What does being an American mean to you?

Answer 1

Bottom line, better food,better medical care,more freedom to a point, thats slowly being taken away, the ability to compete( to a point) for a better state in life. Which of course the rich have a much better chance in life at education to get ahead,better nutrition, more enjoyment then someone who busts his butt all their life just to survive. But at least there is a chance anyway,even if it is small to rise above a poor start. And no matter how bad it is here, in many places its worse.However there is too much value placed on money,living fast and outer beauty. Too much violence and lack of respect for the elderly and the handicapped. Its become a me,me,me situation and values have been perverted to greed for more of everything. I see 3 people living in a 10 bedroom house throwing food away while people are starving. There is something wrong with that. This country is for the rich and it is getting worse everyday. But it is still better then most of the places I have visited traveling throughout the world. And However small that chance is to better your life at least it still exists.

Answer 2

Apparently more than what Former President Jimmy Carter thinks it does. Apparently we have a big bad country that is too mean to play with the civilized world:




'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Oct. 18
Read the transcript to the 7 p.m. ET show

Guest: Jimmy Carter, Ron Suskind, Tony Blankley, George Carlin

MATTHEWS: Joining us now, someone who knows a thing or two about presidential campaigns, our 39th president and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Jimmy Carter. He also has two books out now in paperback: “The Hornets Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War,” and “Christmas in Plains.”

Mr. President, thank you. It‘s an honor to have you on.

JIMMY CARTER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you Chris, good to be with you and your folks.

MATTHEWS: Let me ask you the question about—this is going to cause some trouble with people—but as an historian now and studying the Revolutionary War as it was fought out in the South in those last years of the War, insurgency against a powerful British force, do you see any parallels between the fighting that we did on our side and the fighting that is going on in Iraq today?

CARTER: Well, one parallel is that the Revolutionary War, more than any other war up until recently, has been the most bloody war we‘ve fought. I think another parallel is that in some ways the Revolutionary War could have been avoided. It was an unnecessary war.

Had the British Parliament been a little more sensitive to the colonial‘s really legitimate complaints and requests the war could have been avoided completely, and of course now we would have been a free country now as is Canada and India and Australia, having gotten our independence in a nonviolent way.

I think in many ways the British were very misled in going to war against America and in trying to enforce their will on people who were quite different from them at the time.





England "GRANTED" India their independence in friggin' 1946 , only AFTER India had shed the necessary blood and helped the Allies (read MOSTLY the USA) defend and RE-CONQUER the WHOLE world that England had helped "sign off" to the damned Nazis, Fascists and Japanese Imperialists.


Oh.....and just when did Australia, Africa and Canada get their freedom???

They are only free NOW because the USA bailed them alllll out in WW2.


Our blood has bought the freedom of the world.

No brag.....just fact.

How long would the United Nations last in Europe or Asia or Africa......or Iraq???

Answer 3

It means that I can go to church without being persecuted by the government. It means that I can have fun with my friends in the mall without being dragged off and held hostage by terrorists. It means that I'm free.

Answer 4

johhny carson..in his speech what democracy means to me summed it up all to well---but this is a JOKE--okay

"What Democracy Means to Me"
by Johnny Carson

To me, democracy means placing trust in the little guy, giving the fruits of nationhood to those who built the nation. Democracy means anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

Democracy is people of all races, colors, and creeds united by a single dream: to get rich and move to the suburbs away from people of all races, colors, and creeds. Democracy is having time set aside to worship — 18 years if you're Jim Bakker.

Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead. And, unlike communism, democracy does not mean having just one ineffective political party; it means having two ineffective political parties.

Democracy means freedom of sexual choice between any two consenting adults; Utopia means freedom of choice between three or more consenting adults. But I digress. Democracy is welcoming people from other lands, and giving them something to hold onto — usually a mop or a leaf blower. It means that with proper timing and scrupulous bookkeeping, anyone can die owing the government a huge amount of money.

Democracy means a thriving heartland with rolling fields of Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Spanky, and Wheezer. Democracy means our elected officials bow to the will of the people, but more often they bow to the big butts of campaign contributors.

Yes, democracy means fighting every day for what you deserve, and fighting even harder to keep other weaker people from getting what they deserve. Democracy means never having the Secret Police show up at your door. Of course, it also means never having the cable guy show up at your door. It's a tradeoff. Democracy means free television. Not good television, but free.

Democracy is being able to pick up the phone and, within a minute, be talking to anyone in the country, and, within two minutes, be interrupted by call waiting.

Democracy means no taxation without representation, and god knows, we've just about had the hell represented out of us. It means the freedom to bear arms so you can blow the "o" out of any rural stop sign you want.

And finally, democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head. This signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights out for the American eagle.

I thank you.

Answer 5

Being constantly asked if I speak English in my own country. It gets really annoying.

Answer 6

im not american but i think american people deserved what they are blessed of! like what they say"God bless America"

Answer 7

It means everything.
Freedom to be who I am.

Answer 8

My freedom of speech and my Independence.

Answer 9

Obese, loud, obnoxious, ignorant and generally stupid.

Answer 10

getting to laugh at the others.....no I'm just kidding, well sometimes I'm just kidding.