How I Feel After the Olympics

Some people look at a flag, swaying in the breeze of the White House and say, "That's America." Whenever I see an American flag hung in a window of a basement apartment by guys who have better things to do with their money than buy curtains, I say, "That's America, to me." The one thing I am sure of is, if I'm standing in a warehouse beside a timeclock, and a guy is punching in his best friend who's too hungover to get out of bed, I'm standing in America. The makeover capital of the world. The place where every young man has to answer in his heart the question: What do you love more, your girlfriend, or your car? Where that young man can buy a beat-up car for three hundred dollars, but have to spend a thousand to insure it. The land where even a paperboy can option the film rights to a book. America. In America, a woman on an assembly line works out her overtime in her head to infinity, and at the exact same moment, her husband gets into a car crash because he was looking at a girl in a tube top. America. A land where spelling doesn't count, but people's pets do. Where else can you get a job riding a whale at marineland? The land where a guy's girlfriend breaks up with him over the phone, so he takes a gun, and kills the principal. Everyone's sad until they get the day off. Next week, another guy, another gal, another, "We can still be friends" phone call. Whuh-oh! The *assistant* principal gets killed. And everyone is sad because they *don't* get the day off. Because he was only the assistant principal. America. A land of opportunity. Yes, that great lumbering beast that journeys tirelessly and stops only to eat a clubouse sandwich, pick its teeth with a matchbook cover, and fall asleep with the tv on. America. A place for Americans. A place for people like Bode Miller (Biggest.Olympic.Disapointment.Ever!) Lindsey Jacobellis (Win the race FIRST, then celebrate.) and Chad Hedrick. (Yet another Texan angry at a black man for a dumbass reason.) The blame for this needs to be spread all around. I mean America, quite frankly, we are the laziest nation/genration of Americans, as a whole, ever. Did you know that in a USA Today poll released recently, 21% of Americans hope to recieve the money for their retirment via winning the lottery! THE LOTTERY!!! And we wonder why we just expect to show up to The Olympics and have the medals given to us. (2004 Men's Basketball team, 2006 USA Hockey team, Bode Miller, I am looking at you...) I look at President Bush too. (Note: Voted for him, and don't regret it, I would do it again today.) Where was he? I mean when I am President of the United States (Remember Wagner for President in 2020) I am going to be front row, Spike Lee at MSG stlye, at every event I can get to. The President needs to be a motivator. By motivating our citizens, it would do more for our nation then any bill or tax cut...