Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Call Me Arrogant

After France and The United Kingdom had been bled white by the German Maxim Guns, artillery barrages and gas clouds in the fields of France, American Doughboys arrived. Our young Americans made the difference, and the Kaiser was defeated. No one called us arrogant.


Twenty years later, American soldiers again crossed the Atlantic. Our young Americans liberated everything from the English Channel to the Rhine River. After the Nazi guns had fallen silent, America asked for nothing more than a place to bury her thousands of dead. No one called us arrogant.


When all of Europe was nothing more than a smoldering ruin with a shattered economy and exhausted armies, the Soviet Union cast a covetous eye over the broken continent. American Soldiers stood alone in the gap between Europe and Soviet domination. America pledged to defend Europe as if it were American soil, and no one called us arrogant.

I am an American and I believe that every human being is born with certain inalienable rights. I believe in individual liberty, personal and religious freedom. I believe in a fair and open market, and a free press. I believe that all men were created equal and I believe in a government by the people, of the people, and for the people. I believe in a government of laws, not men. I believe that these rights are worth fighting for and defending.

My president, and all of Europe may call me arrogant, but I'll never appologize for that. I am proud of it. I am proud to be an American.

Povety for All

One half of the American People pay no taxes.

The other half pays all income taxes. The top 1% pays more in taxes than the bottom 90%

One of the fundamental problems that we as a country have is that one half of our population does not contribute to the support of the government, and instead see the government itself as a means of support, a provider of sustinance.

Because the government is becoming a provider of essentials to so many, it endangers us as a country because it makes us vulnerable to pandering politicians who promise to have the government give more and more to those who contribute less and less. Beggers voting themselves more and more benefits, and seizing more and more profits until the engine of commerce is choked out. When that happens, there will be poverty for all, and justice for none.

Thank you American, It's been fun.