- German
- English
- English and Spanish
Spanish? This is an option for the United States? The last time I checked we spoke English here. Granted it isn't the Queen's English but it is still English. Has America gotten to the point where Spanish is an actual choice of native language? This makes me absolutely sick to my stomach.
Spanish is not America's language. Spanish is spoken in Mexico the last I checked. Mexico is not a part of the United States but that can be argued with our current situation. Mexicans are over taking our country with the promise of better wages and health benefits. They take jobs that we are too lazy to do for wages lower than a typical American thinks they deserve. So it is our fault we are in this situation.
Everyone talks about securing our borders and getting strict on immigration but nothing has been done. Several billion dollars was recently wasted on a virtual fence idea that didn't quite work out. Immigration isn't even a hot topic with our current presidential candidates. It has been discussed but it takes a back seat to our economic crisis and the Iraq war.
It is pretty sad when I see a headline at CNN about immigrants not being able to send money back to Mexico due to rising gas prices. Here is an idea, how about spending that money you earn here in America? Sending the money to another country does not benefit the country that pays your salary and gives you medical care.
I'm tired of seeing signs in stores written in Spanish. I am tired of not understanding cashiers at fast food restaurants. I have no problem with people coming to America in search of a better life but you need to learn the language and do your part in strengthening this country. I have been to other countries and no where did I see signs written in English to help us out. Very few restaurants had English menus and people expected us to speak their language. Why are we being so accommodating?
America is seriously broken and unfortunately I do not know what it will take to fix it. I don't think our elected leaders do either. We have let this great nation deteriorate for far too long and now it is too late to fix it.
