Patriotic

[Shelacious]

I am usually about a 5-6: I come from a Grandfather, Father and Mother and a very good friend who spent collectively 61 years in the Air Force, so I respect the Armed Forces and those who serve in them. I also appreciate being an American, and wouldn't trade it for the world. By the same token, I am cognizant of an America that was built upon slave labor (we're talking about only 5 generations removed from me folks) and concept manifest destiny, of an America where people are still separate and UNEQUAL, so it tempers in me the blind patrotic fervor others may feel.