[kassie]

Good Morning,

So neat you could spend time with another FReeper.

The deal with ABC is so stupid. Toby Keith's song is a good song. Patriotic. I think that is the whole issue. It gets people fired up to stand behind America.

[Jemian]

Ya' know that is something that I encounter all the time. Other nationals feel the right to say things like, "In Switzerland we...." or "That's the way we do it in Australia..." or "I'm Dutch and that's the way we are..." But if an American says anything in the remotest way about the US or anything complimentary about this country, we are immediately accused of snobbery and insulting the other countries, etc.

I'm tired of it. I AM proud to be an American and I'm tired of listening to those whiners from other countires who try to denigrate us. I have decided that they are really ashamed of their countries and feel that the only way to lift themselves up is by putting us down. If they had more pride in their countries perhaps they wouldn't feel so threathened by us.

As John says, "my two cents worth."