So, we have a newcomer that acheives celebrity status, that is known to be on the cutting edge of exciting advancements, and that made notable contributions to assist other countries out of troublesome situations.

This leads to a mythos, a body of beliefs about America that weren’t necessarily true. However, since the US internalized these myths, they started to behave in accordance. As the world believed them to be courageous and reputable, so they believed. With the power of this honorable reputation, the mainstream culture shaped itself to be worthy of the myth.

Well, the celebrity newcomer is a bit haggard now, after some bouts of addiction and some serious lack of exercise… we are like a prize-winning fighter stepping into the ring after years of easy living. We’re getting our @$$ handed to us and just can’t understand why! We became lazy, and even lazier people took advantage of our laziness to skim off the top, using corrupt means to gain power.

Hopefully America realizes we are no longer the charming celebrity we once were. We need to get into rehab, get off our @r$3$ and stop allowing others to take advantage of us while we lazily lay about basking in our former glory.