Today is our Country's Birthday. I am proud to be an American. I am proud my older children serve our country in the United States Army, one branch of THE GREATEST fighting force in the world. I am proud of our Constitution, our Independence, and our Patriotism. I rarely talk about politics, as it is such a volatile subject, but today I will add that I personally am proud to be a Republican. Republicans are not always right, just as Democrats are not always right, but I do stand behind the conservative values of this country and feel they are best expressed by the Republican Party. I am proudly pro-life, believe "In God We Trust", and the values the Founding Father's wanted to instill in our country and legislature. I don't believe we are perfect, but the United State of America tries the hardest to help others, tries the hardest to maintain it's democracy, and it is the best example of government that the world has. I am grateful to live in this country and grateful for all the blessings we have here. Most of all, I am grateful for freedom. The freedom to worship, the freedom to speak my mind, the freedom to work where I please, and the freedom to travel where I please. Our blessings are prolific and varied here in the United States of America. Our gratitude should be just as prolific!Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine
Love that thought because it is so true! But, hey, I also love this one:
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~Erma Bombeck
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