What things make you proud to be an American?

Answer 1

The establishment of Natural Law in our documents. It starts with Samual Adams, the Father of the American Revolution.

On November 20, 1772, Samuel Adams presented to the Boston town meeting a declaraation of righs. The following excerpts from this document state:
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can. These are evident branches of, rather than deductions from the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.
Just and true liberty, equal and impartial liberty, in matters spiritual and temporal, is a thing that all men are clearly entitled to by the eternal and immutable laws of God and nature as well as by the law of nations and all well grounded municipal laws, which must have their foundation in the former.
In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights, when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defense of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are life, liberty, and property.

Portions of this document can be found in subsequent documents like: The Declaration Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms (July 6, 1775); The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776); The Constitution of the United States (14th Amendment); The Bill of Rights (5th Amendment); The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and countless other documents. Unfortunately, these subsequent documents do not possess the clarity of thought or logic that this document did.

Answer 2

well stocked grocery stores
my flag flying
pretty girls not wearing shadari but what they please
our life expectancy
Iraq's 2004 election
wheat fields
bald eagles
my ability to choose and pusue my own career
providing the best possible health care for our veterans
beautiful little children of all shades and hues playing and learning together
stories of WWII vets
Pride and strength of Vietnam vets
quiet dignity of Korean war vets
the comradeship of my fellow gulf war vets
stories of resilience from the great depression
my dads hard work and self sufficiency (Korean era, migrant worker parents)
my mom
my nephew and his 'marine' haircut (he's 5)
Toby Keith
Lee Greenwood
Jimi Hendrix (especially Star Spangled Banner),vietnam vet
just about any model year corvette
Independence day
and many many more things

Answer 3

The original people's history here that began long ago...
;-)

(even if some of the original peoples are still stuck on a rez)

and America is always reborn with/through change
;-)

Answer 4

1. Freedom
2. Opportunity
3. Democracy
4. There is no cast system
5. Liberty

Answer 5

Our freedom
Our sense of pride
Our generosity
Our ability to come together, and stand strong

Answer 6

Nuthing as I'm an Ozzie.

Answer 7

tattoos and body piercing

Answer 8

getting my cock pierced and knowing i wouldn't get an infection because of our hygiene systems

Answer 9

Rock, and girls

Answer 10

not much....well probably funnel cake..