Tomorrow we celebrate our independence from one of Europe's biggest colonial powers. Yet today, our leaders want us to become just like Europe. Whenever someone pushes for change -- in healthcare policy, environmental debates, education, social issues -- they point across the Atlantic and say, "We need to copy them. They have all the answers."
Ironic, isn't it?
What these European wanna-bes don't understand is that Europeans don't want us to become "just like them." Job's brother is here this week from Europe, and he has been impressing upon us what America means to the rest of the world. We are the brash, adventure-loving, devil-may-care cowboys who dared break with tradition -- who stood up to a king and his imperial army -- to shrug off the status quo, to fight for our rights, to find our own way and to fashion a new civilization in the wilderness.
It's been 233 years since our ancestors shook their fists in the face of a king. It was a gesture that not only gave birth to a nation but revived the ideal of democracy.
Since that time, the world has come to recognize the U.S. as a champion of freedom. The world needs us to be a global leader -- not a follower of Europe.
Happy Fourth of July!
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