Generosity.

On the way to work this morning I heard an interview with the young man on American Idol who's girlfriends life was seriously changed just before they were to be married. It is a very compelling and heart wrenching story. The story itself isn't what made me think, but the outpouring of support shown by the American people through their donations to supplement his girlfriends care. Example's of that kind of charity remind us just how giving the American public is in general. There are small examples daily of the inherent good in us. I've bought stranded people gas before. Just the other day one of my friends gave a ride to an autistic man who was stranded. I bet that if somebody added up all the money that the people of the United States donate each year to underdeveloped or tragedy stricken nations we would have enough to wipe out the deficit. That's just in voluntary donations, that doesn't include the amount of money our government gives away to foreign countries.

I have a friend who's roommate is an American born individual. He has no car, he uses public transportation, and bums rides from his buddies. He also is a devout socialist and sings the praises of the French people and the country of France in general all the time. He is very proficient at bashing the American way of life. All the while benefiting from the very things that he says he hates. He pays very little if any in taxes yet expects the state to pay for his health care. How much money has the European union given to Haiti, or South Africa on any other under developed country. Hell they can't even agree to bail out Greece and that would have a direct affect on their own economy.

I believe the American people are a good people in General. When times are tough as they are now, they get a little off kilter, but for the main part they are good. I also believe in our constitution. It is important and has stood the various assaults on it for over 200 years now. When we bash our own country we only need to watch one episode of World News Tonight to see how hard the rest of the world is fighting to have the same rights as we do. Lybia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and even The Soviet Union and China to some extent. Those people are losing their lives daily fighting for what we have. I think that everybody this weekend should take the time to watch a sporting event. One of the most blatant examples of the American way of life. What I'd like you to get out of it. Is the fact that we sing the National Anthem at the beginning of every one of them.