Journal #19

I think the United States is far from being ideal. People try to say that we are this perfect country because we are free and have such a diverse culture and there is no segregation or sweatshops or things that other countries have. We are this free country run by an amazing, powerful man who is going to change the world.

Frankly, I think that is horse poop. People that think like that do not know what they are talking about; they have obviously just been holed up in their own perfect lives or something. I doubt they think about the war that has been going on for almost ten years now. I doubt they consider all the changes that Obama has not made. Everybody hated Bush, and people thought he was our worst president and screwed everything up. Again, those people are idiots. Obama has done absolutely nothing positive for our country; he is just a great speaker and, to be put bluntly, is black. Because of these things, the younger generations seem to be in love with him, which I find ridiculous. We are definitely not living in an idea United States. People are ignorant and uninformed, and even though we supposedly have all these rights and freedoms, sometimes it seems that they do not apply to everybody. Personally I think our government is corrupt and should probably be cleaned up a little bit before our country is in shambles.

In an ideal United States, like I said, everybody would be informed and there would be no blockheads. Honestly though, I do not think the "ideal" United States is even possible to come upon. There is always going to be that one person who disagrees or tries to screw everything up. Just look at a high school class. There really is not an ideal way to be, because you have to be realistic. There is always going to be someone who is disruptive or argumentative, which ruins the "idealness" of it, but then if there was no person to bring upon that second opinion, we would basically be thinking and living in a box. There is no ideal way for the United States to be because we need that differentiation at times, but not all the time.