Hey guys, happy 4th of July. This is just a little mini shout out to the United States of America

as we are celebrating its independence. Today, I'm a very patriotic person. I still cry when I sing

the national anthem at a baseball game and even sometimes the Pledge of Allegiance. I just love

that I'm so grateful for the ideas and ideals upon which we were founded. You don't have to tell

me that we are not a perfect country, that we have not been a perfect country, that injustices

have been perpetuated throughout our history, that injustices are still unfortunately perpetrated,

perpetuated today. We have learned probably more than ever over the past few years how corrupt so

many of our leaders are. Our bureaucratic state has turned itself in many ways against its own

people. And so I celebrated America not because she's perfect, not because she does no wrong, not

because there aren't some really, really big things to change and to fight for. But because I

believe that the values upon which we were established are the greatest values that a country could be

founded on. The idea that all men were created equal, the idea of inherent rights that come from

a creator whose authority is transcendent and supreme and above the government, the idea of self-governance,

a freedom of speech, of freedom of religion. There is no other country in the world that has champion

these things as well as the United States has. And it takes vigilance, it takes dedication, it takes

commitment on our part to make sure that we are keeping those things. I mean, it takes really a

constant struggle to ensure that liberty is passed down from one generation to the next.

And I understand we feel constantly on our side of the aisle that it's slipping through our

fingers like the powers that be who are pushing against this liberty and against these

founding values and principles are so strong and are so unbeatable. And yet we have a duty as

citizens of the United States as people that God has providentially placed in this country to do

everything we can to defend those rights and to advocate for those rights. God has placed us here

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