What it is to be American

Readers, this blog is inspired today. It's a thought would not get of my head last night. That's not a bad thing. Far from it. It's easy to say that you're an American. Have you ever thought what it means though? Being American boils down to blessings and responsibilities.

First, the blessings. When you woke up this morning, did you feel safe? Did you feel like you were in any danger? Of course not. Today, we live without fear of persecution. You are free to be whatever you want in America. You can believe in any religion you want, have any political ideology, and within the bounds of the law, do whatever you want. This country is great because of those reasons. I believe that we live in the greatest nation in the world today because of these reasons. Despite of what the political situation is, I believe this is still a great country. No where else in the world do you have the opportunities that you have in America. Anyone, and everyone has a chance to be great here. By residing in this great nation, you've been given a gift. It is a sacred, inalienable gift that guarantees you a shot at anything you want to do. It pains me to people, especially it's own citizens complain about this nation. We've been given so much. How can you possibly complain? You can complain about the politics, you can complain about a lot of things. But it's inconceivable to me why someone would ever want to live somewhere else.

Now, the responsibilities. People argue that we as Americans have too much. We've been given too much, and I disagree. It is an inheritance. However, this inheritance isn't without conditions. We can only depend on this inheritance for so long. It's up to us to renew that inheritance generation after generation. If America is to continue to exist, it is our responsibility to do this. It's also our responsibility to try enable others to have a shot at this type of gift. If we can give a person or a nation the gift that we enjoy in the same way we earned it, then it is our duty to do so. Ronald Reagan said that freedom is always a generation away from extinction. If we don't try to give the rest of the world that gift, then that generation will come sooner, rather than later. He said that freedom isn't passed on in the bloodstream. It must continually be protected and renewed.

It's not easy to be an American. Far from it. We must continually defend the freedoms we've been given. But the rewards of being an American are great. I will always be proud to be an American. It's a quality I hope to pass on to my children, not through the bloodstream, but by educating them of these facts. I hope this blog has been informative, if not inspiring to you to write what you feel it is to be an American.

Until next time, I'm that Conservative College Guy, and we are America.

An Interesting Perspective

So, as my readers may or may not know, I'm employed at my university's Alumni Calling Center. I talk to all sorts of people there, but two calls stuck out in my mind. The president was giving a speech, so the president was on people's minds when I called.

The first call: "Well, I can't give tonight, but maybe when Obama fixes this economy, I'll be able to."

Why are you waiting for someone else to fix your finances? Hope Zombies scare me folks. They believe that the government can fix everything. It's just not true. There has to be some sort of drive to do it on your own. We, as Americans, were built on this drive. The spirit of independence is weak in the nation today. We've become dependent on the government. This isn't what we should be doing. It's shameful that we act in this way. No one man, one government can change your situation except for you. Obama tricked the nation into thinking otherwise.

The second call: "Well, I'd love to give, but that man on the TV terrifies me. He's already wiped out so much of my retirement, it only sounds like he's gonna take more."

I'm glad people have sense. Obama has only hurt this nation since he's taken office. He's taken money right out of our wallets, and ran up a debt that our children's children will be taking care of, if not beyond that. I wanted to tell this woman not to let go. I was working, so I had to stick to work related matters, but we can change this. We can fight back. We have to hold strong, we have to fight back. Obama is robbing the nation. In 2010, we can call the police on him. We can elect a strong conservative congress that will stop him from further indebting our children. Once the nation begins to wake up from the big dose of "hope" they took, we can take back the White House. It's not too late, readers. It's never too late for reason.

Until next time, I'm that Conservative College Guy, and we are America.

AIG, Class Envy, and you. Also, Obama ruining America's image.

I'm back, ladies and gentlemen. Obama is continuing to ruin America, and I've not talked about it in awhile. So first, let's take a look at how Obama is taking the office of the presidency and making a joke out of it.

This is an excerpt from my brother's facebook, detailing how Obama is... Well, an idiot.

Yes, the cheap-o gift of DVDs that our peerless leader, Barack Obama gave Gordon Brown was in fact Region 1, meaning the gift is completely worthless to the British PM.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/03/023120.php

Let's review. Since November he's suggested that Nancy Reagan held seances in the White House, hocked off incompatible DVDs to a major world leader and basically spat on anyone with a disability.

This is what happens when he doesn't have a teleprompter, which, BTW, has opened its own blog.

http://baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com/

This is your one stop shop for an inside look at who's pulling the strings in the White House.

End excerpt .

OK. I don't think I really need to comment any further on that, other than the fact that I laugh at the fact that anyone would call him tactful.

Next topic:

AIG! Oh, they're evil, they're vile... They're stealing from Americans! Curse them! Shame, shame, what a detestable company!

If you could catch the sarcasm, stop reading. Now, when we had this bailout, which I strongly oppose, we were giving AIG taxpayer money to allow them to continue running, as they had been. Part of the contracts with their workers are their bonuses. So now, they people who received these bonuses, because that's what the company was paid to do, are now being asked to give back 90% of their bonus back, and that's just the Federal tax. That doesn't count state or local tax, which could very well take the rest. This is the start of socialism folks. This is class envy.

Keep in mind though, it's not just the top execs who recieved bonuses. Average employees of AIG also recieved bonuses. However, they're being taxed in the same way. Class envy is an ugly thing. Because in the end, it just lowers everyone. America, do you want to be rich and successful? What's stopping you? Stop looking at other people who are successful, demonizing them, and claiming that they're keeping you down. Get out, if you're young, go to college right out of High School, if you're older and you don't have a degree, get back to school. If you have a degree, get out there and start looking for a job, and when you get that job, you work twice as hard as everyone else.

That's what I'm doing. I'm in school. I'm working. I'm making myself a success. You know who else did that? You know who else made himself a success? Andrew Carnegie. Adjusted for inflation, he was one of the richest men to ever live. Ever. He was born into a family of Scottish immigrants in the 1800's. Not the best way to start out. By the end, his net worth, adjusted to inflation was $298.3 billion. He got there by being the best at what he did. He worked hard, and he made it to the top. What's stopping you America? Is it envy? Then get it out of the way, and be what you know you can be.


Until next time folks, I'm that Conservative College Guy, and we are America.