"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but
won't cross the street to vote in a national election." - Bill Vaughan
We whip an enemy in battle, then give them the shirt off our backs.
"It is often easier to fight for principles
than to live up to them." - Adlai Stevenson
We yell for the Government to balance the budget, then take the last
dime we have to make the down payment on a car that will take 5 years to pay off.
We demand speed laws that will stop fast driving, then won't buy a car
if it can't go over 100 miles an hour.
We know the line-up of every baseball team in the American and National
Leagues but mumble through half the words in the "Star Spangled Banner".
We'll spend half a day looking for vitamin pills to make us live longer,
then drive 90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make up for lost time.
We will work hard on a farm so we can move into town where we can make
more money so we can move back to the farm.
We get upset we're spending over a billion dollars for education,
but spend
three billion dollars a year for cigarettes.
In the office we talk about baseball, shopping or fishing, but when we are
out at the game, the mall or on the lake, we talk about business.
We have more experts on marriage than any other country in the world
and still have more divorces.
We're the country that has more food to eat than any other country in
the world and more diets to keep us from eating it.
