When I say the US, what do you think of? Do you think of the people or of the government? I noticed a lot of people think of the US as of The US government. Like when someone says they hate bush a person will reply "You just hate the US". No, thats not what they said, bush isn't the US, hes a small part of it. Or someone will say "This war is stupid our government is full of morons" and a person will reply "If you hate the US so much why don't you leave?". Well they never said they hated the US, only the government.

If the department of agriculture screws me over, I am totally in my right to complain. They are there to serve me and if they don't, they are not doing their job. The department of defence is there to defend me, if I am not happy with them I have a right to have my voice heard.

Some people act like the government is perfect but that is just stupid. It makes mistakes all the time, it has idiots and believe it or not theres actually people in the government who think they are the boss of you. If the government never abused its powers then why do we have a supreme court? They over turn stuff all the time and guess what? Each time its because someone was unjustly arrested by our own government. Most cops are nice but I bet everyone has also seen overly aggressive cops as well and theres reports of them drawing guns on kids and stuff. Perfect? Far from it.

Thats not a bash against our country and its not a bash against our government, its just the facts. It doesn't matter how ugly the truth is, the truth is still the truth and it should be told. If part of the government is corrupt, that does not mean the entire government is corrupt. If part of the government is corrupt, that doesn't mean the US is corrupt. If part of the government is corrupt that means part of it is out of control and must be dealt with.

The US isn't made up of the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. Its made up of you, your friends and family and your neighbors. Your first loyalty should be to the people not to the government. If your a patriot you do not blindly follow the government where it leads you. If your a patriot you do what is right for the country not the government.

Every other country in the world, the people serve its government. The government grants the people their rights and ultimately they are the ones truely in charge. The US is supposed to be the different. The government is supposed to serve us, we are in control of the government, it does what we tell it to do not what it feels is best for us. The government does not give us our rights, we have them from just being born here and the government can never take them away.