America is awesome

[kyle barton]

How about this primary season?
it's better than any soap opera ever written.
literally days away from firming up the nominations of each party and still noone has the slightest idea who could win.

is hillary the political equivalent of the new england patriots? is she destined to achieve the mantle that has been hers in the making for 14 years now? well guess what, she still has to play the game doesn't she?

is mccain the darling of the right that our left-leaning media is trumpeting him to be? we'll all know soon

i read the paper nearly everyday. its filled with one sorry tale after another of countries run by despots, ethnic cleansing in multiple locations on the globe (its not just for europe and africa anymore) institutionalized hatred (and i'm not talking about that america kind of hatred, where people feelings get hurt, i'm talking about the bullet-flying kind of hatred) place in the world where women, minorities of the ethnic, religious, caste, economic variety are downtrodden and abused.

before all the typical america bashing starts on this thread, i just thought i would say that i wouldn't live anywhere else on this beautiful earth. i loves me some freedom. i can go to the guitar store, buy a whole bunch of stuff i don't need and say/sing anything i want. noone is going to arrest me, or burn down my house or kill my family.

if i start feeling sorry for those less fortunate than me there are THOUSANDS of charities in this fine country run by caring everyday folks who will take my money and apply to the part thats hurtin. if i don't feel sorry for anyone today, i can just take my money to guitar center and blow it on a new PRS, or paul gilbert video. thats what america is about.

if i blow all my money on an escalade and can't feed myself and my family anymore i have the perfect right to starve to death in this country. noone's gonna stop me.

thats what america is... it's the freedom to excel, the freedom to screwup, the freedom to be a complete frikkin loser/hater, the freedom to be a blessing to someone else.

God i love this country.

[jdaug]

wow i guess nobody was interested in this topic. you get more attention these days by saying how shitty america is. ill throw in my 2 cents so you dont feel like you are talking to yourself Kyle.

Im pretty much in your camp on this one, although maybe a bit more cynical about the future. Best country in the world, no doubt about it, but I dont necessarily like the direction we are going in. Thats not a Bush-bash. Im not a mindless leftist with Bush Derangement Syndrome, nor am I a Bush boot licker. He has been a mixed bag. My statement about the future is more directed at politicians in general and about American society in general.

I too watch the news pretty much all day, everyday while working, which is probably why im in such a shitty mood all the time. Yes I follow the primaries. All I will say about that is that none of them represent me. If I vote, I will be voting for the least shitty candidate.

thats what america is... it's the freedom to excel, the freedom to screwup, the freedom to be a complete frikkin loser/hater, the freedom to be a blessing to someone else.

thats what its suppsoed to be, yes. More and more, Americans have forgotten this basic tenet of our origin, and are willing to give away freedom in return for having cradle to grave security (im not talking physical security, like from terrorists, but social and economic security). Politicians know this, and promote it and encourage it and pander to it. Politicians on both sides do it (obviously way more on the left, but Bush did it also-look at prescription drug program). After all, it gives them more power. Eventually, a majority of americans will have the entitlement/socialist mentality, and they will freely and knowingly elect an openly socialist government in return for "security". After this happens, kiss freedom, personal property, and free elections goodbye.

I hope im just being a paranoid pessimist because I love this country too-the way it is and was, not the way its going.

[md.taylor67]

I'll join in the proAmerica huddle, but if we gather to many here everyone will know were to swing to hit us... Just joking...