It has always been "cool" to be an American...

An AP writer wrote a story titled "Suddenly, it may be cool to be an American again." It has always been cool to be an American and will always be, we do not need Obama to be elected to feel that way. It is us, the ones that are patriotic in good times and in bad, the ones that do not turn our backs on this country who will always be "cool." I do not need liberal writers who live abroad telling me when it is or it is not "Cool to be an American." The patriotic ones here, and serving this country abroad do not have the need to feel cool, our love for this country is not about the coolness factor, it is about the desire to be an American, a proud American, regardless of who is in office. How does Obama make America cool? His radical policies, or the ignorance displayed by the media and 62 million voters who have no idea of who Obama is? Is that cool? Electing someone you know almost nothing about, and ignore the things you do know about him? William Kole, the writer of this article, goes on to say an incident that occurred to him. "I'll never forget a ride in a taxi in Vienna when the world was waking up to the abuses wrought by U.S. troops at the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
My driver, a Muslim, was indignant. "You are American, yes?" he asked in that accusatory tone so familiar to many expats. 'Uh, no, Canadian,' I said." It is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of many liberal Americans. It is only when it conveniences them or when it makes them look cool that they are proud to be American.