What I Miss About America

By Stella Paul at American Thinker.

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

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

What do you miss?

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