Really Obama?

Barack Obama told his audience in a town hall meeting that we should be teaching our kids how to speak Spanish. He claimed that even though immigrants should learn English, we should also learn to speak their language. He then went on to talk about how Europeans are very well-versed in English, but when we go to their home lands we only speak one language.

First of all, let me take a deep breath. These comments infuriated me. Why should we impose on our children a language that is not our own? Why should we accommodate anyone that comes and lives in this country and does not even have the decency to learn our primary form of communication? Don't get me wrong, I support legal immigration completely. Immigration is what built this great country. Different cultures have moved in and we have fused them together to create a melting pot of a society. I think that is what makes the United States wonderful. But we have also established customs and an official language. Anyone who wants to argue that English is not our official language will be directed to go read the Constitution and listen in on any public court. Both these illustrations show how the English language is the primary means of communication in our land. With all that being said, why should our children have to go learn another language?

Next, why is the presumed Democratic Presidential Nominee so concerned with what Europeans think about us? Mr. Obama, they envy us. We are the supreme world power in global politics. Our economy can splash and its ripples will be felt all around the globe. Yet Mr. Obama thinks we should be worried about Europeans who look down on us because we only speak English. Newsflash: they learn our language because they have to. If they didn't, our businesses would ignore them. English is not only the primary language in the US, it is also the primary business language around the world. So do not tell me that I need to know another language, because I am American. And as an American, I will speak English with my head held up high.

By the way, Mr. Obama, do you speak Spanish?