English First, Critical Thinking Never

One of the problems with language policy issues is that there's only one side out there making any points, and usually it's the wrong one. Linguists, educators, and people otherwise "in the know" have yet to construct an apparatus for making their side known. And this site is supposed to paritally correct that.

But in the meantime, what are people saying about English (and language) in America? I'll let Jim Boulet of English First do the talking:

...Hispanics know that in America, we speak English — even if our elected officials are no longer so sure. - August 6, 2003 on The Corner

So you got that? We here in America speak English and you who don't are simply being rude. And if you happen to disagree about legislatively enforcing such a belief, well you must be confused and unsure about the role of English in the United States.

I read something like this somewhere (reference forthcoming when I find it) but it would seem that if your goal was to get as many people speaking English as possible, you could not improve upon the results of American lassez-faire language policy over the last 230 years.