Speak for yourself, Mr. President.

The United States of America is, always has been, and ever will be, the greatest nation on the face of planet Earth.

For an American to go anywhere -- be it his own backyard or the farthest-flung corner of the globe -- and claim differently, is nothing short of treason.

America is exceptional in every way, and not even your unabashed, inexplicable,and completely misplaced disloyalty can change that fact.

No other nation has ever come close to her greatness, and no other nation ever will.

America remains a beacon of hope and freedom for the world.

America is the nation to whom, thoughout her history, other nations have looked for help when they have been in trouble.

America sends its young men and women to protect -- and often die for -- the freedoms of not only its own citizens, but of citizens of countries far from its own shores.

Those of us left behind work and pray and contribute to a free society that has been the model for all others since its conception.

When natural disasters strike around the globe, Americans lead the charge in providing assistance both material and spiritual.

Just because you are not proud of the country that gave you -- a nobody from nowhere -- a world-class education, the means by which to accumulate great personal wealth, and the opportunity to become its commander in chief, and just because you seem eager to strip us of our freedoms and dismantle our precious country plank by plank, doesn't mean that we who pay your salary are duty-bound to agree with you.

Perhaps you should reconsider your statements in light of the fact that you at this moment are traveling in the very lap of prestige, luxury, and security, accompanied by an entourage of 500 people -- one of whom was brought along for the sole purpose of playing basketball with you after hours, and eight of whom are there only to attend to your wife's personal needs.

All on the taxpayer's dime.

You should be bragging on the America that has made this type of lifestyle possible for you, because you enjoy it on the backs of those whose beloved homeland you have seen fit to publicly shame.

With all her many problems -- not the least of which, at the present moment, IS you -- I submit to you with all due respect that America is anything BUT arrogant. Your condemnation does not befit your office and is indeed an embarrassment to those whose interests you claim to represent.

In spite of you and your liberal ilk who would orchestrate her decline in order to enslave her people and gain more power for themselves, America remains a beacon of hope and freedom for the entire world.

Contrary to popular opinion -- including, apparently, yours -- its citizens are industrious, intelligent, intuitive, genuine, funny, adventurous, compassionate, clever, determined, generous, brave, talented, innovative, patriotic, savvy, selfless, and loyal.

So speak for yourself, Mr. President. You do not speak for me or mine. Speak ONLY for yourself.