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So every time I hear some right winger say that small town values are the most American, I just want to scream, "I'm American too, Motherfucker."  

When exactly did city dwellers become less American?  Not only that, but when did having an education make you less American?  How ridiculous.

Ever since 9/11, anything that isn't American Idol and apple-pie wholesome is anti-American.  Maybe it is because I was still a teenager, but I remember the 90s as a time when it wasn't cool to be cool.  It was the decade of grunge and My So-Called Life.  I had no desire to be popular or to even be friends with popular kids.  I wanted to be like the kids who listened to Marilyn Manson or who read Vonnegut and that seemed to be the norm, at least to a teenager.  There was a celebration of the ugly.  I mean, we all wore sloppy-fitting flannel, and let's be honest, flannel really isn't that flattering on anybody, fitted or not.

Like a lot of people, I'm frustrated.  I'm frustrated that we've allowed the media to abandon journalistic integrity in favor of profit-inducing propaganda.  So, that's what this blog is about, mostly.  It's about a kid of the 90s who was promised the world as long as I got a college degree, but entered a world without opportunity or hope.  It's high time we stood up to the fear-mongers.

We're all American, Motherfucker.