And Another Thing: AMERICA WORKS!

And another thing: AMERICA WORKS. Quit pretending it doesn't, with your smarty-tarty observational style and your "oh, so that's what this is, then?"

The U.S.A. is the bulwark that stands right smack at the crossroads of what the modern world is and can become, if only the world could swallow its pride and follow the signpost that we leave behind. It's not too late for the rest of the world! Not too late for it to join in the wild hayride of democracy and score a sweet slice of our hot apple pie while they're at it!

Our system of thought and practice based on freedom and liberty is the ONLY system that will work in the end, and it's the only system that other nations should even be allowed to practice. Far better that we should invade now, than that they should continue to go about their misguided business in some outmoded way that we've already long since proved doesn't work for us.

America! God bless it long and hard! Sing ye, Washington! Sing ye, Jefferson! Adams, Lincoln, Polk - their names stride and strut down that fabled lane of history reserved for Presidents Only. They look down back at us from a misty vantage, stretching out their sepulchral hands in a gesture that says, "come on. I'll help show you the way."

It's time for us to stop hogging that example all to ourselves - it's time for the other nations of the world to heed that same call.