(From an E-Mail Letter I received from Barry Loudermilk, one of our more passionate compatriots.)

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma School officials removed "God Bless America" signs from their schools soon after the federal building in that state was bombed for fear that someone might be offended. Channel 12 News in Long Island, New York, ordered their flags removed from the newsroom and red, white, and blue ribbons removed from the lapels of their reporters. Why? Because, since they felt that our nations flag might give the appearance that "they lean one way or another", management did not want to appear wishy-washy. Berkeley, California banned U.S. Flags from being displayed on city fire trucks because they didn't want to offend anyone in the community. In an "act of tolerance" the head of the public library at Florida Gulf Coast University ordered all "Proud to be an American" signs removed so as to not offend international students.

I, for one, was then quite disturbed by the actions taken before by our so-called American citizens avoiding an open display of their patriotism treating it like a horrific disease. And, I was tired of my nation worrying about whether or not we were offending some individual or their culture. However, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, my patriotic faith in my fellow Americans has returned. A tremendous surge, like a tidal wave, has swelled in the hearts of the majority of Americans. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled in New York and Washington D.C. when the "politically correct" crowd again began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others.

As an American, I have the right to be demonstrative about our patriotism. I have the right to wave my flag, sing my national anthem, quote my national motto, and cite my pledge whenever and wherever I choose. If the Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet.

As yours is, the American culture is our way of life. While still young, our heritage, our culture is ground into us as yours is. We are proud of it, happy with and we have no desire to change it. We are Americans! And, like it or not, this is our country, our land, and our lifestyle.

Our First Amendment gives every citizen the right to express his opinion about our government, culture, or society. Because that is our right, we don't deny you that same opportunity. But after you have done with your complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great American freedom -- "the right to leave!"

EDITOR'S NOTE:
As from Barry Loudermilk, who wrote the above piece, we have gotten long and short e-mails from irate people all over the world expressing their feelings from sympathy outright anger over our September Eleventh Disaster. Our future generations and we Americans have suffered a one-blow massacre that we will never reconcile with. The event will not only be forever imbedded in our country's history but we will say and write billions upon billions of words about it and never come to a logical answer for its occurrence.