American Shame.

There is one man that I know of who strives for the American dream, the real American dream. I've seen countless folks who vote, who openly wear patriot pins, who advertises their political bias or tries to voice their support for the troops overseas by way of bumper stickers, and i've certainly seen my fair share of green lawns and picket fences, mortgaged and bought with that very intention of living the so-called American dream. Such are examples shallow and verbal patriotism.

But I know this man, a man without U.S. citizenship, who is living the American dream. He loves America and is passionate and even patriotic to its flag (if that is even possible) and more than any American I know.

Just a little background without going into deep details - he was raised in the poorest of countries, saw people die in front of his eyes, lived in tremendous debt from educational American loans, lived in an American subway station for several days with a wife and kids out of desperation, is a muslim, hates Osama Bin Laden with a much more visceral passion than probably most Americans.

That was years ago. Today he makes about $200,000 annually. And he works hard to earn it. And he works like this, like a dog, like a work-horse, because he knows it can all be taken away and leave his family back to the gutters. His story is a story of Forest Gump calibre. And like Forest he has many outstanding accomplishments, many of which many Americans can not claim.

The end.