I am so tired of the American media badmouthing the U.S. And… I hear them. Daily. Things are screwed up. Our economy. Our environment. The educational system. Health care. The big oil companies, the WAR.

And I want to be informed. Thank you PBS and NPR for having great shows. For educating me about this tyranny. For informing me that our country and world are in distress. It’s good to know. But I must ask this, when are we ever going to focus on the positive? Or is there any positive? What’s going good in this world? What is our country doing right? I want to know what’s going on in the world. In my world. In my backyard. I’m tired of getting the big picture and realizing that there is so much that needs to be improved. That maybe it’s not possible? I’m tired of thinking that maybe my children will inherit a world worse than the world I came into.

I want to think of newness. Cleanliness. Spring breezes and autumn freezes. I want to think about family vacations to summer camping grounds. Exploring our countries majestic national forests. Climbing high up American mountaintops. Swimming and floating off Siesta Key. Finding pride in my heritage. Finding pride in having served my country. Wanting to believe that all of those deaths in the sandbox weren’t for nothing. I want to believe in our leaders again. I don’t want to hear about them texting interns dirty words anymore. Or the hookers they paid for. I want the words coming out of our leaders mouths to empower a generation. To empower this nation.

I want us to take this country back from the tyranny of incompetent men. And when we take it back from them, just maybe… we can become proud again.

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