Cindy, do you have any actual proof that this scenario -- a hit-and-run driver is deported back to Mexico and gets off scott-free -- has ever actually happened, or is it just another of your xenophobic fantasies? Because that's what it sounds like to me.

And many foreign countries *do* have signs, etc., printed in English, as a courtesy to English-speaking people. This is particularly true in countries that have a history of being colonized by English-speaking peoples, such as India, which was illegally occupied by the British for hundreds of years. As a result, English is very widely spoken, and some Indian schools do offer English-only education. The area you live in was originally colonized by Spanish-speaking people before it was annexed by the U.S. Deal with it.

Cindy, seriously, why do you care whether the bank deposit machine is written in two languages? How does it hurt you? Likewise, who cares whether the billboards are in Spanish? If you desperately want to know what they say, you could probably figure it out, or you could take two seconds and type the words into Altavista. Because, really, who cares?

And the fact that your grandparents came here legally doesn't have anything to do with the issue the other poster raised. The area you live in was forcibly colonized by the Spanish, who introduced their language, and then it was conquered by the United States. It's true that the U.S. is a primarily English-speaking country, but people have been speaking Spanish in your part of the world for a lot longer than they've been speaking English. If you don't like it, maybe *you* should move.