[Clemenza]

Sadly today many people think being an American is a bad thing.

Its sickening isn't it? There are even increasing numbers of folks who call themselves "post-Americans." Even if they get past such ridiculousness (IE by living in a foreign country or in an immigrant-heavy community, and realizing how "American" they are) they nevertheless see patriotism as retrograde or a "farce." Sad to say the % of Americans who "love their country" seems to be declining with every generation.

[KC_Lion]

My question is if these people don't want to be Americans, than what DO they want to be? Citizens of the World? Do they really think that Bhutan, Samoa, Honduras, or Cyprus, have ANYTHING in common?!

boggles my mind

[ex-snook]

"Its sickening isn't it? There are even increasing numbers of folks who call themselves "post-Americans.""

Yep, and we can include the internationalist corporations who export our factories and jobs and consider themselves citizens of the world but nevertheless don't mind contributing mightily to the candidates who perpetuate them in the good old USA.