WHAT CONSTITUTES AN AMERICAN?
Inasmuch as the readers of this blog seem to want to comment about what, to them, is America or who is an American, here is your chance to indicate the specifics you use in that regard. Simply comment here and voice your opinion. Be as specific as you can be. Here are some guidelines, but use your own definitions...
What is an American?
How does an American differ from a European or Asian or African or Australian or South American?
There are some common definitions about who an American is that are often disputed. Agree or not?
How do you disagree with some of the common uses of identifying an American?
Use commentaries, if you wish, related to race, religion, ethnicity, geography, status, parents, etc.
Should all Americans have equal access to the same things such as health care, unemployment benefits, retirement benefits, basic standard of living, home location, police protection, schools, fire protection, safety, human rights, dignity, etc.?
Which Americans should be given the power to declare war?
Here are some names that may jump-start your thoughts about what constitutes an American to you:
Muhammed Ali...Jeffrey Dahmer...Roberto Clemente...Anne Murray...Wayne Gretzky...David Beckham... Timothy McVeigh...Arnold Schwarzenegger...Albert Einstein...Werner von Braun...Shirhan-Sirhan...Lee Harvey Oswald...Jack Ruby...Mata Hari...Caesar Chavez...Ethel Rosenberg...John Wayne...Maurice Chevelier...Baron von Steuben...Barack Obama...Sarah Ferguson...Martina Navatralova...Estee Lauder...Peter Jennings...James Earl Ray...Mickey Mouse...Martin Luther King...Christopher Columbus...Norman Thomas...Bill Gates...David Duke...Pat Robertson...Jesse Helms...Charles Lindbergh...Henry Ford...Nathan Bedford Forrest...John Wilkes Booth...Sarah Palin...George Wallace...Father Coughlin...Jesse Helms...Aaron Burr...Sitting Bull...Betty Crocker...Jimmy Swaggart...Alfred Hitchcock...Golda Meir...Nicole Kidman...Stan Laurel...Paul Bunyan...Al Capone
Should all Americans be seen as "patriotic"?
