I am an American But Not Proud

Am I an American yes I am. Am I proud to be an American sometimes. Am I proud of our troops yes for they do as they are told, risk their lives with out question, because they were told to as the gods of Washington us Americas people as mere pawns in their self righteous rule. This country is suppose to be the land of the free and yet our politicians hold us in shackles of tyranny as they exploit the people to pad their wallets. We allow the religious right and bigots to crusade against God's children we focus on scandals rather than working to fix our countries budgets, and I remember a time I was taught that going against your president regardless of views was treason, all while politicians make a mockery of the founding fathers & get richer as the poor continues to be kicked out onto the streets starve as we watch this once great country at war w/ herself. The preamble to our constitution says "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." this country needs to get back to the basics show the world what true democracy is or admit defeat and become a second class country because this kindergarten bickering among parties makes this crumbling nation the laughing stock.