America: Where We Hate Our Government and Love Our Country

  America, where we hate our government and love our country. We disdain paying taxes, think our politicians are corrupt, and grew up complaining about everything from the mail service to the moon landing.
   Sometimes, I think we just listened to a little too much John Mellencamp. "Ain't that America somethin' to see . . . Little pink houses for you and me," and, "When I find authority, authority always wins." 
   It's like we internalized those words, and grew up hating our government and blaming it for everything.
   All of which goes against what we think of our nation. Say "our government" and "our nation" and its like you are talking about two different things. Our country is George Washington, freedom, and the American Dream, all of which are wonderful. It is freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and American exceptionalism. No country like it, no nation to compare.