So I'm having some trouble understanding all the hooplah involved around Michelle Obama's comments on America. Sure, she said it was the first time in her adult life that she was proud of her country. What's the problem there? This country has brought most of its problems on itself. And when I say "country", I mean our government. Regular people like you and me have no role in the decisions we make. Michelle Obama falls into that category. Yes, republicans say that since she's on the campaign trail she's fair game to be attacked. I disagree. From my understanding, Cindy McCain has been on the campaign trail with her husband, republican candidate John McCain, and even given a few speeches to his supporters in the process. But no one talks about how she was a crackhead. I mean honestly, the woman stole medication from her own organization in order to feed her own personal addiction. But no one mentions that. I have no "beef" with Cindy McCain personally, but I believe if you're going to bag on Obama's wife for comments she's made, then it would only be natural to investigate "the other woman" involved in this. Her comments were blown way out of proportion to make her seem like she was un-patriotic or "ungrateful" for what America has given her, as one conservative put it. Yes, she did get a first class education at Princeton but that was because of her hard work and dedication. Anyone who's an American knows that nothing in this country is "given" to you. And for the other comments she made about how America is evil or something along those lines, lets take a minute to examine this country...

We went into a war under false pretenses, and invaded a country in the middle east based on false intelligence. We destroyed a countries infrastructure in order to gain monetarily. It wasn't to liberate the Iraqi people, or even to remove Saddam Hussein. It was to get oil. We spend something like 10 billion dollars a day in Iraq when public schools in Baltimore, and many other inner cities, don't have enough money to properly educate our future leaders. Its so much more than being proud of a country, but being proud of our leaders. Our leaders are the people that decide on our image, and so far, they aren't doing a very good job.

So in conclusion, I would just like to say that, before you point fingers at someone else, take a second to look at what you've done. I just love how Cindy talks about Michelle's comments. I quietly laugh inside while I ask myself, "Did she snort them, or swallow?" I still debate with myself on that.