I don't know why I am so patriotic. I sort of know, but it's hard to explain exactly why. The burning flame is in my heart and there is no way I could put it out even if I wanted to. I love it when I drive past a certain car dealership here in Las Vegas and see the Camp Pendleton headquarters' sized American flag waving in the wind. It's bigger than a house. I get choked up listening to the "Star Spangled Banner" being played at the high school football game and I am not the kind of person that wears emotions on their sleeve. I read books about the Founding Fathers and watch Patriotic movies and documentaries. I have visited nearly all of the historic sites in the country. I have seen the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. I have seen the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. They weren't just old buildings and old documents to me. They were fascinating to me. They are the tangible treasures that tell the story of America's greatness. 

     Sure, I could say I love America because I'm American but that isn't enough for me. I was born an American and yes I love America for that reason, but everyone has pride and love for their homeland. If you take a look around the world and do your own research you see exactly why America is worth fighting for above any other place on earth. Even knowing that America is the best country on earth ever, still doesn't explain it though. People laugh at me because I spend alot of time thinking about it. Maybe they are right, maybe I do think too long and deeply about it, but I can't help it. I wrap myself in the flag always, not just when it's politically expedient or when it's popular. America is always popular in my eyes and there is nothing cliche about America to me. Defending America is defending God, family and freedom. America stands for all that is good and rejects all that is evil. We cannot forget this fact or refuse to believe that this status is as fragile as a newborn baby. In this day and age of evil in our political leadership, I feel all Americans including myself, have a profound duty to give all we can to preserve our country and way of life. 

     I sometimes wish I could go back in time and tell all the Patriots at the founding that their actions have inspired the world for 200 plus years, and show them their creation as it is now. To shake their hands and tell them thank you. I would sit with George Washington and have a beer or whiskey he produced and show him his army as it is now. Washington didn't like to shake hands so I would have saluted him. Can you imagine sitting with Thomas Jefferson and getting his advice and insights on any philosophical subject. Picking his brain for knowledge would be indescribable. Imagine being there with Francis Scott Key in Baltimore harbor while the British were shelling Fort McHenry. I wish i could tell Lincoln that he is a personal hero for doing the hard things when it would have been alot easier to go the other route. These men became great because of their actions and love of America and are who I look up to for inspiration.

     There is no question that the founding generation was our greatest, but I also have great respect for the World War II generation. What they did to save our country and what they had to live through was rough to say the least. They endured The Great Depression as children, then as young adults fought a terrible, brutal war. No wonder the 1950's were the time of white picket fences and "Pleasantville". They couldn't take anymore bad. They did every thing they could to save and were happy for what they had and were able to work for. It's too bad that their children, the "Baby Boomers" turned out to be one of the worst generations to ever occupy space. My generation the X'ers and the next one the Y'ers are not much better. If any lesson is to be learned, it's that spoiling your children and concealing the hard knock lessons of life, produce spoiled brats that have no clue what it took to create what they take for granted. I feel if education doesn't work it will be tough reality and rock bottom misery that force Americans to wake up and realize how blessed they once were. 

     Being a student of history fans the flames of love I have for this country. No other people have been free like we have for the amount of time we have. This freedom has created something that has never had an equal and probably never will. What we enjoy has been in peril since the founding. Presidents, Members of Congress as well as the Supreme Court in the past and present have tried to steal our freedoms. We have had to fight for them every step of the way. The allure of power especially for insecure leftists is all encompassing. Obama shows us this is his goal every time he does anything. He talks one way and does the exact opposite every time. He is going to push for a government health care take over no matter who he has to walk over or through to do it. He is going to take a political sword for it and doesn't care. That is evil and insane and it must be stopped. Obama doesn't love America, he hates America.

     "Why do you say these bad things about our President on your blog Michael?" Because it's true. If he truly loved America he would follow the will of the people. He will find out the hard way that he is a representative of the people not a ruler. George Bush would never have pushed anything through that 60% of Americans were against. He knew who he was there to serve. Obama doesn't care that the Constitution is his guideline, because he rejects the Constitution. Therefore, according to his actions I have to conclude that Obama is a power hungry narcissist and not an America loving Patriot. I don't forget that he refused until it was politically damaging to wear an American flag pin on his lapel or put his hand over his heart for the singing or playing of the National Anthem. I don't forget the campaign promises that turned into blatant lies. I won't forget his faithful supporters either. I will never watch NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN or MSNBC for anything except sports again. I reject anti-American rhetoric in any news or entertainment venue and refuse to finance supporters thereof. Obama and his allies remind me again of the past. History gives me insight because humans never change and Obama is dangerous if he gets anymore powerful.

     I have talked to hundreds if not thousands of people that tell me they are deeply afraid of the current government and their blatant power grab. People are starting to realize that the freedom we as a nation have enjoyed for two plus centuries is again in danger. We are not the first generation to have to fight for America. We must absolutely refuse to be the last. Every 40 or 50 years there is a new threat and this is it for us. The Tea Parties have shown me that there are millions of us that get it. The level of Patriotism in the past couple of years is more than I have seen in a long time. The democrat party has as I have said in the past become a symbol of socialism and government tyranny. This is a great sign that others are seeing what I have seen for ages. Also encouraging are the recent election results from some very leftist states. Our country needs us all. The time is now that every American must be introspective and do the right thing. True Patriots know that Patriotism is not a state of mind, it's a burning reality of the heart.