Dear Americans

Why do you think you are better than everyone else in the world?

What right do you have to wave your little flags and proclaim pride in your country?

What have you done to make it a great country? Anything? Would the world notice if you disappeared into the air, never to be heard from again?

How many hours of television do you watch a week? Laziness doesn't make you better than others.

How many hours do you spend commuting to work? How many trips do you make that are unnecessary? Do you run your air conditioner when the temperature goes above 80 degrees? You are sucking down energy like it is infinite. That doesn't make you better, either.

When was the last time you voted? When was the last time you were involved in a campaign? Leaving someone else to do the campaign work doesn't make you better. And no, putting a bumper sticker on your car is not campaigning.

Have you ever left the country to view it from the outside? 65-70% of you have not. So how do you know it's better? That's like saying cheese pizza is the best pizza when you've never tried anything else.

Have you ever served your country? Not only militarily, but in a public office, or in the Peace Corps, or in volunteer organizations like Americorps? Sucking off the service of others does not make you better.

Did you take college seriously, view it as a place of education rather than a place just to get a job or to rot your liver? Do you view education as a business rather than as an institution for the acquisition of knowledge? When was the last time you read a book?

Do you know your neighbors? Do you participate in your community's affairs? Does the world exist outside of your house?

Do you know any history? Do you know that the decline of civilizations all have similarities, those being excessive individualism, materialism, a lack of respect for education, and apathy? Take a look around you. Why do you hate America so much that you don't give a damn about its decline?

What has prompted this? Well, recently I've come across a few books about life during World War II, where people had food rations and did everything they could to participate in the war effort and help their country. They made something called a sacrifice, they did away with things unnecessary, they went to pick cotton and work in factories for the war effort. But today, in 2006, you have flagwavers screaming America is the best, singing their faux patriotic songs, purchasing ribbon magnets declaring so. No it is not. The people are self-centered, unwilling to give up anything for their country while it fights another world war. (It is a war. It is spread across the world. It is a world war.) See, while hundreds of people are dying every day, Americans are shopping at box stores for crap they don't need, playing video games, playing cornhole, watching sports, watching DVDs, and never thinking about the war. The war is "too sad" for them, "too depressing."

Soldiers are coming back resentful of Americans who are taking life for granted. That is too sad and depressing.

Seems that rumors are going around that Pakistan is losing control to Al-Qaeda. WAKE UP, AMERICA - PAKISTAN HAS NUKES.