A 22 year yr old's RANT

[lucky american]

All I can say is; Very well done! With young adults like you there is hope for America yet. My prayers for your future.

[Feline_AIDS]

I didn’t mean to say that they were. But the openly conservative ones are in the minority.

This obviously excludes VMI, God bless it.

[unkus]

I am old enough to be your grandfather. You are a very astute young lady. Do not join the marines or any service. Because after November you will surely be ordered to do the devil’s work. Regardless of who is elected. Be strong. Never surrender your beliefs. But keep silent when it is advantageous in the presence of enemies. I truly wish you well for you are the future

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Amen to that.

[Raquel]

Take heart there's lots of good guys and gals still out there that love America. I'm first generation American, and just like your Virginian parents taught you, mine taught me to love God and America too. Good job on the post!

[TheWasteLand]

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

- Ronald Reagan

Sounds like your parents did an excellent job. God Bless.

[LongElegantLegs]

I hope he joins! It’ll be a better use of his time than college. :-)

[Pistolshot]

Every time I hear the national anthem my eyes tear up and my heart pounds because I think of how many times the sight of our flag has meant freedom, resuce, and safety.

That is what has been lost. Patriotism.

[FateAmenableToChange]

I really miss living in Virgina.

[unkus]

G O D B L E S S A M E R I C A !!!!!!!!

[GunnyHartman]

Everything I used to say about the state of America's youth I take back.

I stand corrected!

You remind me of my daughter. She's 31. Good for you young lady!

[darkangel82]

Yeah, college didn’t work out for either of us(money issues) but he is in better shape than I am.

[dragnet2]

Was curious. Maybe he’ll take your advise.

[LongElegantLegs]

If you’re under 40, and really want to join, talk to the recruiter; they slimmed me down by about 20 lbs so I could join.

[VeniVidiVici]

The rest of the world whines about us and we still help during natural disasters, AIDS, etc. Personally they can all kiss off.

[r9etb]

Just a suggestion: No 22 year old female should refer to herself as a “girl” if she wants to be treated like an adult.

And if you're serious about what you say, you should probably stop thinking of yourself as a "girl," too.

It's not intended as a slam -- it's just a fact. "Girls" are their parents' responsibility. "Women" are responsible for themselves.

For what it's worth, I think much of the difficulty in the US and elsewhere is that a lot of folks even in their 60s still think of themselves as "guys" or "girls," rather than as responsible adults.

Like kids, a lot of Americans are certain that somebody else -- the "adults" -- will clean up their messes after them. Unfortunately, there aren't all that many adults anymore, either in positions of leadership, or among the voters who put them in office.

[east1234]

I’ll never leave it, I’m a Maryland Refugee.

[LongElegantLegs]

I hope so. They need all the young patriots they can get.

[Maverick68]

Keep the faith, young lady as there are plenty of good people out there. You probably aren’t going to run into a majority of them on college campi’, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some good ones there.

[mnehring]

I would suggest you take a hiatus from reading negativity for a while. The fact is, every generation thinks things are getting worse and only see doom in the future, yet the reality is with each generation our nation becomes stronger, more prosperous, and better. Many of the complaints we have no are, frankly, trivial compared to the challenges this country has gone through.

This country has survived from a Revolution against the greatest superpower of her day, through invasion, slavery, civil war, two world wars, depressions, recessions, Wilsons, Carters, and Clintons, and yet, we always come out stronger.

This is the USA, the greatest country on earth. We are NOT a third world country, we aren't becoming a third world country, and don't let anyone bring you down.

The only thing that could destroy the USA is if we all lose that spirit that created this country through hopelessness, lack of will, and negativity.

To sum up- Ignore the WhinoCons.

[dragnet2]

Vietnam era vet. I was thin when I went in, and even thinner when I got out...Left a few parts behind. Felt 80 years older though.