A New Country

Now, I'm definately opinionated, but I do not get into the habit of shoving my opinion off onto other people. So I will only say this about the Elections of yesterday in the United States. I am incredibly proud of our country for the record number of people to turned out to vote, for the unbelievable number of young people and first-time voters who decided to take a stand on something - no matter what side - and vote. I am hopeful for our country that Barack Obama will have the ability unify our people and to motivate them to come together and work together as a country and as a democracy to overcome the extreme and debilitating apathy that has crippled the United States over the last 20 years.

I believe that this country was founded on the principle that all people are equal and that all people have freedoms to be who they want to be and believe what they want to believe and to make appropriate, responsible and self respecting choices for themselves and their families - that we are self-reliant and self-responsible, and that we are empathetic to others and can be tolerant of differences and not judgmental. That we canworktogether as a nation to move mountains and save ourselves from the divisiveness we have been suffering from for so long. 

I am at the very least proud of our country for being able to overcome prejudice and stand up for any cause and to speak our minds.  This is not to say that all problems will be fixed and that world peace will be achieved because Obama is President.  No, it is to say that Obama's Presidency will hopefully stand for the end of apathy, oppression of diversity and human dignity, negativity, anger and instead bring the beginning of a new generation of action, humility, tolerance, optimism, realism and community to this country.

On this day, I am proud to be an American.