Friday, 4 July 2008
Happy Birthday America
« Politics Of Gasoline Part 1 | Main | The Crony Express »The idea that is the United States of America was born 232 years ago. An idea that was so radical and treasonous at the time that it started a war. A revolutionary war.
An idea that was so powerful that it lead a rag tag bunch of colonialists to defy their king. To fight a war. To give the strength necessary to persist during dark times.
It was an idea that impassioned a nation to grow from humble roots to being the most powerful nation in the world. It was an idea that has made that nation a beacon of light in a world filled to often with darkness.
What was this radical idea? It was the idea that all men are created equal. That all man had the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is the American idea. One that even with our political bickering still remains powerful today.
Where else can a boy of limited financial means create a software company that propelled him to be one of the world's richest men. Where else can a black boy from Hawaii or a military soldier's son from Arizona grow up to win both parties nomination to be president. Where else can one go and find a people as mobile? A people with more wealth? A people with more opportunity? A people with more freedom?
Yes, America is the greatest country in the world. And as long as the idea of freedom continues to burn brightly in America, it will continue to be that shinning city on the hill.
Happy birthday America!
