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And every generation since then has been convinced “the country is going to H in a hand basket”.

I suppose I am the eternal optimist but I believe this country will survive. It survived among many other things: The Revolution, Civil War, assassination of presidents, The Depression, The Cold War and a few terrible Presidents.

People are convinced we are losing our gun rights and/or we are not gaining ground fast enough, but I was 49 before we could legally carry a gun. Some generations could not legally carry a gun their entire life.

I hate to disappoint the secessionists and other Doom Sayers but I believe this country will be around a lot longer because it is the best country in the world.

I watched a discussion on the History Channel boards quite some time ago where some people were deriding the U.S.A. for everything you could think of. I had to spoil their fun by asking how many people are trying to sneak into the U.S.A. compared to how many people are trying to sneak into China?, Cuba?, Russia?, any other country?

We have our problems, some of them serious, but we have the right and some people that are brave and patriotic enough, to stand up and point out the rotting parts of the government.

As long as the people of the U.S.A. value freedom, there will always be someone to stand up and lead the defense of it.

I now relinquish the soap box.