as a fellow american that has lived abroad and is now back in the states, this post is right on the money. we have the most freedom of any major country in the world today. even though we have our problems, we still enjoy imense freedom as americans in this country. however on a more serious note we had better get involved in the politics of our country from the local level up to the federal level if we want our grandchildren to have a country with the same freedoms we enjoy now, and work to change the way politics and the politicians of today are infringing on our sacred freedoms. we need to get back to the basics of government, before we wake up and realise the country we love has been changed to a socialist one. now i will get off my soap box for today,