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Originally posted by The_Dude
look, just because somebody criticizes a certain area of foreign polciy doesnt make them hate america.
people criticizing actually love this nation and are trying to make it better and fairer.
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Dude. There has not been a single thing about this country that a large number of you have not belittled, smeared, and expressed total contempt for. You do not love a nation which you can find absolutely positively nothing good. You do not love a nation when you express nothing but contempt toward its leadership. What has been expressed on this board for the past few months is not love, it is not respect, it is nothing but hate and discontent. You express a desire to change our government by going to the polls and voting. You express respect for our government by supporting leaders who are doing their best to run this country as they think is the best. Leadership in our nation has shown the best and the worst of the American political system in the past few months. Many states are facing financial shortfalls because of the slow economy. Leadership in many states has tightened its belt and found ways to compensate . That is the good of the American political system. To go to the other extreme you can look at your and mine homestate of Texas. The incident in Texas regarding the minority party leaving because of a redistricting issue was not only immature on the part of those legislators, it made then look like total asses. Our country was designed to be flexible, to adapt, not to run off and hide in another state - that is nothing but an expression of contempt.