We did it before!

http://snopes.com/language/apocryph/german.asp

 - The German Vote

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 - Claim:   A proposal to make German the official language of the United States of America was defeated in  - Congress by one vote.

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 - Status:   False.

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 - Origins:   Legend has it that in 1795 a bill to establish German as the official language of the fledgling  

 - United States of America was defeated in Congress by a single vote. There never was such a vote; 

 - indeed, there wasn't any such bill, either. A proposal before Congress in 1795 merely recommended the 

 - printing of federal laws in German as well as English, and no bill was ever actually voted upon.

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 - This most famous of language legends began when a group of German-Americans from Augusta, Virginia, 

 - petitioned Congress, and in response to their petition a House committee recommended publishing three 

 - thousand sets of laws in German and distributing them to the states (with copies of statutes printed in 

 - English as well). The House debated this proposal on 13 January 1795 without reaching a decision, and a 

 - vote to adjourn and consider the recommendation at a later date was defeated by one vote, 42 to 41. 

 - There was no vote on an actual bill, merely a vote on whether or not to adjourn. Because the motion to 

 - adjourn did not pass, the matter was dropped. It was from this roll call on adjournment that the "German 

 - missed becoming the official language of the USA by one vote" legend sprang.

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 - The House debated translating federal statutes into German again on 16 February 1795, but the final result

 - was the approval of a bill to publish existing and future federal statutes in English only. This bill was 

 - approved by the Senate as well and signed into law by President George Washington a month later. The 

 - legend lives on, though, presented a vivid lesson that the foundations of our world aren't always as solid as 

 - we think.

 

Ok, so there is the precedent. In 1795, our government made a decision to be an English speaking land. So tell me, readers, why is every-fucking-thing now in multiple languages. I like being able to speak to the people around me – and knowing that they understand me. I can even give some leeway for those that come to America from countries that speak a different language, such as Germany or Poland. But come on! Press one for English, Press 2 for Spanish. What about the other languages??!!

Time for us to make a stand. Companies can do whatever the fuck they want to, but Federal and State and City Government facilities and departments need to get the fuck out of the “Make-Everybody-Happy-and-Promote-That-Warm-and-Fuzzy-Feeling” business. It is a waste of time and money.

I am an equally offensive person, so I will offer the following in multiple languages. You PC pukes:

Fuck You! - English

Geh zur Hölle, verschwinde (abfällig) – German

vas te faire foutre  – French

Andá a joderte – Spanish

去你妈的, 见鬼去吧, 走开 (脏话) – Chinese (s)