Being Proud Of Your Country

Authors note-  I wrote this essay to tell people that I am proud of my country and that they should be to even though there are some downs to our country.  There are many reason which will be listed I the paper.  If this sounds interesting then you better read up.

Have you ever asked yourself if you're  proud of what your country has done?  Well I am.  There are so many things to be proud about.  We have determined that people can almost get anything done if they set their minds to it.  Our country has it’s ups and downs, but it definitely is an amazing country.

  One big thing I noticed is that we are never short of volunteers now.  In World War One and World War Two we were a little, but now we have plenty of skilled soldiers who are willing to die for our country.  That’s having pride in your country.  We have never actually lost a war but the worst that has happened is that we signed a treaty and didn’t win but tied.  Our country is most certainly amazing.   

Our country also bounces back. After 9/11 we didn’t know what to do at first but then we bounced back and declared war with the Taliban.  We have lost many young soldiers who sacrificed their lives for our country and certainly did not deserve to die.   Now many years later since we bounced back now we have killed the man who planned the attack.  Some people disagreed with the celebrations and mini parties people had because this man died.

We are still at war with them though because just killing their leader won’t stop them. We will probably win, because we have way better technology then them.  They mostly have ak47’s, RPG-7’s and suicide bombers that drive cars into the walls of our bases. We have great technology in different places too like a car manufacturer where there are programmed robots to build the cars and computers in schools that help students learn.

Even though I am very proud of my country, I am not proud of all the pollution.  Looking at how much pollution there is this year think of how it will be in five years.   Hopefully by then we will have figured out another natural resource that everyone can afford.  If don’t then our air will be so polluted that we wouldn’t be able to breathe. That will happen within 50 years.  Luckily we have electric cars that some people use.  Not enough people use them because they can’t afford them.  These cars should be way less than they are but that’s something people can’t change.

I am also not very proud of how much money we are losing.  We are in way too much of debt.  One pretty big reason for this is because when countries are having problems they look to us if were allies.  Then we send a bunch of soldiers in and help them out.   We even do that when it's not even our war we just go in and help in the war and lose a lot of money.   One part of this problem actually makes me proud, we don’t just let the other countries off, we always help them out with their problems even though we are still in dept.

All these things make up our amazing country.  Our country is very determined and can get basically anything done.  There are so many more things about our great country, but the USA really is the best country in the world.

Green Bay Packers

Authors note- I wrote this comment to inform people why the packers have the best franchise in history.  Others may think otherwise but won't after they read this so packers fan or not you might want to read this. 

The first rushing touchdown scored in Super Bowl history was scored by the Packers great fullback Jim Taylor.   The Packers have a good team only sometimes.   One year with Brett Favre the Packers stunk.  When he retired and then joined the jets he was still pretty bad, but then the Packers had their new amazing quarterback Aaron Rodgers to lead them to super bowl 45.  The Green Bay Packers have the best franchise team in history

The Green Bay Packers have the record of most world championships.  They have won a total of 13.  The closest team to that is the Chicago Bears with nine.  This proves that the Packers are the best team in NFL history.   Even though they haven’t won more than five super bowls they still are.  All the other teams just have a couple really years and then they win the super bowl.  The Packers have a good super bowl record 4-5.  The other good teams have been in the super bowl about seven times so people will argue that that stuff doesn’t matter.  

The Packers also have a really good defense.  I have never seen the packers let up more than 35 points, but they probably have before when I wasn’t born but I have been watching the Packers for a long time and I knew the first time I saw them play they would be the best team in history.  In the game before super bowl 45 the bears were backed against the wall at their own 18 yard line when their back-up quarterback Hannie threw the ball right into the hands of B.J. Raji, a defensive lineman who was in a special coverage, picked he ball off and lumbered 18 yards for a pick six.  This guy was about 380 pounds and is a amazing athlete. One great reason the Green Bay Packers have a great defense.

Since Brett Favre left the packers they have been very good.  Don’t get me wrong he was really good, but then he got too old and his arm got a little worse and he started throwing a lot of picks and his throws got inaccurate.  That’s when he got smart and retired, and then he got stupid and played for the Jets. Then retired (smart), then he played for the Vikings (stupid). Now he’s retired again.   Now let’s wait and see if he comes back.

With Aaron Rodgers as our quarterback and Finley as a wide receiver we have really good offense.  We don’t usually get sacked that much so we have a good O-line.  Our offense is usually unstoppable.  We can get stuffed when we run and some in-completions. I am still wondering if our offense can carry the Packers to the super bowl let alone win.  But the packers are still the best and I will never turn on them, but why would I need to though since the packers are so good.

One thing I regret doing is liking the Jets with the Packers after Brett Favre retired and went to the Jets.  When he went to the Vikings I completely hated him.  Not only because that the Vikings and Packers are rivals, but because he hasn’t stayed retired too many times and came back.  He was a favorite for a while and yes he was really good.  He has been playing for so long I don’t blame him for having the record for most interceptions.

The Packers most certainly have usually had a good team except in the 70’s.  Still the fans stuck with them because they have the best franchise in the NFL.