American Exceptionalism to the Rescue?

Today, I came across a student who claim that My teaching of the belief in American Exceptionalism was incorrect. His theory was that our country was no different than any other country, and the whole concept of American Exceptionalism was putting one culture down while elevating another to a status it did not deserved. As I observe the American left doesn’t want the United States to be a exceptional country in comparison to other countries. But in many ways, we are so different, than any country in the world, from a written constitution to the very make up of our institutions.

A brief history of "American Exceptionalism" is needed, it was coined by the Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America. Tocqueville however in one way did not really understand the very meaning of the words , and could not understand since coming from a culture where a Republican form of government was alien to them. In the time Tocqueville arrived on the shores of America, A Republican form of government was only a dream. The only form known to mankind disappeared and became obsolete or self destructive generations ago, before in Rome and Greece.

Exceptionalism in context is maybe interpreted as "...qualitatively different from all other countries." And in many ways this country is exactly that! We are a nation of immigrants whose abilities has so move the world that in less than 200 years, the way of life so improved. In Democracy in America, Tocqueville identified five values crucial to America's success as a republic:
(1) liberty (2) egalitarianism, (3) individualism, (4)populism and (5) laissez-faire

These concepts constitute what is known as the American Creed. Tocqueville understood some of these values as being reflective of the absence of feudal and hierarchical structures such as monarchies and aristocracies.

In doing so, Tocqueville hit exactly upon what this country is and how we as a country is so different and valuable to the world. We just didn’t become a melting pot we became more than that, a distinct individual united in a cause not just in peace but in values.

Whe you look at the progressive left that they devalued the reasons of our Republic. It is becoming more clear that some in this country are afraid to use the term “American Exceptionism”. It took nearly from the time of Christ to the late 19th century the world to go from horse and buggy, and less than 150 years for the United States to develop the world. Good and bad the U.S. was the catalyst. to developed many cures to world problems. Yes, some problems may have never worked out some may take many generations, and yes war and rumors of wars, will be a menace to our world.

But the United States with it unique form of Government is by far the saving grace for the world. American Exceptionalism is not just a coin word, but the truth of what this nation was founded on and what it can become again. the rest of the world keeps falling back into either dictatorships, monarchies or outright socialist countries. The fall into a trap of less human freedoms and they demand for Government to become the nanny state, the servant of Government and not it's master!

Can the world learn from us is hard to know. No matter we have some how become a exceptional nation in the Mids of unexceptional ones, afraid to advance and become more than a "selfish people" asking for handout from Government! They become afraid when Government becomes more powerful and less responsive and dangerous to themselves. They asked for our help and the American exceptionalism to come to their rescue!

Are Progressives a Danger to Themselves?

Watching Progressives is interesting and confusing yet and little understanding about the moment can help. When it seems that some progressives really do understand the moment themselves!

Going back in history to Teddy Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson to even pilot ace Charles Lindbergh and Joseph P. Kennedy we discovered who progressives are. Both Lindbergh and Kennedy admire Adolphe Hitler and wanted the US to make peace with Germany.

During May of 1938, Kennedy engaged in extensive discussions with the new German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, Herbert von Dirksen. In the midst of these conversations (held without approval from the U.S. State Department), Kennedy advised von Dirksen that President Roosevelt was the victim of "Jewish influence" and was poorly informed as to the philosophy, ambitions and ideals of Hitler's regime. (The Nazi ambassador subsequently told his bosses that Kennedy was "Germany's best friend" in London.

Charles Lindbergh another Progressive told his followers that Hitler would defeat the United States in a war.

Both men show a side of progressivism that was not only anti Jew, but was willing to let Hitler destroy the Jews and that feeling is still in existence today. The Obama Administrations relationship with Israel is on a downward spire and has been since he enter office.

But talking to my progressive friends they seem lost unable to fix their beliefs in real understanding of what their leadership is doing? They do not understand the political beliefs of others when discussing other political philosophies.

They advocate extreme measures to silence their critics such as censorship and yet they find no reason that this would be wrong under the traditions of our founding documents ie bill of rights. Their beliefs that conservatives and independents such as Limbaugh, O’Reilly,Hannity and Beck are committing sedition against the government or the people is amazing if it isn’t strange.

And yet, the real sedition when describing their own cause can be said to be even stranger when dealing with themselves. The average progressive seem to distance or himself from the very cause they advocate, and they seem to be abandoning Obama in droves realizing that the interjectional progressives are moving away from them.
They seem to be splitting the movement and the extreme progressive left is Fracturing.

They have become disillusion, they feel the Obama is not fulfilling their dreams. They wanting George W. Bush and many others arrested, but they cannot agree among their ranks why? They want all their programs enacted by Congress and signed by the President, but they have no Idea how to do so and they cannot agree among themselves the way to do it.

The slam the Tea Party movement and doing so annienate the people of the Uni tied States and the process they keep losing from Virgina to New Jersey to Massachusetts. They have no idea the reasons they keep losing.

They say that the people want change and yet they do not realized the change they want is from the progressive movement!

The Tea Party movement rupturing the progressive movement and again as they did in the 1920’s it could move underground as the progressives did and rename themselves “Liberal”.

However, I do not believe this will occur again. This is a fight for the American political system and the dangers of the progressive movement is come to the surface in so many ways.

The fight is on for 2010 and the American system of Government is at stake. Democrat progressive will not give up easily. They are fixated on moving away from the capitalist system. They are willing to overthrow the constitution in order to get what they want. They are in fact a danger to themselves and to the people of this country. They will not go quietly into the night, as they did in the 1920s.

Real Immigration Change we can live with?

Last week, I had a chance to witness a swearing in of legal Immigrants, and just outside the Federal courthouse where all this was going on I saw demonstrations against the new Arizona law. Seeing the judge swear in these people it became clear that these people were proud to be Americans and the ones yelling and screaming for rights were afraid. Afraid what this law represented , very much how I felt as a kid stealing candy from a supermarket, guilty and ashamed that your parents would find out or in this case society would.

These people want rights they may not be entitled too, My feelings are that we may have to not only change the laws that have not worked, but also the entire nature of the way we enforce them. Nearly no other nation on earth allow a civilian police force to enforce border laws in those countries. The jobs usually fall upon the military to ensure the border of the respective nations. I believe we need to go back to such enforcement.

We need also to issue Non Resident Birth certificates born to illegals in this country and in doing doing so fine both employers and employees for violating the laws of this country. We cannot continue being abuse as a nation by other nations, we end up being patsies!

Mexico it is est. makes billions off of Illegals being here, it has become a revenue they rely on in order to keep there economy a float, with hold that revenue source and real change occurs. The real political change in the Mexican government can only comes from pressure being apply by it citizens.

The only way to improve the situation in southwest US is to change the Mexican government. A real change we can live with!