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04/29/2006: "The National Anthem in Spanish is a Hideous Idea and an Attempt to Steal Our Heritage."

Americans are not Spanish. Americans are not European. We all may hail from other lands but once here legally we are Americans only. One word covers it --- American. Our language is not Spanish. I get madder than hell when I get my mortgage statement in Spanish. I called the company and told them I would not pay until I got it in English. "I can read Spanish," I told them. "But I'm an American and I want the goddamn bill in English."

I'm tired of making phone calls and hearing the option to hear it in Spanish. And I sure as hell don't want our national anthem in Spanish. That's bullshit!!

Most of us are of European extraction. Some are of African extraction. And some of Spanish and other extractions. But our language is English. The goddamn people who come here from another country should learn our language or leave. Our ancestors did.

We shouldn't have to learn their language.

The Star-Spangled Banner is a very American song. Yes, American immigrants borrowed the melody from an English drinking song. But it was an ENGLISH song --- not Spanish. America's language has always been English.

These people who are getting a free ride (the illegals) while I pay so much in taxes that I can hardly live should go back to wherever they came from. I'm tired of paying for them while they get a free ride from our government and then they try and take over my country. I've had it with them. Take them back to where they can speak their beloved Spanish all they want. I'm sick of hearing it. I used to love Spanish. I am beginning to hate the sound of it.

Listen to the national anthem as it should sound.