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Gary Alan Scott’s 10 Reasons To No Longer Be Proud of Being an American

Gary Alan Scott, an expatriate and ‘ex-patriot’ living in Belgium wrote an interesting piece on Monday, arguing that he was no longer proud to be an American for 10 reasons He writes:

I love my country’s founding values, its natural beauty and so, so many people in it, but that I can no longer say that I am proud to be an American.

I’ve never been one for excessive patriotism, or flag-waving, but it is an interesting question. Are there reasons to be proud to be an American? Are we doing things that should be the source of pride? Drop me a note at dpogreba@bigskydebate.com or comment here, if you have any thoughts.

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    1. Left in the West » Blog Archive » Things to be Proud Of Says:
      November 29th, 2005 at 11:48 am

      [...] Don Pogreba asks whether there are things to be proud of in America. While I often share Don’s pessimistic view of our current government, this really is going a bit far. [...]

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