Quote from article (link) that is definite food for thought:
The President Who Hates His Country
In the last century, the impassioned words and actions of patriots like Winston Churchill – along with America’s heroic help and sacrifice – saved Europe. The eloquence and actions of "I’ve been to the mountaintop" Martin Luther King Jr. brought America to an unprecedented level of social justice.
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Bizarre and, yes, repugnant as it is to our essentially centrist country, America now has a president who has broken that time-honored tradition. Barack Obama, on the campaign trail and as the leader of the free world is the first U.S. president to proclaim to anyone within earshot that he, like his wife, is not proud of his country, and is all-too-willing to offer serial apologies – for America! – to Americans and foreigners alike.
As Ed Lasky writes: "We know that during the campaign [Obama] warned that criticism of his wife was `off-limits’. But criticism of America – well, that is fine."
We also know that during his run for the presidency, Obama expressed sneering condescension towards all those bible-clasping, gun-owning yahoos who "cling" to those silly things, and that in Europe he consistently gave voice to America’s supposed "sins." But all that pales in comparison to the clear contempt – looks more like hatred to me – that Obama feels for the United States of America and for its most revered founding document, the U.S. Constitution.
In just the first 100-days of his tenure, Obama’s words and actions have demonstrated that he is no friend of the country he leads. This is only a smattering of what happened on his recent three-continent trip abroad and to Mexico:
* In France, Obama told his audience that America "has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive" toward Europe.
* In Prague, Obama – in true utopian-kindergarten fashion – pledged "with conviction" that America will "seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." In other words, destroy big bad America’s ability to defend itself!
* In London, Obama made clear that the world’s financial wealth was no longer made by those inferior leaders Roosevelt and Churchill, effectively ceding America’s leading role in creating and sharing wealth to nations that have never measured up to our country’s bountiful generosity or spirit of free-market entrepreneurship.
* In Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Obama sat passively while the Marxist Chavez handed him an American-bashing book and delivered another revile-America speech, while never once rising to defend our country.
* In Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Obama again sat passively while the Marxist Ortega blamed the United States for a century of what he called terroristic U.S. aggression in Central America, again emitting not a whisper of defense on our country’s behalf.
* In Turkey, Obama said – incredibly and inaccurately – that America was not a Christian nation.
* And in his recent trip to Mexico, Obama said that the escalating border violence was essentially America’s fault.
Scan you memory. Can you think of any other leader in world history who so consistently badmouths his own country, or fails to defend it? I can’t.
If Obama is going to succeed as President he must speak to the everyday American. The American who puts his hands on his heart at ball games when the Star Spangled Banner is played. The American who puts the flag on public bridges and lovingly attends the flag.
America is a vast, beautiful and diverse country. It has shown the world what a free people can do. It is a wonderful place, but as a location and as an example. Obama should be proud, not apologetic.
If he wants to follow in the path of Jimmy Carter, let him keep mouthing apologies for our greatness.
While it may be overstated, there is some truth in this article.