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Obama Elected: Proud to be an American |
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Written by gabriel
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
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Today is literally the proudest moment I have had as an "American". Frankly, from 2002 through 2007, I was embarrassed by our misguided, destructive policies. That changed today with the election of Barack Obama.
That Americans across the country have rejected divisiveness and elected an African American - Barack Obama - is truly astounding. That they rejected gratuitous war for a focus on eliminating our true enemies in Afghanistan by electing Barach Obama. That they abandoned double digit health care cost increases - which at about $15K per family nearly EXCEED poverty line wages let alone an allowance for taxes, apartment, food, car, gas, etc - in favor of some or any solution proposed by electing Barack Obama. That they rejected paying repressive regimes (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Venezuela) billions of dollars a year to increase carbon emissions and exacerbate global warming by electing Barack Obama. That they realized our economy is in shambles and that Americans actually have to PRODUCE something in exchange for all those cheap VCRs and cars other people are giving us. All of these facts are incredibly encouraging to me. We have so many challenges ahead, but it is encouraging that America has finally woken up to the enormous challenges ahead and are willing to face them head on, with our new president, Barack Obama. All of these facts show that America is ready to take the moral and ideological lead in the world, and change the course of history. It's going to be a bitch. Barack Obama was handled a big pile of problems that is the US economic meltdown and the Iraq war. There is a tremendous amount of work to be done, there is no doubt. But I can think of no one else more capable to get us, the United States of America, on the right track.
But all the same, proud to be an American
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 November 2008 )
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