America

So I was watching Obama's state of the union last night with the family. The baby (MP) slept through it but to get My Love (ML) to watch it, that took a little doing. For whatever reason, I feel like it's something important, for Americans to sit down and have a shared experience as a nation. Kind of like with the Olympics, but more often than every 4 years, and about something other than sports.

I love this country. It's something that I have in common with my brother, Day Trader (DT). In our left-leaning, hyper-liberal circle of friends, it's not a common trait at all, having pride in the US of A. It's not like DT and I don't have share the left leaning politics of our friends. We want electric cars, universal health care, abortion on demand, homo marriage, and a ban on whale murder just like everyone else. It's just that we recognize how amazing this country has been to even the people around us who disparage it with every breath.

I know that there's a lot wrong with this country. I really do. I just think that sometimes, it's pretty amazing what kind of creativity and innovation that's possible. People going from nothing to everything. I see it around me all the time.