welcome to freerepublic and welcome to the USA..!
Thank you gaijin. Been here almost 20 years, and I never once lost appreciation for this country. We are an amazing land, and amazing people (most of us anyway).
What we do have that matters so much, is our Constitution.
Without it we would become another UK or Sweden. I know the libs try to change us to be like them, but it won’t happen. As long as we still have our bill of rights.