Just So Happy to Be American
There are days when I felt, especially in the liberal Seattle area and definitely when we lived in the Bay Area, the sentiment that we should be ashamed to be American. 
That we are big, fat, ugly, polluting, pushy, loud, guilty Americans. Don't get me going on some liberal family members comments that didn't we think it was our fault that 9/11 happened. Aaarrrgh! The bloody insolence of those comments.
That we are big, fat, ugly, polluting, pushy, loud, guilty Americans. Don't get me going on some liberal family members comments that didn't we think it was our fault that 9/11 happened. Aaarrrgh! The bloody insolence of those comments. Then, I think back to my youth and how lucky, with the cold war still rocking, I felt to be American. It's not that I think we are better. It's not that we sometimes don't do the right thing as a country or as a people. It's more that spirit that is effused in us all that anything is possible; that we are free; that we have choice. So, speak up people, whether you be American, English, Canadian, Irish, or any other democracy. Embrace your patriotism.
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This is great sentiment - but what triggered it? I would expect posts today about bad luck or hopefully more pinups...
Why should anyone ever be proud to be of any nationality? Shouldn't you just be proud of being a good person? Nationality has nothing to do with it.
Also YOU might be free and have a choice, but I'm guessing you're not part of the surprisingly large amount of American people living in poverty.
Anything is possible in the US, but only if you are already lucky enough to have a financial basis. Want to become a lawyer? I won't be able to, as I don't have the cash. And I dread the day something medically goes wrong in my family, as the bills would be piling up. I've seen it happen, and freedom it is not.
In many ways a lot of countries are way ahead of the US. Instead of sitting there and loving your country it might be wise to come off your ass and fix it's imperfections so you truly have something to be proud of.
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