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July 4th Edition

As many of you know July 4th is monday, and seeing as I have to work I wanted to do an early post about the United States.

Now I spend alot of time on here bashing our politicians, foreign policy, domestic policy, liberals, conservatives, and just about everybody else that lives in this country. But every July 4th I get the same feeling in my heart. That feeling is a feeling, that in my opinion, no other person from any other nation could ever quite understand. 

You see for all this bullshit that this country has gone through and continues to go through, I still find it hard for me to ever have a desire to leave. And that is what I am going to talk about today:

Every so often we American's have a presidential election. And you hear these words every time "If such 

and such is elected president Im leaving the country!" But nobody ever does. Now I am sure some people have but most do not. And there are simple reasons for that. As much as we Americans complain about our withering economy, our elected officials, our shit school and so on, we still have something most countries in the world dream of, and thats the freedom to do as we please.

If I wake up in the morning and want to go take a shit in my back yard, I can. If I want to shotgun five beers on my front porch at 2 in the morning I can. If I want to scream at the top of my lungs in downtown greenville south carolina how much the government sucks, I can. And to me that makes it great to live here. The fact that we still enjoy more freedom than any other nation is something that should instill national pride in each and every one of us.

Our country was founded on principles of liberalism, democracy, freedom, and (though not initially) equality. We have forever been the little brother country. Consider that nations like Russia, China, Japan, all of Europe were thriving long before our country was even a thought. And through it all we came out on top. We fought against the largest most powerful military the world had ever known during the american revolution. we steeped into two world wars and saved the day in both. We out spent the soviets and ushered in a new age of world wide democracy.in each instance we were the little brother. the guy who wasn't very big, had a rough start to life, but made something out of nothing. Our nations history has an incredible parallel to the history of our people as well. Immigrants from all over the world flocked here in hopes of a better tomorrow. A better life for their family. A better life for themselves. And many of them found that better life. And while the American dream may have faltered over the past twenty or so years, it can still be reached. We are a nation of can do's, a nation of better days ahead, a nation of optimism in the face of a pessimism filled world.

Look at the people this nation has produced in technology, the arts, science, sports, and every other cultural aspect. Look at the things we have done for the world. Our nation is not great because we say it is, our nation is great because we show you why it is. And while over the past twenty years we have seen American slowly turn into a laughing stock of the world, we still know how good we got it compared to all the others.

Now for the most part this was a complete rambling of my thoughts on our great country. But to me thats fine. I don't need to sit here and give foreigners an in-depth analysis of what makes the United States great. Because I know how great it is, and I am an American and for that, I am forever grateful.

Now go out shoot some fireworks, drink really cold beer, enjoy great times with old and new friends, eat great food, and celebrate being an American, and for one day set aside political, social, economic, and religious differences and celebrate the one thing that brings each of us together, that we are all Americans!

Happy Independence Day!!