What I Miss About America

American Thinker  We found this article so interesting that we printed here in it's entirety instead of using pull-out quotes as a tease.

"Here are just a few of the things I miss since America entered the golden age of Hope and Change in January 2009."

•   Optimism
•   Going for minutes, hours, even days, without worrying about what weird insanity the   government is dreaming up next
•   Having money
•   The Border Patrol
•   Looking up at the moon and thinking, "America - we own space!"
•   Having a president whose background isn't more closely guarded than the formula for Coke
•   Going on vacation without the TSA auditioning me for "Stella Does Dallas"
•   Jobs
•   Not feeling like I have to whisper, if I say something that's not completely, 100% complimentary about our president
•   Listening to the latest rant against Israel at the UN, without wondering if it's coming from the American Ambassador
•   Feeling protected
•   Having a president who doesn't want to fundamentally transform me
•   Getting a doctor's appointment right away and not thinking, "That was nice while it lasted."
•   Having a president who would never, ever bow to the Saudi king, the Chinese premier, the Japanese prime minister and the mayor of Tampa
•  Gazing up at the sky and not wondering if that's a bird or a drone
•   Snacking on whatever I want, while the First Lady remains calm and indifferent
•   Having a president who thinks it would be unimaginably crazy to bring the 9/11 conspirators to New York for a civil trial
•   Privacy
•  Separation of State and Media
•  College graduates with a future in America, not China or Hong Kong
•   Having a president who inspires us to feel that Americans are all in this game together
•   A dollar that's worth 100 cents and isn't signed by a tax cheat
•   America's Triple-A rating
•   Having a president who doesn't seem needier for attention than Paris Hilton
•   Strolling through the mall without worrying about racially-motivated flash mobs
•   Looking at maps without trying to figure out where I can run
•   Reading 1984 as an interesting work of fiction
•   Dignity
•   Pride

"What do you miss?"  By Stella Paul