Life As An American I

"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight
for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in
a national election." - Bill Vaughan

We yell for the Government to balance the budget,
then take the last dime we have to make the down
payment on a car that will take 5 years to pay off.

We demand speed laws that will stop fast driving,
then won't buy a car if it can't go over 100 miles an hour.

We know the line-up of every baseball team in the
American and National Leagues but mumble through half
the words in the "Star Spangled Banner".

We'll spend half a day looking for vitamin pills to make
us live longer, then drive 90 miles an hour on slick
pavement to make up for lost time.

We tie up our dog while letting our sixteen year old
son run wild.