wow gotta love it when people convienatly forget about the Indians, yes you can have a true american heritage, although it is rare, but I dont know if you could call that an "American" heritage as the Americas didnt exsist till European settlers arrived and named the land that. But is seems someone didnt pay attention in history class.
Anyways yes you can have an "American" heritage tho if your ancestors where of european descent and came over during the founding of the Americas. Hell technically you can call anyone south of the Texas/Mexico border Americans. That area is also America, albiet named South America.
Either way, America and the United States of America was founded on and by English speaking settlers, sure the dialect and word usage is a bit different today, the language itself is still fully intact.
and sorry to burst your bubble, but English is not the universal language of the word, that would be sign language. Also Chinese is the most spoken language in the buisness world now also.
As to your wall posting I suggest you pay attention to the news more and also check my post in the reality sinks in section under the racial tension thread. "The 260-159 voice vote on an amendment to a bill on illegal immigration "mandates the construction of specific security fencing, including lights and cameras, along the Southwest border for the purposes of gaining operational control of the border"." Along the border of Texas, California, and Arizona that connects with Mexico, a wall is being built to seperate the countries and prevent illegals from entering without authorization. The U.S. Govt. is also looking at the Canadian border as well, but I doubt anything will be done there. Besides what threat can Canada be, they have no Navy to speak of, their army consists of Mounties and most of the population is French so theres not much of a threat there.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216...o_051216073139
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/20/D8EK9N0G6.html
linkies to the info about the wall being built, and also Mexicos reaction to the wall, in one artical I found but forgot to save the Mexican president auctually protested that the U.S. should let in more illegals since they are the second beggest revenue for the country besides their oil exports. Can google "Texas Mexico Border Wall" for more info.