ItÂ’s our birthday, dammit. This one is for us. Americans. This includes all you Americans living in foreign lands with foreign passports, speaking foreign languages and holding foreign citizenships. You know who you are. If youÂ’re an optimist, if untrammeled freedom makes you giddy, if you think you know of a better way to do something and just want a chance to try, if you can tell right from wrong and still care about the difference, if youÂ’re soft hearted and tough minded, if you think we could all get along just great if weÂ’d all just leave each other alone, if you donÂ’t like to fight but know sometimes you just have to, and most especially, if the idea of leaving the huddled masses and joining the pursuit of happiness has a mystical appeal for you, then you are already an American in your heart. Welcome home. Get here any way you can. We need people like you.

La suite du texte sur le site de Bill Whittle: Trinity part 1 et Trinity part 2.

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