Happy Independence Day everyone!
I’ve been writing so much in the blog for the past few days that I really have no idea what to say here. I hope everyone is enjoying the Fourth!
Nothing is more American than Fireworks and hot dogs and hamburgers! (Except that, of course, fireworks are Chinese, and hot dogs and hamburgers are of European descent.) Still, I guess we decided to put them together first, so go and enjoy some of those!
Let’s hear it for those things that helped us to win our freedom: ideological upper-class patriots; a continental army that was always poorly fed, poorly paid, and (at first) poorly mustered; the French(who enjoyed using us to slap the British Empire in the face); the Dutch (for allowing us to get into a ton of debt as they and the French helped finance our rebellion); and finally the most important factor of all: the British people who didn’t care much about the war which led British diplomats and politicians to decide it was in Britain’s favor to just sever the insurgent little colonies. (I’d also say God, but hopefully by listing these you can see that I shouldn’t even need to mention Him: God must have been involved to have this list of reasons align into an independent nation!) But, severed though we were, we thrived and pulled ourselves into a good nation.
In case this is too tongue-in-cheek let me state it here: I love my country the same way I love any dear friend or family member. The USA is not perfect and I understand that – it is my association with them, warts and all, that I love. It may have a horrible history (it pretty much does) and it may continue to make horrible decisions and not play nice with other countries (we never really have, have we?), but gosh darn it I still love my country. Doesn’t mean I think it’s any better than any other country, but it’s mine.
Comment by NoCoolName_Tom — July 4, 2009 @ 1:22 am