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I'm a third generation American, grand son of Polish and Slovak shoe makers, and Irish and German farmers. And I consider myself 100% American. Muslims do appear to have a harder time assimilating into American culture, but that could very well be because they come from such different countries. I'm not too worried about that, but it does need to watched. immigrants are the back bone of America. Seems to me after 3 or 4 generations, Americans seem to become more interested in entitlements than working their ass off to get some where. Immigrants usually don't do that. They're just damn glad to be not where they were.

America's industrial might is, in my opinion, not really all that important. The true greatness of America isn't in industry, it's in the entrepreneurial spirit in the individual American citizen. Each and every one of us Americans, working on our own ideas to help ourselves, is the great American collective power. That, in my opinion is our greatest strength. It's not what we can do now, its what we're planning to do tomorrow.

And, while I'm a Sci-Fi fan, unless scientists can figure out some way to make it economical – i.e. pay for itself, I'm not all that interested in major space exploration. The moon race was based on showing the Russians, we could do it faster, better. We did that. Now what's the benefit?

Show me a benefit, and I'm all for it. Just to say we did it because we could, then find some one else to pay for it. My taxes are high enough.

My definition of the Great Silent Majority of America is simply those people, who surround us every day. They go to work, they raise their families, they worship in what ever form they choose, and they generally don't complain. They vote, but they're generally not overly political. And they only come to pop culture's attention, when there's a need.

In other words, they're not out there trying to make waves, but if waves need making, they are ready, willing and able to do so.

I don't think we disagree on the facts. I think our definitions of wonderful Americans are very different.

"These clowns aren't out there making America work, so it has to be some one else."

Making America work?

Our demographics are declining, in 50 years we will have huge numbers of Muslims, both immigrants and 2nd generations. Atheism is on the rise among the Christian population, and Americans are having less and less kids. The world increasingly relies on us for all its military support, we are spiraling into debt, we haven't had a leader with backbone for at least 22 years,
a majority of the American people voted in Obama, and a plurality of Republicans nominated George Bush, the reason we have Obama now…

American Industrial Might is being destroyed because "Blue Collar" workers want to retire when they are 40! Our society as a whole is having less and less toleration for any bloodshed overseas, we have not been tested in a major war for the last 40 years, we have failed to embrace Nuclear power or natural gas…and since landing on the moon the government and the general public has not endorsed any major space exploration

To put it simply: We are Doomed…

Well maybe not, there's always Hope…and Change…