Gomen nasai, no spreche espanol!

In response to http://news.aol.com/story/_a/spanish-becoming-language-of-miami/20080529072009990001

English is not the official language of the United States - but it is the main language people use to communicate. If I wanted to go to France and communicate with another foreigner in France, what would i speak? French! I don't expect to go to Japan and have others bow to my whims. It seems unfair that our society only caters to one other language.
Where i live, it's becoming increasingly popular to also speak Thai as well as Spanish - which i think is great! There are a lot of older Asian people in my community, and for Asians English is a REALLY hard language to learn (the grammar is different; pronouns, plurals, and...well, mostly EVERYTHING in English seems completely backward to them). But Spanish is a Romance language, meaning it has roots in Roman and Latin. So does French, Italian, and most other European languages. Romantic-to-English adaptation is by far easier than Asiatic-to-English. English is an amalgamation of Roman and Germanic languages, which is also generous enough to include many loan words from other countries, such as Japanese, Russian, and many Native American languages. Just add some more African loan words, maybe a shade more Asiatic words, and we could have a really nice UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (not like freakin' Esperanto, which is Roman-based. A chair is not FEMALE, for crap's sake! Giving it that sort of identity is pointless and stupid). That we cater to one single language is actually redundant BECAUSE English is such a good amalgamation of many languages. Really, it shouldn't even be called "English" due to the simple fact that it's changed so much since it was borrowed from the British.
The purpose of English is to use it everywhere here so we all can understand each other, not to establish some sort of cultural identity. If THAT was the case, we'd be speaking "American," people immigrating from Mexico would speak "Mexican," and so on. In Europe, there are so many German dialects that many of them are considered separate languages, yet all Germans understand the "main" form of German in order to communicate. That is what English is - or should be - to us.
So, here's a proposition: Use Spanish. But while using Spanish, use ALL IMMIGRANT LANGUAGES - Portugese, Russian, Japanese, Swahili - everything. Write official government papers, forms, etc. in all languages, not JUST Spanish. Or have everyone use English, understanding it is NOT a cultural identity but just as the only language we possess to communicate with others.
As a final note: That most Americans only know and understand one language - English - is sort of silly. Metaphorically, it's like living on a bridge rather than using it for crossing. I enthusiastically propose that everyone should learn at least one other language in their lifetime - be it Spanish or anything else. Many Europeans know multiple languages due to the proximity of the countries, which to them is quite helpful. For Americans, this may not be a necessity, but learning a new language is certainly a worldly learning experience. To know another's language is to better understand them.
That's a good lesson for Spanish-speaking people as well as English-speaking Americans.