Oh! Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dyin'
I am getting a new passport. I feel I must travel sometime in the near future. I am very tired of the "One Nation Under God" bumper stickers (if you believe in God, then aren't all nations...under?); the Calvin pissing on [insert favorite here: "terrorists", Ford, Chevy, 24, etc.]; and all the other things that bespeak this midwestern oasis of backwardsness. I just don't believe that one can be a good American (whatever that is) without ever looking at your country from the outside.