I am grateful to live in this country
We are a nation of immigrants. Except for native Americans, most of us may have been living in other parts of the globe. And when I watch on TV, from the comfort of my living room, the misery Syria and Iraq, at the Southern border, the Ukraine, and other places that are no longer in the news - I am grateful to be living here.
Yes, we complain about the deterioration of the middle class, of the crazy Republicans and the heartless SCOTUS. We complain about NSA, some even complain about spoilers...
But then I think about Nigeria where we no longer hear about all the abducted girls. About Central African Republic, Mali, Darfur, the Congo. The rise of extreme rights in Europe where many go to Syria to "fight" and come back radicalized. In addition, the world is now faced with the largest number of refugees since WWII, I think.
Honestly, I cannot even watch or listen to many of these news. I think that right now only Al Jazeera and a program called Vice report on all these horrible brutality.
So as we celebrate the Fourth of July, with all our cynicism and disillusioned, I am grateful to live here.
Happy Fourth, everyone.
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We do have it damn good compared to most of the world. Thank you grandparents (as scared teenagers) for getting on those boats and settling here a hundred years ago. If they had not done that, I would have spent most of my life under the thumb of the USSR. (Well, I probably would have been someone else, but you know what I mean.)
Happy Fourth, question everything! 
