Not my president, not my war?

Hi again,

Lets talk about a pet peeve of mine. The non-Americans. People who claim they want to leave America, the only real home they have ever known, because of politics. Listen up. In America you are one part of the whole. You get to say what you think about politics, laws, etc. You get to say phrases like "not my president".

Some of you are wondering why I turned right wing. I HAVEN'T. I am liberal. Trust me. The thing is I accept who I am. I know who I am was formed somewhat by genetics, but mainly from environment, like the people who surrounded me and where I lived. I lived in the heartland of America my entire life (the mid-west). I am American. I am a white upper middle class liberal American (stalkers come find me now).

I don't like Bush. I can't even see getting along with him on a personal level. I hate his policies and how he played on fear to get congress and the American people to vote for his agendas. I'm just not ok with him at all.

Like I said I am a college student. This means in the last election I wasn't old enough to vote. Most of the people surrounding me weren't. We didn't vote for Bush. The ones that could vote, statistically didn't, and the ones that actually did statistically voted Dem.

In the long run Bush won as I hope you all know. There are new campaigns out now for the next election, but that is still far off. This Bush win had many upset. It sparked the slogan not my president, not my war.

These people who chanted this are still American, most of them pay taxes. They abide by the laws, and if they do get into trouble they will use the U.S. justice system to try and get out of it. They are American. Bush, weather we like it of not, is the American president. Deal with it. Bush is your president because you are American.

What is this not my war? We have all been impacted by Patriot Act. Statistically was all know someone who is or has been to Iraq. We watch the news, read the papers. This war is all over the media. It statistically will have a negative affect on our hearts and family. We are all at least indirectly involved in this war. It makes it not only Bush's war, and not only the soldier's war, but America's war. This will one day be in American history books. This is our war.

We have made it through almost 7 years of Bush. Granted we are worse for the wear but America is still standing, and weather you like it or not one of the fastest ways out of a recession is in fact war, when handled in the right manor, which Bush didn't do at all. But one of America's greatest standing achievements has been to get through lame duck, crappy presidents (two of whom are direct ancestors of Bush). How do we do it? Well it is the checks and balance system that those founding fathers put into the constitution to guarantee that if the country made a mistake in who it voted for during an election the whole country wouldn't go down with its C average monkey headed leader. That checks and balance system while slow and calculated doesn't allow for much error, unless the country is running on fear, like the patriot act.

I am a Democratic American. I am liberal and I strongly dislike Bush. I love the concept of the melting pot. I love the diversity, the bringing together of all cultures. I am not always proud of being an American or of who represents us, but I still was brought up here. The American ways are in me and will not soon be erased, the good and the bad.

That's all for now. Please remember who you are and what you represent. This will make the world a better place.

Ta ta