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I'd like to get something off my chest........I'm not a racist. I'm a patriot. I'm descended from immigrants like most Americans, but I'm feeling a little devastated that somewhere in the last two decades that SPIRIT of being one country, with one vision, one main dream, one flag, and under the guidance of the one true God became lost amidst the idol known as "political correctness"......or perhaps the one known as "diversity"?

It offends me that there are now criminal elements in our country's population that are not only allowed to remain criminal and FREE, they are entitled to all of my rights with none of my same burden of taxes or service. For those who come to this country with the purest of intentions, and do so legally, I say "Welcome", but I'd also like to add that an important part of belonging in America is to WANT TO BECOME AN AMERICAN. Learn to speak the language. Learn a little of our history. Serve. Pay taxes. Pay your bills. Make our flag your flag, our people your people, and pledge your allegiance to your new country. We speak English as a primary language, and it is a travesty that I would have to be faced with a bilingual service industry, medical industry, employers, traffic instructions, grocery store, and have everything I purchase in my country from medicine to crock pots come with double language on the front of the box. Somewhere along the line, the UN became confused with the United States of America.
In the last year, a company I independently contract with adopted a completely separate set of literature, separate company training in Spanish, and offers two flags to sign on to our site IN THE UNITED STATES....(When did we adopt a second flag?) I do not participate simply because I believe that it is this formal encouragement of separatism that makes us separate. It encourages people to stay apart rather than learn to come together as one common people. It supports the ridiculous terms : "African American", "Asian American", "Irish American", etc..........Aren't we all AMERICANS?!
Anyone working and living in this country LEGALLY should be able to speak enough of the language to ask simple rudimentary questions, or be excited and willing to learn to do so.
Above all else, a new American should be patriotic enough, desirous enough, and proud enough of coming here to start a new life living the American Dream to make the effort to assimilate rather than start another 'country within a country'.
I have made it a habit to let banks, stores, my company, and manufacturers know that, when possible, I support products and services that DO NOT require me to select between my native language and another.
Should I decide to pick up my life and move to another country, rest assured that I will make every effort to learn it's language, it's laws, and it's customs and make the commitment to fit in or leave.
God Bless America.........Love it or Leave it!