American Exceptionalism is a fact, but it might sound arrogant to someone that doesn't understand why America is exceptional in the first place. Barack Obama is one of these people and loves to mock this fact. He doesn't believe America is exceptional any more than Sudan or Cambodia is exceptional. He doesn't want America to be exceptional. He has the typical leftist victim mentality that America became prosperous by stealing from the poor of the world. We all know this is a complete lie. His ilk claim we have stolen from others. We have never stolen, we have never invaded a country and permanently annexed it's land or stolen any foreign resources. However we have invaded and liberated the populations of countries from dictators. Every foreign resource we have ever acquired we have paid for and then some. Some countries we have invaded and liberated them, then helped them rebuild, and then became equal trading partners and purchased their products and resources.

     Do you think the Romans did that or the Mongols or the Arabs? They didn't, they conquered and took what they wanted at will. Even our best ally the UK, also known in the past as Great Britain, never did that. In fact Great Britain and the Netherlands were the countries that started the slave trade here before we were a country. Great Britain and the European powers were never liberators. They would colonize a country, subject it's citizens to martial law, then over years and years, extract their natural resources for their own financial gain.  No other country in history has ever done what America has done. I don't understand how anyone could not see that America is exceptional now or compared to any other nation at any time in history. Some of my leftist colleagues like to repeat Obama. "We think we are exceptional like Greeks think Greece is exceptional". Then I counter with the question "what country is better than the United States of America to live in?" They certainly don't think Greece is better. Some say Canada some say France etc. but most of them have never visited those countries to see first hand even the cosmetic differences let alone the societal and governmental differences. Even if they had, they certainly would not want to move and leave America behind.

     You will never hear of boat loads of Americans washing up in Cuba or anywhere else, for their excellent health care and way of life. During the Cold War you didn't see American athletes defecting to Russia and China to live the good life. There are not large groups of Americans moving to other countries and setting up little America's in foreign cities. There might be the occasional retiree moving to Mexico to stretch the retirement dollars, or the occasional hippie or Hollywood actor moving to France but they give up alot more than they gain. Even Mexicans and Frenchmen will tell you that. I have been all over the world and when you mention you are from America their eyes light up. Even the people that do not like America are fascinated with it. The rest of the world apart from the leftists of the world are enamored with America. They all want to come here at least once in their lives. I would bet all of the money I have ever made that if a poll was taken of the rest of the inhabitants of the globe that aside from their home country, the vast majority of them would want to live in America. America is exceptional and we are made up of people from all over the earth. We have no special genetic advantage than others in the world. So, what is it that makes us exceptional? Let me explain, if you don't already know.

     America is exceptional for many reasons but the main reason is freedom. Our freedom is exceptional because our founding documents acknowledge that God gives us our freedoms. The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson, eloquently but succinctly states that government cannot take away freedoms granted by God. This fact, hammered into the creation of our country, has allowed Americans and masses of immigrants the equal opportunity to achieve all they can achieve according to their own abilities and ingenuity. Freedom from government intrusion coupled with a free market society has made us the envy of the world. With that simple concept as our founding philosophy, we have achieved beyond anyone's wildest imaginations. We have created the highest standard of living any people have ever enjoyed. Our achievements in science and industry alone are legendary and we have only been here just under 234 years. The Chinese had dynasties that lasted for millennia and yet they have not advanced humanity more than America has. It wasn't that the Chinese couldn't have achieved what we have. They didn't because they didn't have the freedom we enjoy. If they had our government structure rather than feudal or communist rule they might have, but we will never know. Even now the Chinese are under Communist rule. 

     "Ok Michael, so God gives us our freedoms. Why does that make us exceptional?" It makes us exceptional because in every other form of government your freedoms are given to you by the state and/or the majority. In the United States of America our freedoms stated in the Declaration of Independence cannot by law, be legislated or voted away. God given freedoms can only be taken by God whereas freedoms given by man can be taken by man. We have representatives not rulers. This little tidbit in the Declaration of Independence has allowed us to accomplish what we have. We have the freedom to enjoy all of the fruits of our labor. That is what motivates people to achieve. No one ever works as hard and long for a government or a collective as they would for themselves and their family. I have been to many foreign countries and none of them including Canada can come close to what we have here. We don't have all of the resources in the world but we have done better than anyone else with what we have and purchased what we didn't.

     The so called "poor" in this country live like the middle class in most countries in the world. What poor means in most countries is just that, without necessities to sustain life. The "poor" here are alot of times overweight, own televisions and telephones and can get free health care and free food from the government and/or a charity. We have shared our wealth with the less fortunate more than any other country and that charity has helped and saved the lives of many people all over the globe. We are always the first ones there in a tragedy or disaster and we always give the most. That anyone would hyphenate their nationality with an ancient country of origin makes me wonder if they know why their ancestors left the old country in the first place. Why would they chose America to come to? Why don't proud existing generations descended from immigrants move back to their ancient country of origin. The answer is simple. Their ancient countries of origin were not and continue to not be able to provide the opportunities for the quality of life we enjoy here. Anyone that says America is not exceptional is either ignorant or a hater or both. America will continue to be exceptional even if it means deporting all leftists to China.