While I understand that not everybody is a Rhodes scholar, some punctuation and capitalization isn't a lot to ask for. I do, however, find it amusing that some of our non-US correspondents, for whom English is not their native tongue, write English and convey their thoughts MUCH better than some home-grown Americans.
Amen... I totally agree with you. When I was stationed in Korea you will work and train with Katusa's (Korean Augmentation to United States Army), where these soldiers must know a certain level of English. You can even notice the use of proper English with them. Ive come to a conclusion its just us lazy Americans's. The people of this generation are just brought up and are accustomed to the slang of today. Its just a very good example of what us Americans are like. Although I'm not an English scholar however, I do at least try to speak and or write with some level of sophistication.