B.R. Myers On the English Language

It's not about McCain or Obama, so AI and JJ shouldn't bother reading. Otherwise, here's the cultural plight foreshadowed by B.R. Myers. Linguistically, it reads rather dismal:

So what if we can’t talk to each other? Americanness, which once meant so much that only a shared language could carry it all, is contracting to a mere matter of wanting a bigger income—or should I say more “flair”? The obvious irony is that a nation without one unifying language will end up poorer in economic terms as well.