A Love Letter to America

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Copyright by: Pierre A. Kandorfer (2020)
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A Love Letter
To America
The Secret of the
American Spirit
Pierre A. Kandorfer
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Chapters
1. Love you, America
Is America perfect?
2. America’s exceptionalism
The principles of the American systems
The difference between America and Europe
Why societies hating freedom also hate
America
3. Birth of a nation
The Constitution made it possible
Protecting liberty and freedom in the world
4. Different Presidents, different America
5. American Dream
Facts don’t lie
American Dream is in dire danger
6. A magnet for millions
In a search for a better life
7. American virtues and values
What do Americans value most?
Personal priorities
What say Americans about Americans
8. Religious freedom in America
Separation of church and state
9. American patriotism
Patriotism is no hatred of others
Practicing American patriotism
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10. America’s super-power
Moral, economical, and political reasons
China is challenging America
What does China’s plan mean for the world?
World’s policeman
11. Leading the world in science and
innovation
Working hard to maintain R&D superiority
12. Doing business or working in America
13. Guardian of liberty in the world
14. American spirit
American spirit in the minds of smart people
15. America the beautiful
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Love you, America
“You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget
you.”
(Kiera Cass)
I was born in the very heart of Europe, full of rich
history, culture, and an over two-thousand-year-old
tradition of feuds, wars, poverty, and human
sufferings. As impressive some of the epochs
theoretically might have been, they were all built on
authoritarian, dictatorial, tyrannical systems. No such
thing as democracy, personal freedom, or
independence ever existed.
With this kind of historical baggage, Europeans don’t
comprehend what we call personal freedoms, life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When I was able
to learn what American spirit and the American way
of life really mean for the first time, I was moved,
excited, encouraged, and motivated. I was instantly
attracted to the American Dream and decided this is
where I want to live, work, and spend the rest of my
life.
During my early childhood, I remember people
talking about someone who “made it” in life. These
were all folks who somehow managed to escape to
America, the country of their dreams, the nation of
unlimited opportunities, the place of unrestricted
potential for personal success.
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In our vision of the American Dream, America was
the only place where a poor, helpless “nobody” had a
chance to live a decent life or even to become a
millionaire.
America appeared to us as the only society where
anybody could generate his own fortune following the
American spirit, this is with hard work, proper selfdiscipline,
and limitless determination.
Only in America, we were told, such things are
possible, and we believed that deeply. At the end of
WW2, we did not have to look far-away for the proof.
At that time, everything good came from America.
The US rescued us from Hitler’s tyranny, fed us,
helped us politically and economically to survive the
terrible aftereffects of the war.
What has been totally forgotten, America also gave
the war-ravaged European countries, especially
Germany, the vision and practical help to establish
their own democratic political systems.
At that time, the US Constitution was considered the
ideal form of people-oriented government form. I still
remember the enthusiasm of my High School teacher
praising everything American.
Additionally, everything we admired and were
looking for came from America. Not just Coca Cola,
Elvis Presley, and blue jeans. All technical, medical,
and scientific innovations appeared to have been
“made in the USA.” Not to mention the biggest and
most beautiful cars came from the US, of course.
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How couldn’t I have fallen in love with America, a
long time before I had the slightest idea of how to
finish my education, establish my own family, or to
pay for my transatlantic fare?
When I first came to the US as a tourist in the early
eighties, I was absolutely enthusiastic. Still, I was
slightly anxious and skeptical. Why? My vision of
America started was poisoned by the misinformation
of European media, which is overly critical, even
hostile to America.
I instantly discovered that most Europeans were not
able to understand the American spirit, the US
Constitution, and the American way of life.
There was only one reason. With the tyrannical
history behind an upcoming Marxist worldview
ahead, there was no way to comprehend Americans
and their love of freedom, independence, and selfdetermination.
And worst of all, how can freedoms be
granted by God and not by the government? They
didn’t get it and still don’t until today.
Finally stepping on the American soil for the first
time, how was I surprised! America was exactly the
way I have dreamed about. Kind, warm-hearted,
friendly, and lovable all-around. At that time, I fell in
love with America again, this time on the basis of
facts and my own experience.
Coming to America, this was my childhood dream
and a subconscious decision carved in stone decades
ago. Nobody was able to convince me otherwise.
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Decades later, here I am! US citizen and proud
American. A believer in the US Constitution, Bill of
Rights, and the American way of life.
Is America perfect?
Is America perfect? Oh, no! But still, the freest,
fairest, most compassionate, and generous country
humankind ever created!
However, our freedom and liberty, the strongest
portion of our political system, is also our weakest
one. Nothing can be as easily misused for nefarious
purposes as freedom, liberty, and individualism.
Our constitutional rights are permanently under attack
by people who abuse our freedoms and liberties to
eliminate them because America is not compatible
with totalitarian systems such as Marxism, Fascism,
or Islamism.
Our democracy is very fragile. As Ronald Reagan
once stated, it takes only one thoughtless, careless,
and negligent generation to lose it all:
“Freedom is never more than one generation away
from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in
the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and
handed on for them to do the same, or one day we
will spend our sunset years telling our children and
our children’s children what it was once like in the
United States where men were free.”
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If we don’t defend our freedom and our American
way of life today, there will be no more America
worth defending anymore tomorrow.
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American exceptionalism
“America is the only country ever founded on an
idea. The only country that is not founded on race or
even common history. It’s founded on an idea and the
idea is liberty. That is probably the rarest phenomena
in the political history of the world. This has never
happened before. It has worked. We are the most
flourishing, the most powerful, most influential
country on earth with this system, invented by the
greatest political geniuses probably in human
history.”
(Charles Krauthammer)
America is an exceptional nation. This is not because
of what the US has achieved or accomplished.
America is exceptional because, unlike any other
nation, it is truly dedicated to the natural law and
principles of human liberty, grounded on the truths
that all men are created equal and endowed with
equal rights. These permanent truths are "applicable
to all men and all times," Abraham Lincoln once said.
As the Heritage Foundation points out, America's
principles have created a prosperous and just nation
unlike any other nation in history. “They explain why
Americans strongly defend their country, look fondly
to their nation's origins, vigilantly assert their political
rights and civic responsibilities, and remain
convinced of the special meaning of their country and
its role in the world. It is because of its principles, not
despite them, that America has achieved greatness.”
As history proves, the American founders appealed to
self-evident truths, stemming from "the Laws of
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Nature and of Nature's God," to justify their liberty.
They are as true today as they were in 1776.
The US Constitution defines the institutions of
American government:
Three distinct branches of government that make the
law, enforce the law and judge the law in particular
cases.
This fundamental framework gives the American
government the powers it needs to secure our
fundamental rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. The Declaration of Independence also sets
the basic vision for the American Dream, still
respected and admired by millions of people
throughout the world.
Of course, the ultimate purpose of securing these
rights and of limiting government is to protect human
freedom. That freedom allows the institutions of civil
society, such as family, school, church, and private
associations, to thrive, and form the habits and virtues
required for liberty.
The principles of the American systems
The most important component of the American
experiment philosophy is that everything is based on
people, their freedoms, individuality, and selfgovernment.
These principles constitute what
America is all about.
• Checks and balances regulate the powers
distributed among the different branches of
the government and prevent any inappropriate
expansion of particular powers.
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• Due process ensures the equal protection and
equal application of the law to all people.
• Equality makes sure that all individuals have
the same status regarding their claim as
human beings to natural rights and treatment
under the law.
• Federalism determines that people delegate
certain powers to the national government,
while the states retain other powers. The
people, who authorize both the states and
national government, retain all freedoms not
delegated to the governing bodies.
• Freedom of contract allows freedom of
individuals and corporations to make legally
binding mutual agreements without arbitrary
or unreasonable legal restrictions.
• Freedom of religion is the right to choose
one’s religion or form of worship, if any,
without interference. I also include freedom of
conscience.
• Freedom of speech, press, and assembly is
guaranteed by the First Amendment. It
includes all legal rights to express one’s
opinions freely, orally or in writing, and the
right to gather with others in groups of one’s
choice without arbitrary or unreasonable
restrictions.
• Liberty means expressively what it says,
except where authorized by citizens through
the Constitution, the government does not
have the authority to limit freedom.
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• The limited government regulates that citizens
are best able to pursue happiness when the
government is confined to those powers which
protect their life, liberty, and property.
• Majority rule and minority rights clearly state
that laws may be made with the consent of the
majority, subject to the limitation that those
laws do not infringe on the inalienable rights
of the minority.
• Natural inalienable rights belong to us by
nature and can only be justly abridged through
due process. The best examples are life,
liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.
• A private property guarantee is also based on
the natural rights of all individuals to create,
obtain, and control their possessions, beliefs,
faculties, and opinions, as well as the fruits of
their labor.
• Rule of law regulates that the government and
citizens abide by the same laws regardless of
political power. All laws are justly applied,
consistent with the ethos of liberty, and
stability.
• Separation of powers states that the powers of
all branches of government are separate to
prevent any inappropriate accumulation of
power.
All virtues are supposed to reflect the universal
principles of moral and ethical conduct to guarantee a
just, ethical, and effective government.
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Corresponding to Aristotle, virtue must be based on a
just objective, it requires action, and it must become a
habit. In order to sustain liberty, individuals must be
knowledgeable and must conduct themselves
according to principles of moral and ethical
excellence, consistent with their rights and
obligations.
The difference between America and Europe
Many Europeans deny American exceptionalism.
They claim the way all people with a Marxist
worldview do, “every nation is exceptional.” Of
course, every nation has some particular features or
nation-specific attributes no other nation can claim.
This, however, is not “exceptionalism.” This is just
“diversity” and the particular character of each nation,
starting with its own language, customs, or habits.
Americans and Europeans share many commitments
to fundamental democratic principles. At the same
time, they have very different perspectives on
individualism, free expression, morality, religion, and
the role of the government.
• Americans believe much more in the control
of their own destiny. Most US citizens believe
that self-discipline and hard work is the most
important factor to improve your life.
Europeans, on the other side, think that their
success is pretty much determined by forces
outside their control.
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• Americans prioritize individual liberty, while
Europeans value more the role of the state to
ensure what society needs.
• Americans are much more tolerant of critical
opinions under the premise of free speech. In
Europe, however, opposing and disparaging
ideas are more likely to be considered as
“offensive” and therefore not at all or less
acceptable.
• Americans consider their religion very
important in their life. In France, as an
example, only 14% of people regard their faith
as very important, Pew Research found out.
• Americans and Europeans don’t agree on
much about questions of morality. Adultery is,
as an example, not widely accepted in the US.
In Europe, on the other side, it is much more
tolerable and therefore “not a big deal”.
Not many things amplify the central aspects of
American exceptionalism more than the difference
between the American and the French revolution.
• The French Revolution ended in blood with
many people dead, the American revolution
concluded with the Declaration of
Independence and a guarantee of individual
liberty, equal opportunity, and “life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness” for all.
• The French revolution took place in France
and threatened their own monarchy. The
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American Revolution happened in a British
colony thousands of miles away and fought
for its own independence and freedom from
British colonialism.
• The American Revolution fought for US
freedom and independence. The French
revolution battled to overthrow their existing
government.
• Americans, financially successful, objected to
the taxation by the British colonists “without
representation.” The poor French peasants
objected mainly to their social inequality and
political repression.
• The French rioters battled mainly class
warfare. The American revolutionaries fought
an ideology.
• The American Revolution ended in a concise
victory for the freedom fighters, the French
revolution concluded in bloody battles and
inconclusive ending.
Only in America, God-given liberties, freedoms,
independence, and self-determination are the bedrock
of the national identity.
Why societies hating freedom also hate America
American exceptionalism with its freedoms,
individualism, free market, innovation, ingenuity,
and economic success invites all kinds of political
enemies inside our country as well as abroad. With no
exceptions, these are people and forces who despise
everything that makes America great.
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It is understandable that our Christian worldview, our
Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and our way of life is
not compatible with totalitarian philosophies such as
Marxist, Fascist, and Islamic worldview. American
exceptionalism is their fatal enemy. Admitting
America’s greatness would automatically annihilate
their ideology.
In simplest logical terms, if the American way of life
is right, good, and successful, they are wrong – and
the other way around. Our worldviews oppose each
other diametrically. There is no middle ground, no
compromise. We or them. That’s why they must
denounce, degrade, and fight America tooth and nail.
• How could we compromise with the
murderous worldview of Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot,
or Fidel Castro?
• How could we compromise with the satanic
worldview of Hitler?
• How could we compromise with the inhumane
Islamic Sharia law violating the most basic
human rights?
American exceptionalism is also terribly
misunderstood.
• In the media who are actually supposed to
defend free speech, independence, and
personal freedom but mostly protect the
powerful and the government.
• In academia, where freedom of speech and
expression should be promoted and protected
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but is rather stifled for the sake of the Marxist
worldview.
• In the intellectual sphere, where freedom and
individualism shall be hailed, but it is badly
manipulated to promote an anti-American
worldview.
• Among young people who are supposed to be
open to liberties, new ideas, and alternatives,
but display ignorance and un-awareness to the
most basic elements of our social and political
structure.
For the reasons described, a substantial portion of our
population, mostly Marxism sympathizers, deny the
American exceptionalism and claim that the US is a
racist and deeply flawed, unfair nation. Considering
the immense influence of the media, our educational
system, and our so-called “Democratic” Party, this
won’t change anytime soon.
Luckily, being “right or wrong” is not a popularity
contest, it is a simple question of facts. And in this
case, all facts speak for us, the American
exceptionalism. There is no doubt about that.
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Birth of a nation
"Down through history, there have been many
revolutions, but virtually all of them only exchanged
one set of rulers for another set of rulers. Ours was
the only true philosophical revolution. It declared
that the government would have only those powers
granted to it by the people,"
(Ronald Regan)
America’s uniqueness starts with America’s unique
history. That’s why the US is different than virtually
all other countries in the world. Basically, not
automatically better, just different because it was
established under very specific circumstances.
The first people who reached North America were
Asian hunters and nomads. Following along the
Siberian coast, they crossed the land bridge that
connected the two continents. Once in Alaska, it took
these first North Americans, the ancestors of Native
American tribes, thousands of years to work their way
south to what is now the United States.
The Indian customs and culture at the time were
extraordinarily diverse, given the vastness of the land
and the many different environments to which they
had to adapt. Their society in North America was
closely tied to the land. Most Indian tribes,
particularly in the wooded eastern region and the
Midwest, combined hunting, gathering, and the
cultivation of maize and other products for their food
supplies.
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The first Europeans reaching North America were
Icelandic Vikings, led by Leif Ericson, around the
year 1000. In 1492, the Italian navigator Christopher
Columbus, traveling on behalf of the Spanish crown,
sailed west from Europe and landed on one of the
Bahama Islands.
The beginning of a great tide of immigration from
Europe to North America began in the early 1600s.
The very first English colony was founded at
Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Other early settlements
developed in New England, in the Middle Colonies,
and the Southern Colonies. In 1620, the Pilgrims
arrived on the Mayflower and founded Plymouth
Colony in Massachusetts. The first German
community was started in Pennsylvania in 1683. By
1733, thirteen English colonies had been founded
along the Atlantic Coast.
The majority of immigrants left their homelands to
escape political oppression, to seek the freedom to
practice their religion, or for adventure and
opportunities denied them at home. The settlers were
largely English, but there were also Dutch, Swedes,
and Germans, a few French Huguenots, and also a
scattering of Spaniards, Italians, and Portuguese.
The British colonial government needed more money
to support its growing empire and demanded higher
taxes from their colonies. The American Revolution
began when the first shots were fired in 1775, but
England and America did not begin an overt parting
of the ways until 1763.
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The unavoidable conflict escalated and King George
III issued a proclamation on August 23, 1775,
declaring the colonies to be in a state of rebellion. On
July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a
Declaration of Independence, the birth of America.
In May 1787, a convention met in Philadelphia and
drafted a new Constitution establishing a stronger
federal government empowered to collect taxes,
conduct diplomacy, maintain armed forces, and
regulate foreign trade and commerce among the
states.
The Constitution made it possible
The new Constitution divides the government into
three branches, each separate and distinct from one
another. The founders made sure that the powers
given to each are delicately balanced by the powers of
the other two. Each branch serves as a check on
potential excesses of the others. In the short period of
just two years after its adoption, ten amendments,
collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were added
to the Constitution.
America’s South was still devastated by war,
burdened by debt, and demoralized by racial warfare.
It became obvious that the problems of the South
were not solved by radical reconstruction, harsh laws,
and continuing bitterness against former
Confederates. In May 1872, Congress passed a
general Amnesty Act, restoring full political rights to
all except about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
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Suddenly, the United States of America was
transformed from a rural republic to an urban state. In
a very short time, the US became a leading industrial
power. Big factories and steel mills, flourishing cities,
and vast agricultural holdings marked the land.
Also, the first transcontinental railroad was completed
in 1869, and by 1900, the United States had more rail
mileage than all of Europe. The promising upcoming
industries such as petroleum, steel, and textile
industries prospered. The electrical industry
flourished also as Americans made use of a series of
inventions.
• Telephone
• Light bulb
• Phonograph
As soon as 1890, the American frontier disappeared.
US policy moved the Indians beyond the reach of the
white frontier. The reservations became smaller and
more crowded and tribal treaty rights were often
abused.
America purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. Just
a few years after the end of the Spanish-American
War in 1898, the United States was exerting control
and influence over islands in the Caribbean Sea, the
mid-Pacific, and close to the Asian mainland. At that
time, American businessmen joined with influential
Hawaiians to install a new government in the Aloha
State, and in July 1898 the islands were officially
incorporated into the US state system.
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World War I erupted in Europe in 1914 and President
Woodrow Wilson urged a policy of strict American
neutrality. In the meantime, in January 1917,
Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare
against all ships bound for Allied ports. After five
American ships had been sunk, the US Congress
declared war on Germany in April 1917.
A treaty ended the World War, declared on
November 11, 1918. Americans turned inwardly, and
the United States withdrew from European affairs.
The United States withdrew from European affairs.
In October 1929, the American stock market crashed,
wiping out forty percent of the paper values of
common stock and triggering a terrible worldwide
depression. In a few years, in 1933, the value of the
stock on the New York Stock Exchange was less than
a fifth of what it has been in 1929.
Thousands of business houses closed their doors,
factories shut down, and banks failed. Roosevelt
enacted a number of laws trying to help the economy
to recover. Many new jobs were created in the
construction of roads, bridges, airports, parks, and
public buildings.
For the US, WWII started on December 7, 1941,
when the Japanese bombed the U.S. Pacific fleet at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. One day later, Congress
declared a state of war with Japan. Three days later,
its allies Germany and Italy declared war on the
United States.
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Americans spent many thousands of lives and billions
of dollars to defeat Hitler’s tyranny and free millions
of Europeans from the Nazi dictatorship. For the first
time, the US has proven to be a reliable guardian of
freedom and liberty in the world in a great way.
At the end of 1943, approximately 65 million US men
and women were in uniform or in war-related
occupations.
Protecting liberty and freedom in the world
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed in
Normandy. On August 25, Paris was liberated. By
February and March 1945, troops advanced into
Germany. On May 7, Germany surrendered. The
Pacific war continued. On August 6, an atomic bomb
was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and on August
8, and another atomic bomb was dropped on
Nagasaki. The nuclear age began.
Soon, on August 14, Japan agreed to terms set at
Potsdam on July 26, and on September 2, 1945, Japan
formally surrendered.
By 1960, the US government had become
increasingly powerful. The economy prospered like
never before. The number of civilians, employed by
the federal government, stabilized at 2.5 million
throughout the 1950s.
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In October 1962, Kennedy was forced to deal with the
most drastic crisis of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile
Crisis. The Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles in
Cuba, but Kennedy decided on a quarantine to
prevent Soviet ships from bringing additional missiles
to Cuba, and he demanded publicly that the Soviets
remove the nuclear weapons. After several dramatic
days of tension, the Soviets backed down. Kennedy,
assassinated in 1963, did not live long enough to see
this achievement.
The United States involvement in Vietnam escalated
during President Johnson's six years in office. All
traditionally-oriented, conservative forces in America
saw no option but to confront the communist takeover
in Vietnam.
The war was militarily virtually won, as North
Vietnamese Generals later publicly admitted, a
growing number of communist-friendly Americans
saw no vital American interest in Vietnam.
Demonstrations protesting American involvement in
the undeclared war broke out on college campuses.
Thousands of Vietnam veterans, who knew the
dilemma from their own experience, were devastated.
“We won the battle militarily but lost the war
politically,” one of the veterans said after losing his
leg to protect our values, principles, and traditions.
The vision of freedom, liberty, and democracy in this
part of the world was lost.
The next important stepstone in American history was
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law ended
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segregation in public places and banned employment
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion,
sex, or national origin is considered one of the
crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights
movement.
The next milestone in the US was the Voting Rights
Act of 1965. It was signed into law by President
Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers
at the state and local levels that prevented African
Americans from exercising their right to vote as
guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution.
According to historians, politicians, and legal experts,
the Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most
far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S.
history.
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Different Presidents, different America
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn
more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
(John Quincy Adams)
During the last decades, very different styles and
political philosophies were practiced in the White
House. Four US Presidents have reshaped America in
a bold way: Reagan, Clinton, Obama, and Trump.
The eight years of the Reagan presidency was one of
the most dynamic periods in recent U.S. history,
resulting in a major refocusing of the nation's social,
business, and international agenda, the Reagan
Library correctly states.
Few presidents have enjoyed the affection of so many
Americans. Support for Ronald Reagan grew when he
was seriously wounded by an assassin's bullet in 1981
and during major surgical procedures in 1985 and
1987. Reagan was known as the "Great
Communicator," and often went on television to ask
the viewers for their support for a particular piece of
legislation.
When Reagan started his first turn, the economy was
one of the double-digit-inflation and high-interest
rates. During the campaign, Reagan promised to
restore the free market from excessive government
regulation and encourage private initiative and
enterprise.
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Reagan's economic policies came to be known as
"Reaganomics," an attempt, according to Lou
Cannon, to "balance the federal budget, increase
defense spending, and cut income taxes."
The President vowed to protect entitlement programs,
such as Medicare and Social Security while cutting
the outlays for social programs by targeting "waste,
fraud, and abuse." Reagan embraced the theory of
"supply-side economics," which postulated that tax
cuts encouraged economic expansion, which in turn
increased the government's revenue, at a lower tax
rate.
Reagan used to be extremely popular, even among
many Democrats. During his first year in office,
Reagan engineered the passage of $39 billion in
budget cuts into law, as well as a massive 25 percent
tax cut spread over three years for an individual, and
faster write-offs for capital investment for the
business. At the same time, he insisted on, and for the
most part was successful, in gaining increased
funding for defense.
At the same time, Reagan's domestic policies had a
major impact on the American people and will have
for many years. He introduced the largest tax cut
in U.S. history by supporting and signing into law the
Tax Reform law of 1986. Additionally, Reagan led
the battle for a Social Security reform bill designed to
ensure the long-term solvency of the system and
oversaw the passage of immigration reform
legislation, as well as the expansion of the Medicare
program to protect the elderly and disabled against
"catastrophic" health costs. Altogether, Reagan’s
legacy is iconic.
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During the administration of William Jefferson (Bill)
Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic
well-being than at any time in its history. He was the
first Democratic president since Franklin D.
Roosevelt to win a second term.
According to the White House, he could point to the
lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the
lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest
homeownership in the country’s history, dropping
crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls.
He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and
achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to
celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a
great national initiative to end racial discrimination.
After the failure in his second year of a huge program
of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis,
declaring “the era of big government is over.” He
sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect
jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to
restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen
environmental rules.
Compared to today’s views and programs of the
Democratic Party, Clinton used to be the last
democratic common-sense, worker-oriented,
successful democratic president. Three-quarters of his
then-views are by today’s party standards considered
reactionary, conservative, and unacceptable.
In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal
indiscretions with the young woman Monica
Lewinsky, a White House intern, Clinton was the
second U.S. president to be impeached by the House
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of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and
found not guilty of the charges brought against him.
He apologized to the nation for his actions and
continued to have surprisingly popular approval
ratings for his job as president. Still, many parents are
still mad at him that he told our youth that “oral sex is
not sex…”
Barack Obama was the first black president in the
United States. The media and Marxist darling turned
out to be less than a historic president.
With only one major legislative achievement, the
disastrous Obamacare, the legacy of Obama’s
presidency mainly rests on its tremendous symbolic
importance and the fate of a patchwork of executive
actions.
How much of that was due to fate and how much was
due to Obama’s own shortcomings as a politician is
up for debate and is a question that emerges from
Princeton historian Julian Zelizer’s new book, “The
Presidency of Barack Obama.”
Most Americans welcomed the symbolism of
Obama’s presidency because it offered a unique
historic chance to solidify the sometimes problematic
race relations. What he did was the opposite. Obama
did not want to unite us, he started dividing blacks
and whites, digging a big political rift between them.
We still suffer under his racial divisiveness today.
While Democrats still insist Obama was a very
successful president, the actual numbers tell a
different story. To start with, his spending rose to four
trillion in his 2017 budget, that’s 20.8 percent of our
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GDP. He collected more debt than all previous US
presidents together. What was typical for Obama
years?
• Induced the worst economic recovery in a
long time.
• Produced the largest deficit in American
history.
• Caused a very high unemployment rate for all
(whites, blacks, and Latinos).
• Put the highest percentage of people on
welfare.
• Triggered the lowest labor participation rate in
decades.
• Initiated the lowest home-ownership in many
years.
• Passed the highly controversial “Obamacare,”
taking away freedom of choice from
American people.
• Weaponized intelligence services for political
purposes.
• Used the FBI, CIA, and NSA to fight his
enemies.
• Despite a majority in both houses, it did not
pass any law to improve the lives of blacks
and other minorities.
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Whether you like him or not, Donald J. Trump is
absolutely the most atypical president in US history.
First of all, he is not a politician, he is a businessman.
They feel, speak, and act differently. They are resultoriented.
Trump doesn’t accept the easy-out “no” as
politicians do. If his employees insist that something
can’t be done, he just doesn’t take a “no” for “no.” He
says, “find a way to do it.”
Trump inherited the old Reagan attitude “It can be
done!” This causes a lot of headaches among
Washington bureaucrats who love to do everything
“their way.” Hundreds of thousands of elitists, not
just on the Capitol Hill, hate him for that very much.
Then, he promised to be a president “by the people
and for the people,” and Trump really means and does
that. While most politicians promise one thing during
the election and say another thing after they are
elected, he fulfilled most of his promises already.
That makes the unelected bureaucrats and spineless
politicians fume.
One of his most important promises is to “clean up
the Washington swamp.” And what a swamp it is! We
all suspected that corruption is bad, but we didn’t
suspect that it is that bad. Of course, this grants him
more enemies he can handle across party lines.
Trump asks, how come that a middle-class
congressman who come to Washington with limited
funds, but after a few years becomes a millionaire?
How come that the Unions donate hundreds of
millions to Democrats and they, whenever in power,
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return the favor by agreeing to any financial demand
they have?
How come that Washington bureaucrats earn fifty
percent more money than comparable people in the
private economy? How come that they have much
better healthcare than us and a dream-like pension
even Washington can’t afford?
How come that, mostly Democratic, Congressmen,
Senators, or members of Congressional or Senatorial
committees are, at the same time, privately dealing
with corporations they are supposed to regulate?
Maxine Waters is just one of many. Of course, Trump
is their mortal enemy!
Trump’s sometimes controversial style is not
everybody’s piece of cake. Some people dislike that,
me too. During the primaries, I even sympathized
with “Never-Trumpers.” However, just a few weeks
into his presidency, I had to admit that we have to
differentiate between his style and his results, his
accomplishments.
The outcomes were objectively so impressive that we
had to ask ourselves, did we hire a priest or a
president? What is more important, style, or
substance?
• Almost 4 million jobs created since the
election.
• More Americans are now employed than ever
recorded before in our history.
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• The Administration has created more than
400,000 manufacturing jobs since the Trump
election.
• Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate
in more than three decades.
• Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
• New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-
year low.
• Median household income has hit the highest
level ever recorded.
• African-American unemployment has recently
achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
• Hispanic-American unemployment is at the
lowest rate ever recorded.
• Asian-American unemployment recently
achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
• Women’s unemployment recently reached the
lowest rate in 65 years.
• Youth unemployment has recently hit the
lowest rate in nearly half a century.
• Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for
Americans without a high school diploma.
• Under Trump’s Administration, veterans’
unemployment recently reached its lowest rate
in nearly 20 years.
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• Almost 3.9 million Americans have been
lifted off food stamps since the election.
• The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted
in employers committing to train more than
four million Americans. Trump is committed
to vocational education.
• 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are
optimistic about the future—the highest ever.
• Retail sales surged last month, up another 6
percent over last year.
• Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and
reforms in history. After t, x cuts, over $300
billion poured back into the U.S. in the first
quarter alone.
• As a result of our tax bill, small businesses
will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in
more than 80 years.
• Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL
and Dakota Access Pipelines.
• A record number of regulations eliminated.
• Enacted regulatory relief for community
banks and credit unions.
• Obamacare individual mandate penalty is
eliminated.
• Trump Administration is providing more
affordable healthcare options for Americans
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through association health plans and shortterm
duration plans.
• The FDA approved more affordable generic
drugs than ever before in history. Many drug
companies are freezing or reversing planned
price increases.
• We reformed the Medicare program to stop
hospitals from overcharging low-income
seniors on their drugs, saving seniors
hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone.
• Trump signed Right-To-Try legislation.
• Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the
opioid epidemic.
• Successfully reduced high-dose opioid
prescriptions by 16 percent during his tenure.
• Signed VA Choice Act and VA
Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth
services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent
primary and mental health care.
• Increased US coal exports by 60 percent; U.S.
oil production recently reached an all-time
high.
• The United States became a net natural gas
exporter for the first time since 1957.
• The United States withdrew from the jobkilling
Paris Climate Accord.
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• Trump secured a record $700 billion in
military funding, $716 billion next year.
• Successfully negotiated with NATO allies to
spend $69 billion more on defense since 2016.
• Established the Space Force as the 6th branch
of the Armed Forces.
• Able to confirm more circuit court judges than
any other new administration.
• Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil
Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett
Kavanaugh.
• The USA withdrew from the highly
controversial and one-sided Iran Deal.
• US moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
• US reached a breakthrough agreement with
the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
• The US imposed tariffs on foreign steel and
aluminum to protect our national security.
• The US imposed tariffs on China in response
to China's forced technology transfer,
intellectual property theft, and chronically
abusive trade practices.
• Net exports are on track to increase by $59
billion this year.
• The US continuing to build a wall at the
Mexican border to control immigration.
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Many Trump foes are flabbergasted about Trump’s
success and how millions of people can vote him, but
he does what he says, and he says what he does.
These age-old conservative principles, by the way I
use too, it always works.
Whether you are a Trump supporter or not, you can
be sure of one thing. Trump resonates with workingclass
people, fights for the American Dream, and he
keeps his promises. That’s what his voters like about
him and his American spirit.
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American Dream
“Only in America can someone start with nothing and
achieve the American Dream. That’s the greatness of
this country.”
(Rafael Cruz)
The American Dream is a national ethos in the US
with ideals such as democracy, individual rights,
liberty, opportunity, and equality. The freedoms
defined in the American Dream include the
opportunity for prosperity and success, as well as
upward social mobility for families and children,
achieved through hard work in a society with few
political, social, and economic barriers.
This vision has been defined by James Truslow
Adams in 1931 as such: The American Dream
“should provide a better, richer, and fuller life for
everyone, with opportunity for each person according
to his or her ability or achievement, regardless of
social class or circumstances of birth.”
Adams explained the American Dream as follows: "It
is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to
interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves
have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a
dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a
dream of social order in which each man and each
woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of
which they are innately capable, and be recognized by
others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous
circumstances of birth or position."
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The American Dream has much deeper roots. The
grand vision is rooted in the Declaration of
Independence, proclaiming that “all men are created
equal with their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.” For most immigrants, the icon of the
American Dream is the Statue of Liberty.
In any society based on these principles, an individual
can live life to its fullest as he or she defines it. The
US also grew mostly as a nation of immigrants,
creating a nation where becoming an American and
passing that citizenship to your children didn't require
being a child of an American.
The American Dream promises freedom and equality
in all decisions affecting our life. This is a symbol of
financial success and independence, and it means the
ability to control one’s own dwelling place instead of
being subject to the whims of a landlord.
Owning a business and being one's own boss also
represents the American Dream. Additionally, access
to education and healthcare are proclaimed as
elements of the Dream.
The sociologist Emily S. Rosenberg identifies five
major components of the American Dream:
• The belief that other nations should replicate
the vision of the American Dream.
• The faith in a free-market economy.
• The support of free-trade agreements and
direct foreign investment.
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• The promotion of a free flow of information
and culture.
• The acceptance of government protection of a
private enterprise.
Not surprisingly, many immigrants cherish the
American Dream more than native Americans. That’s
why they are twice as likely motivated to start their
own business than people born in the US. One of the
studies done several years ago states that almost thirty
percent of all new business ventures are started by
immigrants. Even more remarkable is the fact that
forty-four out of eighty-seven American tech
companies valued more than one billion were
founded by immigrants.
Facts don’t lie
Dinesh D’Souza, a very much admired immigrant
from India, summarized his impression of the
American Dream perfectly. I fully agree with his
worldview and analysis. Like me, he traveled
throughout the world, experienced many other nations
and political systems. He can, more than most
Americans born here, compare the American way of
life with the reality in other countries. The differences
are sometimes staggering. Here is my interpretation
of his vision of America:
• America provides a much better life for
ordinary people. In most other countries,
people are either excessively rich or
depressingly poor. In the US, a construction
worker can afford a $4 non-fat latte, and a
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household maid can drive a car that is not in
danger to break-down anytime soon.
• America offers more opportunities and social
upward mobility than any other country. The
description of a “self-made-millionaire”
appears to be an epitome of American life for
over two centuries.
• While in many cultures laborers and other
manual workers are disrespected and
degraded, manual work and trade are valued
and appreciated in the US. American founders
altered the arrogant moral hierarchy very
common in the world. Only in America, even
a poor restaurant waiter can be called a “sir.”
• America reached a much greater social
equality than any other country. Of course, in
economic terms, there are large inequalities
related to income and wealth in the US, too.
There is one major difference though. Only in
America, the richest guy in town and one of
his manual workers can be life-time friends
and buddies without any social mistrust,
jealousy, or envy. Especially in sports, they
get along perfectly and without any social
problems.
• On average, Americans live a fuller, richer life
than many people in other countries. They are
much more down-to-earth and therefore
happier than others.
• Young Americans believe in themselves, their
abilities, and their hard work. They are aware
of the fact that their destiny is not given to
them but created by themselves.
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• During the last century, America established
more equal rights politically and legally than
most other countries on earth. The Marxistoriented
America-haters, however, are trying
to paint America as the land of slavery, but
slavery wasn’t invented in the US. Slavery
existed throughout human history all over the
world and has been brought to America by
invaders such as Islamic pirates.
• America is the country of the best religious
freedom and liberty anywhere in the world. At
the same time, the USA is home to far over
one hundred ethnic minorities and cultural
backgrounds. As soon as foreigners immigrate
to the US, they become Americans first.
Ethnic conflicts such as between Sikhs and
Hindus or Palestinians and Jews are virtually
unknown.
• By far, America is the kindest, most humane,
and compassionate world power that ever
existed. Who saved Europe from Hitler? Who
saved Europe from the communist Soviet
Union? Who saved many millions of people
from their tyrannical regimes? America, of
course. At the same time, the US never
occupied one square mile of land for its own
purposes. Who can claim that?
• America is the freest and most virtuous
country that ever existed. Our Constitution,
our Bill of Rights, and our Declaration of
Independence guarantee what is the bedrock
of our country: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. Not by accident, America also is
the most generous country of all time. Not just

the government helping needy nations, the
citizens of the US donate more than five times
more to charities of all kinds than any other
nation in the world.
“To make us love our country,” Edmund Burke
said publicly, “our country ought to be lovely.”
The American Dream cannot be exceptional
without being, well, “exceptional.”
American Dream is in dire danger
Forty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and
the collapse of the Soviet Union, we were under
the impression that the utopian ideology of the
“pie-in-the-sky” socialism is dead. How can we
be so wrong?
History proves that socialism never and nowhere
worked and capitalism pulled billions of people
out of poverty during the last fifty years.
Among Marxist propagandists, facts don’t matter.
Three-quarters of US millennials would still vote
for a socialist for President and over half of
“Democrats” are comfortable with the Marxist
ideology. They argue socialism would be “good
for our country?” Really?
The “free stuff” temptations appear to be
seductive for people who care about materialism
more than our liberties, freedoms, and
Constitution. Facts today:
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• Socialism is no longer a theoretical game
for academics but a seriously taken
alternative by progressives and the
majority of the media.
• The progressives don't recognize that
much of what they enjoy in life is a result
of capitalism and would disappear if
socialism would be implemented.
• The progressives don’t admit is the reality
of socialism, which is a pseudo-religion
grounded in pseudo-science and enforced
by political tyranny.
Socialism and communism used to be “dirty words”
for decades. Not anymore, at least not among
progressives, academics, and the media. There are
different socialism models discussed in the US.
• “Democratic” socialism, disregarding the fact
that one-party-government control of
everything is not compatible with democracy.
There is no such thing as democratic socialism
because it would still replace all of our rights
as declared in the US Constitution.
Additionally, it would produce a collapse of
our economy and a healthcare nightmare.
• The Venezuelan model is a total nightmare
and would lead to the nationalization of key
industries, price and currency controls,
rationing, poor health, political instability, and
widespread politicization of the rest of the
economy. Their policies would lead to a
collapse of 40% in real GDP, or about
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$24,000 per person, according to the CEA
report.
• The Scandinavian model is not really a
socialist model because it is based on a freemarket
society, capitalism. They just offer a
lot of “free stuff” causing their taxation of
working people to skyrocket. "They don't
have government 'guaranteed jobs,' there's no
mandated minimum wage, and they require
citizens to pay more out-of-pocket for health
care than the U.S. does today,” Investor
Business Daily points out.
• The “third-way” socialism promises some
“improvements” because “some mistakes
were made” in the past. In fact, this is just
deceiving propaganda through the lack of their
reality-based pro-socialism arguments. There
is no viable third-way alternative.
The battle for the soul of America has already begun.
We already have creeping socialism in most areas of
our political, economic, and social life. Some argue
that our culture is already lost.
The demands of the progressives-sponsored Antifa,
Black Lives Matter, and other Marxist propaganda
organizations are perfectly in sync with the
Communist Manifesto and Saul Alinsky’s Rules for
Radicals.
Just eliminate the police and the country will break
down in a matter of weeks. This is the ideal breeding
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ground for a communist revolution, according to their
own program.
Our voters fall prey to progressive agitators and
disregard the dire foreshadows of creepy socialism in
the US. Just examine the 25 worst cities in America.
What do they all have in common?
• They are all Democrat ruled for decades.
• They have all the highest poverty rates.
• They are all the most dangerous cities with the
highest crime and murder rates.
• They have all the highest unemployment.
• They have all a high homeless population.
• They are all “sanctuary cities” for illegals.
• They are all the least healthy cities in the US.
• They are all, despite incredible dangers for the
people, against the Second amendment.
• They have all hostile or conflicting policies
regarding the use of police.
• They have all no solution to improve the lives
of their citizens for decades.
What would a conversion of the American freemarket
capitalism and the liberties guaranteed by the
US Constitution into a capitalist society mean
specifically for Americans? A sharp look at the
Antifa, established in the thirties as a paramilitary
wing of the German Communist Party, pictures the
horror story.
• Our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and
Declaration of Independence would be
eliminated. This would automatically
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eradicate all of our rights guaranteed by our
founders. Among countless other catastrophic
changes, no separation of powers such as the
legislative, governing, and judicial branch
would be applied anymore.
• No more free speech as we know it. It would
be limited to the speech adhering to the
Marxist world view. Conservative and
Christian speech will be declared “hate
speech” and therefore outlawed.
• Our government would be controlled by a
one-party dictatorial system. No free
elections. Citizens have to comply, take
government orders, or “shut up.”
• Total control of our lives would be installed
by the socialist ruling class such as politicians,
government workers, elitists, deep state, and
the media.
• The abuse of power, political propaganda, and
censorship would be endless. Corrupt
businesses would cooperate to maintain their
position, just the way Soviet, Venezuelan, and
Chinese did it. By the way, German
companies cooperated freely with Hitler
during the thirties and the WW2.
The US ruled by socialists would be an America we
could not recognize anymore. A tyrannical
dictatorship with no regard for liberty, freedom,
individualism, free-market economy, and pursuit of
happiness. America would lose her soul and be
definitely a country we wouldn’t want to live in.
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A magnet for millions
“A simple way to take a measure of a country is to
look at how many want in. And how many want out.”
(Tony Blair)
Whatever you think, say, or tell about America, one
thing is sure. In most regions of the world, the
American way of life is still extremely popular.
However, America’s image in the world has two
diametrically opposed appearances.
• An endless admiration by people who love
and appreciate the American way of life.
• Politically, socially, and economically
motivated incredible hatred and envy, mostly
based on tyrannical worldviews such as
Marxism, Fascism, or Islamism.
Nobody in the world can beat America’s popularity
among international students. By a substantial
distance, the US remains the most popular country for
international students to study in, hosting over 30% of
all international students in the world. The attraction
to studying in the US springs from three principal
factors:
• Commitment to excellence
• Freedom of choice
• Appealing culture
Nothing confirms America’s greatness better than the
popularity among immigrants from all over the world,
legal or illegal. In addition to our legal immigrants,
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about one million per year, over twenty million
people, mostly from Middle and South America,
Asia, and Africa, live and work in the US
permanently. If this is not enough, thousands of
illegals are streaming daily over our Southern border
into their “land of dreams,” America.
In a search for a better life
What are the main reasons why the influx of illegals
to America doesn’t stop? Why do they often risk their
lives to enter the United States illegally?
• Better life.
• Search for a job.
• Family reunification.
• Political stability.
• Escaping crime and violence in their country.
• Birth citizenship for their children.
• Raising children in the US.
• Better education.
• Favorable welfare system.
• Seeking a superior healthcare.
• Great work opportunities.
• General optimism.
• Warm and friendly people.
• Wide-open spaces.
• Appealing big cities and small towns.
• A perfect environment for entrepreneurs and
innovators.
• Unparallel science and technology.
• Excellent investment opportunities.
• Leading tech companies.
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• Greatest products.
• Best customer services.
• Cultural diversity.
• Showbiz glamour
Despite major negative reporting in the media, people
from Mexico, Middle, and South America as well as
other regions of the world still have virtually
unlimited trust in American institutions, economies,
and society. Contrary to the leftwing-propaganda,
most immigrants, legal or not, still want to integrate
into American society. The reason is simple. They
know that this is a key factor for success in the US.
Learning English and the basics of American customs
and values is the first big step to assimilate.
Interestingly, US immigrants and their children
display a high degree of patriotism, mostly above the
native-born Americans. For behavioral scientists, this
is not a surprise at all.
In addition to job opportunities, legal and illegal
immigrants find America’s daily life appealing too.
The website Knowable.com summarized some of
their opinions. What do they consider as a pleasant
surprise in the US?
• Clean streets in most towns.
• Public restrooms anywhere.
• Hot showers in hotels and apartments.
• Buildings and bridges appear safe.
• Small talk is appreciated.
• The 4 th of July fireworks are amazing.
• Social circles in schools and elsewhere.
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• Even in the deep South, there is no racial
hatred.
• You can agree to disagree.
• You can chase the American Dream.
• Nobody threatens you because of religious
belief.
• You can get along with Americans very well.
• Lots of space everywhere.
• Best customer service in the world
• Mostly friendly public servants surprise
foreigners.
• Fight for freedom, liberty, and the right thing
is greatly appreciated.
The General Social Survey (GSS), conducted by the
National Opinion Research Center, shows that three
quarters of immigrants think that “America is better
than other countries.”
At the same time, about 75% of naturalized citizens
like me are “very proud of being American.” Many
traditional Americans are worried that the children of
our immigrants might not be as patriotic as their
parents. This is not the case. Incidentally, their
patriotism is almost identical and sometimes even
exceeding the patriotism of native-born Americans.
According to a Gallup poll, one hundred fifty million
people, about four percent of the entire world
population, would like to move to America. This
would automatically increase our inhabitants by fifty
percent.
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Paradoxically, the majority of the world’s media is
painting the US as an “awful country,” while millions
of people want to move to America.
The reason for the worldwide anti-American
sentiment is a political one. Most of the countries
around the globe cannot compete with America
economically, socially, and militarily. Being a force
for freedom and democracy, the US is a thorn in the
eye of all tyrannical regimes.
Immigrants, legal or illegal, have a series of reasons
to come to the United States. The main motive,
however, is the unbroken American prosperity.
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American virtues and values
“I am an undiluted admirer of American values and
the American Dream and I believe they will continue
to inspire not just the people of the United States but
millions across the face of the globe.”
(Margret Thatcher)
When you talk about a "typical American” attitude,
you get a wide variety of answers. I still remember
vividly American tourists in Europe during the fifties
and sixties. Their image was something like a wealthy
Texan with a checkered jacket, a baseball cap,
looking for the next McDonald’s with no respect for
the old-world culture. Of course, this was a cheap
cliché but deeply engraved in European mindsets.
Naturally, the looks, attitude, and mindset of a
“typical” American is much more varied than that.
Among three hundred and thirty million people, there
are many “average” Americans with “average” looks
and behaviors.
America is much more complex. One of America’s
biggest charms is that America has many more
variations than any other culture. As a land of
immigrants, America has over one hundred ethnic
groups and all major cultures living and striving
within her borders. That’s hard to beat.
If you want to “prove” something in the US, it is easy
to find almost any example you can imagine. At the
same time, it is easy to locate the exact opposite
example also. This is a very common “trick” many
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journalists use to “prove” how America is, good or
bad.
What is “typical” for America? Typical is that there is
no typical American, just an endless variety of
Americans, beyond our imagination. This is what
makes America exciting.
What do Americans value most?
What makes America great are America’s virtues and
values. Purely materialistically and non-spiritually
oriented people don’t consider societal morals, norms,
and values particularly important. All left-wingers
and many foreigners view Americans mostly as
heartless, brutal people with one thing in mind:
money and personal success. In fact, the opposite is
true. Yes, Americans are very practical and businessoriented,
but at the same time also very spiritual,
compassionate, and kindhearted, too.
What do Americans value most?
• Freedom and liberty.
They want to live their life without
interference by their government or other
forces.
• Independence.
They want to control their own destiny.
• Individualism.
They see each other as individuals rather than
a collective group preferred in totalitarian
systems.
• Personal control of their life.
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They always want to be in control of
themselves and their family.
• Privacy.
They strictly insist on their unlimited privacy
in all aspects of their personal life.
• Optimism.
They are always future-oriented with a
positive outlook in mind.
• Equality.
They demand that all people are equal.
Nobody is above the law.
• Competition.
They are convinced that only a free-market
competition leads to success.
• Free enterprise.
They are a strong supporter of free-market
capitalism.
• Time and efficiency
They hate to waste time and money with
imperfect systems or projects.
• Work ethics.
They are committed to their jobs and are most
proud of what they are doing.
• Informality and directness
They “get to the point and cut the b/s” people.
• Self-reliance.
They dislike being dependent on others.
• Ingenuity and innovation.
They are very innovative knowing that only
ingenuity leads to success.
• Success.
They admire success and admire people who
are successful. In contrast to Europe, in

America are successful people admired and
not hated in envy.
“American Values” also is a non-profit organization
committed to uniting the American people around the
vision of our founding fathers. Over two centuries
ago, our Founders boldly proclaimed to the world a
distinctly American faith in democracy.
Our faith is rooted in the self-evident truths that "all
men are created equal and endowed by their creator
with certain unalienable rights, that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." As the
organization points out, Americans believe these
liberties need to be upheld and cherished, especially
given how closely divided our country appears now.
We always have to remind our citizens that the
conservative principles that are so fundamental to the
survival of our nation and to bring support and ideas
to policymakers and empower our elected officials to
have the support they need to do what is right, noble,
and good.
The American way of life embraces life, marriage,
family, faith, and freedom. Regrettably, the culture of
death continues to be promoted in our media, courts,
and legislatures. Many millions of unborn children
have been killed over the last 30 years as a result of
our country’s selfishness, justified under the
euphemisms of choice and privacy.
The latest advances in science have brought about
new challenges for those working to protect life. The
embryonic stem cell research and cloning advocates
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borrow from the pro-abortion playbook by trying to
confuse the public about the supposed benefits and
dangerous realities of their research.
“Playing God” is no compatible with our traditions,
values, and principles.
We must be deeply committed to defending life,
traditional marriage, and equipping our children with
the values necessary to stand against liberal education
and Marxist-oriented cultural forces. Most Americans
want to stick to their core values.
• Liberty
• Self-government
• Equality
• Individualism
• Unity
Personal priorities
Not surprisingly, the top individual priorities of
Americans are much more personal. According to
some surveys, some young people relate their
personal success to their specific priorities and values.
• Good health is most important to many
people. Eight-five percent of poll participants
believe that their good health leads to a happy
life. Everybody who had to overcome some
major health issues might relate to that.
• They want more time for important things in
life. Specifically, they would like to play with
their kids more often.
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• Eighty-one percent of Americans in this study
wish more opportunities to enjoy their married
life. They want to freshen up their marriage.
Every marriage is a commitment to learn each
other and to explore each other with
willingness, patience, and love. It demands to
be practiced, nurtured, and valued. It is truly a
respectable institution upon which lies the
emotional sanity of the whole society.
• Saving more money and spend it wisely is
something over eighty percent of participants
wish to do. Many people work hard and made
enough money but often “forgot to live.”
• Balancing work and life is another priority for
seventy-nine percent of Americans asked.
Many people are depressed when their job
takes so much time that they have virtually no
time to spend it with their family.
• Despite all temptations of a successful job that
pays well, over three quarters of people still
want kids. The current feminist anti-kids
propaganda does not change that.
• Having a job we love is definitely in the topten-list
of priorities of all people. Threequarters
of Americans think that this is a
major requirement for happiness. (See my
book “Good, Kind, and Happy”)
• Carve out some time for personal
development and things that you love. Over
two-thirds of people want to take out little
selfish time for his own self that involved
photography, sitting in the park watching the
kids play, watching the fish swim, sewing,
reading, or meditating.
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• Physical fitness is something more and more
Americans are attracted to. Early threequarters
of them consider their physical fitness
very important in their lives.
• Our world is changing faster than we can
adapt to. Therefore, we have a chance to
embrace new experiences every day. We are
able to learn something exciting all the time if
we are open-minded. As important our
traditions are, we can’t avoid adjusting to new
challenges in science, technology, and many
other fields.
What Americans say about Americans
There are thousands of opinions, interpretations, and
misinterpretations about Americans and their cultural
characteristics. Some are true, others are skewed, and
many are totally wrong and terribly mean. Still, there
are some portrayals that are common to many or most
people living in the US.
Most judgments about them are made abroad by
people who have never been to the US and are just
repeating some refrains they heard on the street of
gossips.
Interesting though are facts and thoughts what
Americans think and say about themselves and what
is remarkable about the country.
• With about three hundred million people,
America is the third-largest country in the
world.
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• Americans are as diverse as they can be. They
include all races, religions, and speak most
languages spoken anywhere.
• Americans want to be very independent,
individualistic, and different from others.
• Americans believe in freedom of choice.
• Americans need a lot of space around them.
They hate to be physically too close to others.
• Americans love to follow the rule of law.
• Americans hate littering, loitering, and
graffiti.
• Americans don’t like to insult others about
their religion or ethnicity.
• Americans are very informal. Most of them
call each other by their first name.
• As casual as Americans usually are, for all
official occasions (such as a job interview,
business, or official event) they always wear
formal clothing.
• Americans smile a lot and like talking to
strangers.
• When Americans meet friends in a restaurant,
they mostly split the bill in the middle.
• Americans love parties for any reason.
• Americans open presents and cards in front of
people who gave them.
• Americans dislike people just showing up at
their door before calling them first.
• Americans are very time-conscious and hate
to be late.
• Americans love to hug each other even if they
are not really friends.
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• American parents mostly speak to their
children like adults by teaching them how to
act responsibly.
• American parents teach children to ask
questions and also encourage them to ask
“why” when they are in doubt.
• Students are always encouraged to ask
questions.
• American parents do not hit their unruly kids.
They take some of their things away as their
kind of punishment.
• American men usually share their house duties
and parenting equally with their wives.
• Any kind of domestic violence is very much
disliked and disapproved in America.
• In America, pedestrians always have the right
of way.
• If it is not really a life or death situation,
Americans never call the emergency number
911.
• Cheating of any kind is considered a serious
offense and is punished accordingly.

Religious freedom in America
Whenever we discuss religious liberty and tolerance
in America, we must refer back to our founders. The
US was established on a series of unmistakable moral
principles specifically outlined in the US Constitution
and Bill of Rights. One of them is religious liberty,
the main reason why millions of people, many of
them pilgrims, fled Europe and immigrated to
America.
Even though not specifically mentioned in the
founding papers, Christianity always was the leading
mantra in all major decisions.
• The founders firmly believed that God
ordained moral standards, that legislation
should be made in accordance with these
standards, and that moral laws took
precedence over human laws.
• The founders understood the substantive
concept of religious liberty. “Without liberty,
law loses its nature and its name and becomes
oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its
nature and its name, and becomes
licentiousness,” the Supreme Court Justice
James Wilson said
• America’s Founders believed that humans
were created in the image of God.
• Faith led most founders to assume that
religious liberty should be extensively
protected.
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Separation of church and state
Since the very beginning of US history, there were
countless discussions about the role of Christianity in
America. While many Christians wanted Christianity
to be the official religion of the US, other political
and religious forces convinced the majority that it is
better to have a separation of church and state. The
idea of a theocracy was abandoned.
This decision opened the door for a religious
tolerance admired by millions of people of all faiths
in the world. The role of religion in the US is
unmistakable.
• Religious liberty is a right and must be
respected and protected.
• The Federal government should not create an
established church.
• States should have them only if they assist the
Christianity.
• Religion belongs in the public square.
Over seventy percent of Americans describe
themselves as Christians. All known religions are
present in America such as Jews, Muslims, and
Hindus.
Freedom of religion is a cornerstone of the American
experiment.
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American Patriotism
"The essence of America, that which really unites us,
is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion. It is an
idea, and what an idea it is—that you can come from
humble circumstances and do great things.”
(Condoleezza Rice)
For different people, different worldviews, and in
different regions, the word “patriotism” has very
different meanings. For most people in Europe,
patriotism is pretty much a synonym for
“nationalism,” and this is often associated with
“national socialism” of Nazi Germany. Therefore,
patriotism is often indirectly considered as a negative
political force.
In America, nothing can be further from the truth.
Here, patriotism is focused exclusively on the love for
the own country, not hatred for others. Thinking
rationally, pride, and love of your own heritage
cannot be interpreted as loathing of others.
“America has been throughout its history an
especially patriotic country. I believe the reason has
to do with a particular assumption, a particular habit
of mind. Our patriot fervor was the result of the old
and widespread belief in the idea of American
exceptionalism—the idea that America was a new
thing in history, different from other countries,”
Peggy Noonan says.
As she points out, other nations had evolved one way
or another: evolved from tribes, from a gathering of
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the clans, from inevitabilities of language, and
tradition and geography.
In contrast, America was born through ideas: All men
are created equal, that they have been given by God
certain rights that can be taken from them by no man,
and that those rights combine to create a thing called
freedom. They were free to pursue happiness, free to
worship God, free to talk and speak in public of their
views, and to choose their leaders. This is what
American patriots are proud of!
Peggy Noonan concludes, “American patriotism was
the repetition, reaffirmation, and celebration of our
founding ideals, and it gave rise to a brilliant tradition
of celebration, and of celebration's symbols: the flag,
that beautiful flag. The parades and bands and
bunting. Betsy Ross, Uncle Sam, the tradition of
patriotic speeches, the reading aloud of the
Declaration of Independence, the sparklers like the
candles on a birthday cake.”
American patriotism might have been beneficial
throughout our history. The US started as a big,
lonely landscape between two oceans, starting to fill
with poor, disparate, and anxious immigrants from
many different countries and religious beliefs. They
all had one major thing in common: their love and
pride for America. Everybody shared this sentiment
we nowadays call American patriotism.
In our deeply divided political climate, about half of
Americans still believe America is the greatest
country in the world. This number reflects pretty
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much the polarization in America between
traditionalists and progressives.
Unfortunately, the formerly “democratic” party dissed
their formerly pro-American, pro-worker, and proliberty
position for the sake of Marxism-induced
progressivism and open borders.
Patriotism is no hatred of others
Our “mainstream” media, barely mainstream
anymore, has succeeded with their anti-traditional,
anti-conservative propaganda. There is no surprise
that just about one-third of millennials still believe in
American greatness.
Unfortunately, the anti-American forces are trying to
re-define the virtues of American patriotism and
nationalism. Naïve people consider this just a
“misunderstanding” of our culture and history, but
this is not the case. This a purposeful, malicious
attack on American goodness and national identity. It
may be a hint that we are losing the war of ideologies
benefiting the Marxist worldview.
Particularly embarrassing for traditional Americans
was Barack Obama’s “apology tour” throughout the
world when he addressed foreign audiences by stating
how “bad” America is.
• In France on April 3, 2009
“America has shown arrogance.”
• Interview with Al Arabiya TV on January 27,
2009
“We have not been perfect.”
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• In Trinidad and Tobago on April 17, 2009
“At times, we sought to dictate our terms.”
• In London at the G7 Summit on April 2, 2009
“Some restoration of America’s standing in
the world.”
• Washington, DC on May 21, 2009
“We went off course”
• In Strasbourg, France on April 3, 2009
“Sacrificing your values.”
• In Ankara before the Turkish Parliament on
April 6, 2009
“Our own darker periods in our history.”
• Opinion editorial on April 16, 2009
“The United States has not pursued and
sustained engagement with our neighbors.”
• In Langley, VA at CIA headquarters on April
20, 2009
“Potentially we’ve made some mistakes.”
• In Washington, DC regarding Guantanamo on
May 21, 2009
“A rallying cry for our enemies.”
With these statements, Barack Obama clearly
confirmed his negative, anti-American worldview the
progressives have about America’s image and role in
the world. Considering today’s position of the
“Democratic” Party in all international affairs,
immigration problems, and US stance versus our
biggest enemies, this has gotten dramatically worse.
Nevertheless, our natural devotion to our country is
also our intention to govern and cultivate our land
best in accordance with our own traditions, free from
the interference of other nations. This is what we
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describe patriotism. Love of our own country does
not mean “hating” other nations.
Our daily news reports are full of negative stories
about how many of our monuments must be
destroyed. The reputations of our founding fathers are
being severely challenged. Attacks by Blacks Life
Matter and Antifa have caused those who are devoted
to being politically correct to demand that we bury
our traditions. Even our schools are continuously
submitting to the politically correct Marxist-type of
worldview.
Practicing American patriotism
For most traditional Americans, the knowledge and
devotion to our country incubate in our hearts when
we participate in singing the National Anthem, say
the Pledge of Allegiance, study the history of our
country, attend parades that include military
personnel, visit monuments and even attend or watch
the process of a military funeral. It appears that
patriotism grows inside us when we experience
patriotic events.
Patriotism, rightly understood, is also aspirational in
character, with a strong mixture of self-overcoming
contained in its mandate. American patriotism has
nothing in common with the historic German
understanding of the word “homeland” (“Heimat”),
which lead to the unfortunate German version of
“nationalism” in the thirties.
Some of the greatest American achievements,
politically as well as socially, has been the creation of
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a political and cultural setting that can comprehend
and support, as much as possible, the multiple natural
loyalties of the human person without requiring its
people to choose between and among them. Generally
speaking, no American is forced to yield his loyalty to
his locality, family, state, religion, ethnic group, or
race to be an American. This is the major difference
between the American patriotism and European-style
“nationalism.”
As Mark Twain stated, “…patriotism, the true
patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is the loyalty
to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government
when it deserves it.”
• American patriotism is the love of the country,
best expressed as active participation in its
permanent success.
• American patriotism is the loyalty to the
country and American values, not their leaders
if they don’t deserve it.
• American patriotism values each person’s
desire to pursue own ideas to reach happiness.
• American patriotism is the commitment to our
founding fathers who put our rights into law to
protect us.
• American patriotism is the desire to improve
our lives, creates economic mobility, which is
fundamental to the nation’s prosperity.
• American patriotism is also the commitment
to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and
democratic elections.
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• American patriotism guarantees these rights to
all ethnic backgrounds, races, genders, and
ages.
Other nations have evolved from tribes, gathering of
clans, language, traditions, and geographical
conditions. America, however, was born out of an
idea that “all men are created equal, that they have
been given certain rights by God, and that these rights
can’t be taken away by any man or political force.
They were free to pursue happiness, worship God,
free to talk and speak in public, and to choose their
own leaders.”
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America’s superpower
“The threat to the world’s stability is not too much
American superpower. It is too little American
power.”
(Michael Mandelbaum)
America never auditioned for the position of a
superpower. Many times, the United States even
wasn’t comfortable in this responsibility and didn’t
want to act as such. However, tragic world events,
especially the rise of Hitler during WW2, forced
America to step in because nobody else wanted or
was able to do so.
Of course, acting as a “world police” would actually
be a duty of the UN, but they mostly turned out to be
useless. First of all, the UN rarely reached any
sensible, doable, and effective agreement on saving a
world crisis in the past. Secondly, they are dominated
by countries with undemocratic, mostly tyrannical
powers such as dictatorships or communist regimes
such as China. What can we expect?
Being a superpower is less a delight than a burden.
America’s obligation as a “world police” is not
popular at all. The majority of Americans oppose the
superpower role and the associated cost for the
taxpayers, often exceeding trillion dollars.
America just “became” a superpower because nobody
else was able and ready to help countries in need
during the last one hundred years. Many nations were
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begging America to help them when they were
attacked by vicious enemies.
Why the US? It’s because of America’s uniqueness
and moral standing defending liberty, freedom, and
democracy in the world.
Moral, economical, and political reasons
• America is based on Judeo-Christian ethics. It
is expressively called a “Christian nation” and
it is associated with Christian morals. The
respect for Christian values is a part of the
fabric of our country that goes right back to
our founding fathers. Christianity is an
important element of our everyday life. Many
other nations trust us because of that.
• America still has a powerful military force.
Since WW2, the US has the world’s leading
fighting capabilities, which is necessary to
solve violent crisis situations. “History teaches
that wars begin when governments believe the
price of aggression is cheap,” Ronald Reagan
said.
• America is based on Western culture. Western
civilization has produced Greece, the Roman
Empire, Britain, the US, and is more
successful than ninety percent of the world’s
rest. Western culture’s emphasis on
Christianity, individualism, innovation, freemarket
capitalism, science, technology, and
freedom has given us an enormous advantage
when competing with other worldviews. Free-
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market capitalism has elevated billions of
people out of poverty during the last century.
• America is a resource-rich, very large country
with an ideal geographical location between
two oceans. This places the US into an ideal
strategic position.
• America is the world’s largest economic
power with an unparalleled industrial,
technological, and scientific capacity
necessary to compete during any kind of
catastrophe.
• America is the most stable economy in the
world. One of the major reasons is that all
international transactions a dollar-based.
• America has some of the most brilliant minds
in the world, securing its dominance in all
major areas of importance such as innovation,
research, inventions, and more.
• America has a merit-based-society as opposed
to aristocracy, tribalism, or castes. Despite not
being perfect, it is still the “land of
opportunities” with some of the greatest
economic strengths in the world.
• America has the US Constitution that
guarantees personal freedoms and limits
powers of the centralized government. This is
the major difference between the US and other
countries in the world.
America promoted and defended more political
freedom in the world than any other political source.
The most outstanding example is Hitler’s defeat
during the WW2, which would not be possible
without a major American military intervention.
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Many millions of people in Asia would not be free
today if the US hadn’t intervened. It did not happen
accidentally that Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
became democratic states. This was only possible
with US military and political help.
China is challenging America
Still, a new rival as the world’s superpower is on the
horizon. Amazingly, from 1978 to 2012, China’s
gross domestic product grew an average of 9.4
percent every year.
No other nation has grown so fast for so long. After
35 years of almost uninterrupted growth, by some
factors such as purchasing power, China’s economy is
now the largest in the world.
China is expanding aggressively. Their strategy is to
build a transportation infrastructure route between
Asia, Africa, and Europe, covering 55 percent of
world gross national products, 70 percent of global
population, and 75 percent of known energy reserves.
The Chinese also launched the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank, reducing Asia’s dependence on the
US-controlled World Bank.
Even more scary are China’s military ambitions,
indicating that their challenge is not coming with
peaceful intentions. Starting in 2008, they became the
second-largest military spender in the world. There is
no end in sight. In 2020, they own and operate more
military ships than the US.
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Equally disturbing is China’s territorial expansion in
international waters of the South China Sea. They
created a series of artificial military islands 800 miles
from their mainland, but only 150 miles from the
Philippines. A clear symbol of potential aggression.
According to UN law and the International Court, this
area belongs to the Philippines. China refuses the
ruling, and nobody is ready and able to enforce it. The
Chinese do it because nobody can stop them.
As a direct challenge to the US, China’s hacks stole
two dozen major American weapon systems. In
addition, they launched a ballistic missile into space,
proving they are able to directly threaten or destroy
US satellites in space. A grim outlook.
Whether we want to admit it or not, China is strongly
determined to become world's new economic,
military, and political superpower.
Marxism-oriented Americans don’t care about
America’s well-being at all. As long as their money
flows, the one-word-order, corrupt capitalists, such as
Hollywood producers, tech companies, and other
greedy business conglomerates benefiting from the
Chinese market, don’t care either.
We are not competing just with Chinese communists,
deadly committed to rule and enslave the world, we
are competing with our enemies within also.
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What does China’s plan mean for the world?
What might happen to the world should the Chinese
succeed by 2045, as they intend to do?
• The conflict might provoke a war between the
US and China.
• Taiwan will be invaded and become part of
China.
• Japan will be cut-off from International
circles.
• Mainstream movies will do nothing but
communist state-approved propaganda.
• Europe will dramatically decline.
• World history will be totally rewritten.
• Schools and colleges will have no choice but
to teach Chinese state-approved propaganda.
• There will be an end to policing the world by
the US.
• The US will turn into a deep depression.
• Africa will become a greater power under
Chinese rule.
One thing is clear. The communist party ruled
Chinese dictatorship, deadly committed to rule the
world, is not our friend.
Do we have a choice? In today’s violent world, the
U.S. cannot withdraw. The scope of our
responsibilities is derived from America’s size and
power. The quality of US engagement and the quality
of the outcomes it has achieved is directly derived
from its adherence to universal values.
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The world is more peaceful, prosperous, and free
today because of the United States of America.
Morally, politically, socially, and economically, there
is no realistic alternative to the US as dominating
world power.
World’s policeman
As far as we can remember, America’s role as a
superpower automatically put the US in the position
of a world policeman. As already indicated, this task
was never popular among Americans because of its
tremendous cost and incalculable risks.
Some people say it’s something like an unwanted
child in the family. Nobody wanted it, but still, no
one wants to abandon it. Everybody nurtures it and is
trying to do the best out of the situation.
America’s world police role has changed during the
last decades dramatically. During the cold war, the
function was bipolar. We mostly had to concentrate
on the communist Soviet Union. Nowadays,
however, China, North Korea, and Islamist regimes
such as Iran made the already fragile world peace
even more threatened.
The cost factor is virtually unbearable. Even long
before Operation Iraqi Freedom, more than 240,000
U.S. troops were either stationed in foreign countries
or at sea in other regions of the world. With
America’s an all-volunteer force, maintaining these
levels requires at least twice as many additional
troops to be deployed in the United States so that the
overseas force can be rotated at specified intervals.
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The bitter consequence is that more than 700,000
active-duty military personnel need to act as the
world's policemen. It is important to document that
manpower costs and the costs of operating and
maintaining all the equipment for that manpower are
more than 60 percent of the Pentagon’s budget. The
American taxpayers are paying a terribly high amount
for the U.S. military to police the world.
Most of us are not really comfortable with the US
obligation to act as world police. Still, the reality is
that wherever the US troops are stationed, they are the
greatest preservers of liberty in peace in the world.
There is an age-old truth: Political weakness invites
trouble, political unrest, and even hidden or open war.
Without a strong and decisive force in any region of
the world, violence occurs and the rule of decency,
order, and law crumble down. Iraq and Afghanistan
are just some of the latest examples.
If we want to admit it or not, the world needs a
policeman just as any civilized community needs a
local police department to protect the people from
criminals and other bad guys.
Just ask yourself, if America refuses to act in this
role, who can do it instead?
• United Nations?
• NATO?
• Russia?
• China?
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• No one?
“Thinking that we can retreat from the world and
avoid its subsequent violence and tyranny is like
thinking that if the police go on strike in Chicago, the
suburbs will remain peaceful and unaffected, ”Dennis
Prager says.
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Leading the world in science technology
“Science is a way of thinking, much more
than it is a body of knowledge.”
(Carl Sagan)
For over one hundred years, America always was at
the forefront of science and technology. Most
scientific and technical innovations were made in the
US. As far as we can remember, the majority of
medical and pharmaceutical innovations, discoveries
in biology, chemistry, physics, communications,
engineering, transportation, and others were made in
the US.
This did not happen by accident. Many of the most
successful and prestigious universities and colleges
are located in America. Furthermore, the US offers
the best climate for ingenuity and inventions to
prosper.
Already in early American history, Americans
focused on science and technology to improve
people’s lives. They made major progress in human
understanding of electricity, built a sophisticated
telescope, developed inventions benefiting the
agriculture, made important progress in healthcare
and medical hygiene, and introduced new breaking
treatments in hospital care.
America benefited tremendously by the immigration
of world-class scientists from Europe and other
places. Among early scientists who came to America
were the British chemist Joseph Presley, Alexander
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Graham Bell from Scotland, Charles Proteus
Steinmetz from Germany, Vladimir Zworkyn from
Russia, and Nikola Tesla from Serbia.
The largest influx of top scientists from Europe
happened during the WW2 when some of the most
brilliant European minds were forced to flee from
Hitler’s national socialists. Among the most
important scientists of this time were Albert Einstein,
Enrico Fermi, Niels Bohr, Victor Weisskopf, Otto
Stern, Eugene Wigner, and Wernher von Braun who
established America’s first rocket program to reach
outer space.
When celebrating fifty years since the Apollo 11
mission landed Americans on the moon, capturing the
imagination of the world, the US is again on the verge
of a new bold era in science and technology.
Breakthroughs in dozens of scientific and technical
fields will help to tackle the greatest challenges of our
time and allow Americans to live a safer, healthier,
and more economically prosperous lives.
Working hard to maintain R&D superiority
Cutting-edge technologies continue to change and
shape American jobs across all sectors. The US also
places a strong emphasis on lifelong learning and
nontraditional education pathways to ensure men and
women of all ages, backgrounds, and zip codes have
access to science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) education and skills.
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The new Administration is boldly committed to
maintain and expand American leadership in science
and technology. Here are just a few examples:
• The US revived the National Space Council
directing NASA to return to space in
cooperation with private companies available
through the free-market capitalism.
• The US launched the American Artificial
Intelligence Initiative ensuring that this
technology benefits Americans.
• The US released a National Strategy on
STEM education funded with hundreds of
millions per year.
The United States accounts for 40 percent of the total
world’s spending on scientific research and
development, employs 70 percent of the world’s
Nobel Prize winners, and is home to three-quarters of
the world’s top 40 universities, the Rand Corporation
states.
The US pharmaceutical industry spends about twenty
percent of all revenues on research and development.
America is home to 16 of the top 20 universities in
the world. Foreign diplomats and wealthy people all
over the world go to a great length to educate their
children in the US.
The Los Angeles based thinktank confirms U.S.
investments in research and development have not
lagged in recent years, but instead have grown at rates
similar to what has occurred elsewhere in the world,
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growing even faster than what has been seen in
Europe and Japan.
Reports show the U.S. invests the most in research
and development (R&D), attracts the most venture
capital, awards the most advanced degrees, provides
the most business, financial, and information services,
and is the largest producer in high-technology
manufacturing sectors.
While China is investing heavily in research and
development, it does not yet account for a large share
of world innovation and scientific output, which
continues to be dominated by the United States,
Europe, and Japan, as RAND researchers point out.
Still, China is advancing in research and
development, often through stealing US technologies,
with a much larger pace than any competitors
including the US. A crucial warning is due.
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Doing business or working in America
For over one hundred years, America always was the
best and most popular place in the world for doing
business or work. This didn’t happen by accident. The
primary reasons used to be the American spirit, size
of the US market, business opportunities, and
amazing innovation.
What are some of the main attractions of doing
business or work in America?
• America is a very friendly and welcoming
nation.
• Americans are endearingly optimistic and
smile a lot.
• America is still the largest market in the
world.
• Americans are risk-takers.
• Americans are “doers.”
• America is a land of entrepreneurs.
• America is famous for its refreshing “Can do”
attitude.
• America is known for the best universities,
colleges, and schools.
• America offers the most advanced medical
services and medications.
• America holds some of the best business and
career opportunities.
• America has the best customer service in the
world.
• America attracts through huge space between
the two oceans.
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• America is proud of exceptional natural parks
and other incredibly beautiful landscapes.
• America has all kinds of climate regions to
choose from.
• America is known for a huge variety of
culinary culture from all over the world
• America is one of the most attractive travel
regions in the world.
During my first business trip to the US decades ago, I
discovered that many things are handled in America
differently than in Europe. I found it surprising that
even the most important people I dealt with behaved
in a very informal way, except at expressively official
events.
I had a great pleasure doing business in the US for
decades. I learned surprisingly much more than I ever
expected. What I found a number of aspects very
refreshing.
I instantly realized that Americans are very practical,
common sense, straight-to-the-point people.
However, this doesn’t mean that they are not focused
on it. They are. Results matter. There is no other way
around. I instantly liked this attitude.
Somehow opposite to some other business styles in
Europe or Asia, they prefer an expressively
individualistic culture.
No group thinking, no collective one-size-fits-all
solutions.
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Americans are very direct in business as well as in
their private lives. They are more short-term oriented
than Europeans. Therefore, for the time is money.
Wasting time in America is equal to wasting money.
In the US, silence in business meetings is not
considered appropriate. If you have something to
contribute to the topic discussed, you are encouraged
to make your point. I still remember the unwritten
European business rule indicating that “shutting-up”
in important business meetings is “safer.”
For Americans, the glass is always “half-full” instead
of “half-empty.” Their optimism is infectious. This
also affects personal relationships. Problems are
mostly seen as “opportunities” to find new solutions.
The welcoming attitude of Americans is extremely
enjoyable and productive. Their openness,
informality, humor, and friendliness put instantly all
business partners at ease and create an atmosphere of
trust and efficiency.
I also found the aspect of competition in business
very fruitful and important. Additionally, I discovered
that the American “win/win” approach is extremely
productive.
It is absolutely astonishing how much misinformation
and purposely planted lies about working people and
working life in America are dominating Europe. I still
keep reading in the “news” that there is no health
insurance, no jobless benefits, and no social security
in America.
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The negative image of America, especially during the
Trump presidency, is a welcome message for all
hostile anti-American forces in Europe, and no
journalist cares to research and corrects it.
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Guardian of liberty in the world
“America’s support for human rights and democracy
is the is our noblest export to the world.”
(William Bennett)
America does have a special role in the world only
the US with its Constitution and Bill of Rights is able
to fulfill. This role is morally and philosophically
grounded in the principles of human liberty, and in its
sense of justice.
This means that the true backbone of American
foreign policy is to be found not in its policies, which
prudently change and adapt, but in its guiding
principles, which are unchanging and permanent.
Only America has a proven track record of fighting
for and defending freedoms and liberty throughout
US history.
The “American experiment” had some high and low
moments, but the uniquely American approach to
individual freedom and liberty still is an unsurpassed
gold standard ensuring freedom to all citizens.
America's founding fathers set a high standard of
ideals for the new nation to live up to back in 1776.
From the very beginning, a debate about the best way
to do that has been an inherent part of the American
experiment.
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• The Declaration of Independence was adopted
by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia in
1776 with Thomas Jefferson’s introduction.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that
all men are created equal; that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
inalienable rights…”
• The Bill of Rights was discussed and ratified
in 1791 because many people opposed the
initial version of the Constitution in fear it
would grant too much power to the Federal
government. They added the first ten
Amendments to the Constitution and called it
Bill of Rights, which is as important and valid
today as they were then.
• The abolition of slavery, introduced to
America by Muslim pirates, ended with a
passage of the 13 th Amendment in 1865 after
the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
who argued that the new Union should
provide a “new birth of freedom.”
• The era of immigration, symbolized by the
Statue of Liberty. From 1880 to 1920, over
twenty million immigrants came to the United
States seeking political and religious freedom
and new opportunities. Eastern European Jews
were fleeing religious persecution, Italians
hunger, and poverty, Armenians and
Mexicans war or revolution. They were all
welcome and we're excited to become
Americans.
• The 19 th Amendment of the US Constitution
gave voting rights to all women in 1920. After
Tennessee became the last state to ratify the

Amendments, women across America headed
to the polls.
• The D-Day in 1944 symbolizes America’s
commitment to defend freedom all over the
world. Exactly as Eisenhower’s speech had
predicted, the triumphant landing marked the
beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler’s Nazi
forces, which would surrender unconditionally
less than a year later.
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended
the segregation of public and many private
facilities, and outlawed discrimination based
on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
The Belfer Center of the Harvard Kennedy School for
Science and International Affairs published an
extensive article with the title “Why should the
United States spread democracy.”
As they state, many writers have criticized the idea
that the United States should attempt to spread
democracy in the world. Some have argued that the
United States should scale back or abandon efforts to
foster global democratization.
Can we establish any benefits for America by
spreading democracy in the world? Probably most
Americans assume that democracy is a good thing
and that the spread of democracy will be beneficial.
The virtues of democracy are taken for granted, they
are rarely fully detailed and considered.
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It is important not to overstate or misrepresent the
benefits of democratization. Still, the spread of
democracy has many important benefits. Some new
democracies may contribute to international peace,
and directly advance the national interests of the
United States.
Political scientists argue the United States should
attempt to spread democracy because people
generally live better lives under democratic
governments.
Compared to autocratic and dictatorial systems,
citizens of democracies enjoy greater individual
liberty, political stability, freedom from governmental
violence, enhanced quality of life, and a much lower
risk of suffering a famine.
• Democracies lead to freedom and liberty.
• Democracies use less likely violence against
own people.
• Democracies enhance their economic
performance and stability.
• Democracies virtually never cause any
famines.
• Democracies mostly promote peace.
• Democracies respect Western Civilization.
• Democracies are beneficial for international
cooperation.
• Democracies will not be hostile to the US or
go to war with America.
• Democracies don’t support terrorism.
• Democracies don’t result in refugees.
• Democracies ally with the US.
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• Democracies cherish the American dream.
• Democracies make better business partners.
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American spirit
"America, it is a fabulous country. The only fabulous
country. It is the only place where miracles not only
happen but where they happen all the time." (Thomas
Wolfe)
What is the American spirit? It is the American soul
and ingenuity, the principles of this country, no mere
abstraction. They are written in the hearts of all
traditional Americans who cherish the US
Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the American Dream.
Edward L. Hudgins, director of regulatory studies at
the CATO Institute, summarized this perfectly.
• An American is anyone who understands that
to achieve the best in life requires action,
exertion, effort. Americans aren’t idle
daydreamers. They take the initiative.
• An American is anyone who understands the
need to use one’s mind and wits to meet life’s
challenges. You don’t need a college degree to
know that you have to use your brain as well
as your muscles to make your way in
America.
• An American is anyone who understands that
achieving the best in life requires risks.
Immigrants have no assurance of success in a
new land with different habits, institutions,
and languages. They leave friends, relatives,
and familiar places, often risking their lives to
cross oceans and hostile countries to reach
their new homes. But they, like all Americans,
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understand that the timid achieve nothing and
forgo even that which sustains us through the
worst of times: hope.
• Americans seek economic prosperity,
leaving behind the resentment in other
countries that is aimed at those who
better their material condition.
Throughout the world and throughout
history, millions of individuals have
endured poverty with dignity. But there
is no inherent dignity in poverty.
Individuals came to America to farm their
own farms and run their own enterprises.
• Americans seek personal liberty, to live as
they see fit, to worship as they please.
Americans seek freedom from the use of
power wielded arbitrarily by whoever
holds the political sword.
American spirit in the minds of smart people
The following quotes symbolize the American spirit
unmistakably.
• “We are called the nation of inventors. And
we are. We could still claim that title and wear
its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the
first thing we ever invented, which was human
liberty.”
(Mark Twain)
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• “America was not built on fear. America was
built on courage, on imagination, and an
unbeatable determination to do the job at
hand.”
(Harry S. Truman)
• “There is much more to being a patriot and a
citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a
flag.”
(Jesse Ventura)
• “This nation will remain the land of the free
only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
(Elmer Davis)
• “America is another name for opportunity.
Our whole history appears like a last effort of
divine providence on behalf of the human
race.”
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
• “There is nothing wrong with America that
cannot be cured by what is right with
America.”
(Bill Clinton)
• “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us
well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear
any burden, meet any hardship, support any
friend, oppose any foe in order to assure the
survival and the success of liberty.”
(John F. Kennedy)
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• “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they
are won by men. It is the spirit of men who
follow and of the man who leads that gains the
victory.”
(General George S. Patton)
• “A patriot must always be ready to defend his
country against his government.”
(Edward Abbey)
• “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be
purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what
course others may take; but as for me, give me
liberty or give me death!”
(Patrick Henry)
• “The way to secure liberty is to place it in the
people’s hands, that is, to give them the power
at all times to defend it in the legislature and
in the courts of justice.”
(John Adams)
• “Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to
government, when it deserves it.”
(Mark Twain)
• “I am an American; free born and free bred,
where I acknowledge no man as my superior,
except for his own worth, or as my inferior,
except for his own demerit.”
(Theodore Roosevelt)
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• “If ever a time should come, when vain and
aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in
Government, our country will stand in need of
its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
(Samuel Adams)
• “They that can give up essential liberty to
obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither
liberty nor safety.”
(Benjamin Franklin)
• “This nation, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom; and that government of the
people, by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.”
(Abraham Lincoln)
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America the beautiful
“The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one
pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what
we see.”
(Albert Einstein)
The US is not the only country with majestic
landscapes, but it occupies half of the continent
between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean and offers,
just be the size, a truly breathtaking variety. Many of
them are exceptionally beautiful and unique. They
attract each year millions of tourists from all over the
world.
Here is a very small sample of beautiful places in
America by the state, probably just about a few
percent of the actually remarkable sceneries.
• Alabama
Cheaha State Park
• Alaska
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
• Arizona
Antelope Canyon
• Arkansas
White Rock Mountain
• California
Channel Islands
• Colorado
• Connecticut
Kent Falls State Park
• Delaware
Cape Henlopen State Park
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• Florida
Dry Tortuga National Park
• Georgia
Providence Canyon State Park
• Hawaii
Papakolea Beach
• Idaho
Crater of the Moon National Monument
• Illinois
Cave-in-Rock State Park
• Indiana
Indiana Dunes
• Iowa
Loess Hills
• Kansas
Monument Rocks
• Kentucky
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Louisiana
Atchafalaya Basin
• Main
Desert of Maine
• Maryland
Assateague Island National Seashore
• Massachusetts
Mount Greylock State Reservation
• Michigan
Arch Rock Mackinac Island
• Minnesota
Palisades Head
• Mississippi
The Mississippi River
• Missouri

Big Spring
• Montana
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park
• Nebraska
Toadstool Geologic Park
• Nevada
Valley of Fire State Park
• Hampshire
Flume Gorge
• New Jersey
Paterson Great Falls
• New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns State Park
• New York
Watkins Glen State Park
• North Carolina
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
• North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Ohio
Hocking Hills State Park
• Oregon
Painted Hills
• Oklahoma
Gloss Mountain State Park
• Pennsylvania
Ringing Rocks County Park
• Rhode Island
Newport Cliff Walk
• South Carolina
Angel Oak
• South Dakota
The Needles
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• Tennessee
Craighead Taverns
• Utah
Homestead Crater
• Texas
Palo Duro Canyon
• Vermont
Quechee Gorge
• Virginia
Luray Caverns
• Washington
Mount Rainier
• West Virginia
Seneca Rocks
• Wisconsin
Apostle Islands
• Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring

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References
• Alliance Defending Freedom
• Accuracy in the Media
• American Center for Law and Justice
• American Center for Liberty
• American Enterprise Institute
• Americans United for Life
• Christian Coalition
• Campus Reform
• Cato Institute
• Claremont Institute
• Club for Growth
• Concerned Women for America
• Conservapedia.com
• CommonSense.org
• David Horowitz Freedom Center
• Declaration of Digital Independence
• Federalist Society
• First Liberty Institute
• Focus on the Family
• Freedom Works
• Heritage Foundation
• Human Events
• Human Coalition
• Judicial Watch
• Leadership Institute
• Liberal Propaganda Exposed
• Liberty Counsel
• Manhattan Institute
• Media Research Center
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• National Right to Life
• NeverGiveUpYourDream.US
• Operation Rescue
• Parental Rights Foundation
• Parents Television Council
• Prager University
• SaveOne.org
• Susan B. Anthony List
• Tea Party Patriots
• Turning Point USA
• TrueTolerance.org
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Books by Pierre A. Kandorfer:
• What’s up? American Cheers, Jeers, and Tears
• Good, Kind, and Happy – Open Secret To Our
Life
• You Don’t Know Who You Are
• End Game – When truth doesn’t matter
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• Whom Can We Still Trust?
• Idiots from Hell – Defying Lunatics Among
Us
• No More Doubt – Science Confirms the Bible
• Find Peace of Mind or Lose Your Mind
• Fight Back Manual – Last Bet Strategies for
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• Liberals Hijacking America
• Clouds over Beverly Hills
• Etc.
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