John Hawkins: Stop Apologizing for Being an American

9:46 am on May 2, 2008 by Infidelesto

A great article by John Hawkins today that will lift your spirits about being an American during this time of leftist, anti-American contempt of our value system and history of foreign policy.

A couple of days ago, I had the misfortune of being on a BBC radio show with an American college professor who sounded like he had read one too many Noam Chomsky books.

Let me give you a short impression of the guy: “Blah, blah, blah, racists! Blah, blah, blah, of course Jeremiah Wright was right when he said…blah, blah, blah. No wonder people are angry at America!”

Not to disagree with Professor Crabby McCommiePuss, but there is no nation in the world that has more to be proud of and less to apologize for than the United States of America.

Of course, the standard liberal reply to that usually goes something like this: “So, you’re saying ‘we’re perfect,’ huh? Well, what about slavery and the Indians and dropping A-bombs in WWII and the other 497 things on my ‘What I Hate About America’ list?”
What about them? Keep reading…

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  1. Comment by Storm-Rider on 4 May 2008:

    America isn’t perfect, but we have a great dual divine/rational idea stated in our Declaration of Independence: God-given human rights, and government power derived through the consent of the governed. No other country on earth has a better declared principle for a just society.

    We also have many intellegent, creative and courageous people - and what grand natural beauty! So much to be proud of and thankful for.

    Perfect: no, Good: yes.

  2. Comment by carolyne on 5 May 2008:

    You go Storm-Rider! Agreed 100% and In God We Trust and double dog dare anyone to say different. We just keep standing on our God given rights in Christ. I am grateful for America!

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