America

After eight years of feeling that America was lost, of being embarrassed by my government - ashamed of the pushy fundamentalism; the incompetence and dishonesty; the cruelty, arrogance, corruption and bigotry, that comprised the governing model of the Bush White House, the K-Street Congressional machine, and their Evangelical political base - it is good to feel proud again of America.

Michelle Obama could have said it better, but I think I know what she meant. It hasn't felt this good to be an American in a long time.