Are you ashamed of being an American?
Maybe it's just be but with each passing day I find myself becoming more and more ashamed of being an American citizen. Just watching some of our citizens on TV, acting like lunatics, is disconcerting. I'm not pointing the finger and democrat or republican, liberal or conservative. I'm pointing my finger at the wealthy. I'm pointing my finger on politicians that sell out to multinational corporations, rather than making decisions for the good of the people. We're the wealthiest country on the planet yet very few of its citizens can afford to live here. When did our country get taken over by wealth, profit, and greed? When exactly did our government start caring more about foreign policy than it's own citizens that are living in poverty? When did our country decide it was more important to wage war than to provide all its citizens with affordable (or free) health care? When did our country decide that profit driven health care was a good idea? Everyone always places the blame on the President. I understand this, to a certain degree, but you really have to look down the chain of command to see EVERYONE that's helping make the decisions. I think that it's wrong that big businesses, banks, etc. are backing these politicians when they run for office. These companies only do this knowing that when their guy gets elected, he'll remember to scratch their backs and pass legislature that helps them make more money. The United States of America needs to make some major changes if it doesn't want to go the way of all past empires. We need to stop favoring big business, stop sticking our nose into the business of other countries, and start focusing on the issues at home.
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No longer, as a matter of fact with the new administration in the White House I am again proud of the fact that I am an American.
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I'll never be ashamed of the sacrifices and wounds multiple members of my family suffered during war for me. Why can't Americans look at what they have? Already we have much more than any other country in the world. Why do we consider ourselves so unfortunate? To be honest, it seems that the original opinion is just as self centered as any modern politician's motives.
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I'm ashamed of our government at present and for the past 20 years. Maybe more. Its just so obvious at this time I feel like the politicians are just laughing in our faces.
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i have always been proud to be an american. i don't agree with a lot of other americans, but freedom of speech is what i am the proudest of especially when i look at other countries. it's hard to deal with the consequences of bankers and corporate officers that have no morals or a sense of fair play. the me me me attitude offends me to the depth of my soul. and sure you are right changes have to be made, and people always need to be accountable for their actions and their greed. but i would not want to be a citizen of any other country..
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ARE YOU ASHAMED OF BEING AN IDIOT ?
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I unerstand that. I feel that way too. We are very full of ourselves as a country. We use the freedom of speech as a reason to be proud of our country, but that can be bad sometimes. There are some things people say that genuinly should not be said. Did you know that they take pictures of naked women, photoshop it to look like childeren and then produce child porn? Its not illegal because freedom of speech and the woman used to make it was 18. Our country is pretty screwed up. But we do have our upside. We arent the worst.
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NO BUT I AM ASHAMED OF THE IDIOTS WE HAVE RUNNING THIS COUNTRY
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You obviously have no idea of what you support and what you oppose. You do not know what to do. You do not have enough information to make an informed decision on anything. Well that is how the pring, radio and television media want you, and the union teachers too, lets not forget their agenda. I would like to point out dear, that other countries stick their noses into our affairs and so, we have had to react. Muslim prirates attacked our ships off of North Africa after the United States won independence, Mexican bandits raided our seothwestern states, german u-boats preyed on our ships and of course the japs attacked us at pearl harbor. Then we had the Soviet Union trying to take over the world and the Democrats were helping them do it. Now we have these muslim nutbuckets putting bomb in their underwear and up their rectums to blow us up. It is the responsibility of the government to address this. I suggest you read the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, that is how it should be done here. The Supreme Court was cut off at the knees by the Democrats under FDR when those Democrat scumbags imposed their New Deal. The Supreme Court could see that the New Deal was totally unconstitutional and the Democrats controlling the Congress and the Whitehouse could force the supreme court to buckle under. The US Constitution died on that day. We could bring it back with a violent revolution though. Are you up for that?
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Only when Rush Limbaugh calls himself one.
