American Exceptionalism

     [American Exceptionalism] Who first came up with this bullshit slogan. Are we so arrogant to think we are the king of the world? Our military does far exceed any other nations on Earth. As far as moral high ground, I think we have a long way to go.

     Technically America is an Empire and as so many in the past have fallen so will we. Before you say love it or leave it, I am a Patriot and it's been said since this country was formed we [The People] must always be prepared to defend ourselves against the tyranny of the state. We have so many Government agencies [ many do redundant tasks] that it's hard to know who is doing what. Even worse who is controlling what they are doing?

     Our last President who actually showed compassion, decency, respect and true leadership was LBJ. After that Nixon finally made it in and his China visit notwithstanding all but admitted he was a failure. Ford was, well lets just say a klutz. Carter got screwed before he could get anything done because of those damn Iranians. Then the 80's kicked in and we had a puppet movie star. It was Reagan BTW who started the whole anti union thing when he fired all the striking ATC's. I knew then it was the beginning of the end for unions. You also thank him for the beginnings of deregulation. Bush Sr. did a fairly good job. Clinton came in and continued where Reagan left off, but he did get us a lot of jobs. Bush Jr. should be stricken from the Presidential roles as Dick Cheney was his puppet master. This brings us to Obama.  He'll get a few more things done in his second term but not everything promised.

     No President since LBJ will ever be able to take Congress in hand and tell them to get off the asses and remember who they work for. Many Politicians today are so concerned with power and therefore money that they will do or say just about anything to hang on to those cushy jobs of theirs. America is going through a growth spurt [not in economic prosperity] but maturity. And the kids of today are learning their lessons from the likes of M. Romney, the Koch brothers, Mr. Adelson and hundreds of other old white men who yearn for the 1950's. Or they are so hung up playing t-ball or guitar hero that they don't realize losing is a part of life.   You keep shielding your kids from the real world, one of two things will occur in the next 200 years. They will believe the American Exceptionalism model and keep trying to turn the whole world into some kind of world america or we will be back in caves. Why caves, because when you have 1 guy bigger than everyone else, sooner or later the bully will push them too far and they'll all gang up on you!
AMF...