Freedom & Work America 250

Declaration And Choosing To Grow

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When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among them the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's god entitle them. A decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Let me tell you something. Everybody struggles. The difference is some people choose to go through it and some choose to grow through it. The choice is completely yours. Which one you choose will have a very profound effect on the way you live your life. I was about to go all Maryland Monroe right there, and then I realized that I can't hit the high notes not as vocally flexible as I once was.

Midnight Welcome And America 250

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And it is about midnight. Happy birthday, America. Damn you're beautiful. You make 250. Look, oh, so good. What it do? What it do? What it hot did it do? Good Lord. Almighty, am I so excited to be back with you? Oh, it is true. It is damn true. Episode 312, and we together again as friends. For 312 consecutive weeks we have gathered here to spread the good word, to share our gospel, to spread the good positive vibe, to build ourselves a good positive tribe. Three hundred and twelve consecutive weeks. Find all things podcast related at share the struggle podcast dot com. We have what I feel to be a very tremendous streak going of three hundred and twelve consecutive weeks, but that is just a pebble in the ocean compared to the great streak, the streak of greatness that is America, 1776 to July 4th, 2026. 250 bold, beautiful, freedom loving years. Boy, doesn't that bring joy to a patriotic man's ears. Happy birthday, America. The 4th of July is oh so fastly approaching. As this episode drops, it is July as I'm recording it. I'm about nine minutes from July, to be exact. That's right, it's a late start uh to this here podcast. It might be a shorter podcast because today's day started about 5 30 this morning. And uh we're just trying to wrap it up right about meow because I want to make sure that y'all get yourself another consecutive streak, another daily dose, your weekly remedy of positivity for me, this podcast brought to you by the fine folks of Loud Proud American. Which, speaking of Lower Proud American, isn't this just the optimum time, the most beautiful time to be a Loud Proud American? It is a birthday like no other. Of course, we started today's show with a brief little reading from the Declaration of Independence, that one truly amazing document binding you and me and guaranteeing freedoms to each and every one of us. It is a beautiful, beautiful thing. As we're on the verge of July 4th, uh obviously, you know, there's a lot of buildup to America 250. You see the big um, you know, the big state fair that um they're holding in Washington that President Trump's been a part of. And you know, I watch Fox News on the daily, and they're going in and out and showing different states being represented and hearing those things and listening to you know to radios, whether it's talk radio, motivational, uh, you know, influential, whatever you want to look at it, like spiritual, all those different types of talk radio stations. Um, you know, they all mention America 250 and and the importance and and and just the patriotism that's there, and listening to some of the just you know, TV programs kind of talk about the excitement that is America 250. And it's crazy to me to hear so many people that um aren't very excited. And last year I did um a little something going into 4th of July where I played for y'all some um let's just call them uh crazy liberals that were saying the 4th of July is canceled, and we got on the mountaintop and pounded our chest over how proud we are to be Americans, and we're loud and willing to show how proud we are. So we got super excited about the 4th of July, and we kind of counteracted that negative programming last year with our power

Pride Poll Numbers And A Divide

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filled rant. But it's ironic to me, or shall I say, disappointing to me, to um hear some of the stats? I listened to uh some research, some some polls that were taken, and it was among uh registered voters. And the question was how many um what the percentage of registered voters for this poll, right? And these things aren't always completely accurate, but um what percentage of voters say they are proud of the country? So I don't think they're full-blooded committed to being loud proud Americans, they're just proud of the country, okay? They're not beating their chest on the mountaintop like you and me would be doing this weekend. But it's a sad, disappointing number that 53% of voters say they are proud of this country. 53% just over half of the population. What is the other 47% doing here? Is part of my question. They're saying that this is also down five points since last year. So we're going in the wrong direction. Apparently, last year we're talking 58%, nearly 60%. And as sad as this is, it's actually a bit of an upward tick. Because apparently during the Biden administration, it averaged 39 to 45% of people being proud of this country that are registered voters. And um just ticking into some of the details here, obviously the most positive ratings come from Republicans, um, Christians, rural voters. Emphasis on this one whites without a college degree, which I don't know how to put this to everybody, but whites without a college degree. I mean, clearly that's me. I didn't I don't know. Caucasians? I don't know, who knows? Whatever. Um yeah, negative ratings primarily Democrats. Um, and uh I'd say mostly women. And um there's a key term that I've I've learned over the past couple of days is uh overly educated, and um that's the key area that um is not patriotic, right? That's the key area that we are finding in this country that is not patriotic and and um or not proud to be American in general, and I'm I'm putting an emphasis on overly educated, and when you look at the statistics from the survey, and they label um whites without a college education, however they just describe that, so you could just say uneducated whites to overly educated, probably whites, okay? And I only say that because it seems to be all the um crazy left-wing lunatics that I see happen to be uh middle-aged white women mostly, uh, and elderly white folks. So um I'm not I'm not being prejudiced here in any sense, I'm just making an observation, and I think it lines up statistically here, and I think that this comes down to the indoctrine that's been happening in this country over my lifetime. So when you have these people that continue to seek higher education, which I'm not here to downplay education, that's not my point, but I do feel like a lot of times you're subject to um to some peer pressure, you're subject to um an indoctrine. You're you're you're you're just being injected and and corn fed, shall we say, um, these beliefs, these left-wing crazy beliefs. And um for those of us who uh didn't go to college, who couldn't afford college, who uh decided they needed to get out into the real world of college and get themselves uh sweaty and dirty and um just make things happen for themselves to get out into the real world and start working. Those of us who are labeled uneducated because we didn't go to college, getting out into reality, learning for ourselves, understanding, experiencing, and working hard for ourselves, we have a very different outlook on this country, one that allows us to love our country, one that allows us to be proud of our country. And some of the folks that continue to seek higher education, they go to the fancy colleges that just seem to um infiltrate your your common senses. And I think that we have bred a generation of folks that don't want to work for things, they um might work for an education, but they don't believe they should have to go out and get dirty. They don't believe they should go out into the world and work for themselves and to build a name for themselves and a future for themselves. Because over these this past generation, as we're starting to see now in some primaries, and you're starting to see take sweep of this country, and I'm certainly starting to see in my home state, is a socialism communism movement. And that right there, folks, comes from the overly educated because these people have been

Capitalism Versus Communism Explained

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told, taught, raised, fed, and forced to believe that communism is the way to go. Now, from my upbringing in school and learning about US history, I learned there was one thing that was a bipartisan agreement. There was one thing that both sides of the aisle agreed on, Democrats, Republicans, independents alike, all agreed that communism is not for America. In America, we capitalize on opportunity. In America, we take advantage of opportunity. You see, America is built on capitalism, an economic system where private individuals and corporations own the means of production, such as factories, lance, machineries, rather than government planning what is made and at what price. The wealth generation production and pricing are driven by free market forces like supply and demand and competition, all the beautiful things that made America great. Communism, on the other hand, seeks to eliminate private property, social classes, and their profit driven motives. Communism is a political and economic ideology that advocates for classless, stateless society based on the common ownership of the means of production with wealth distributed based on individual needs. Productive resources, mines, factories, farms are publicly and collectively owned rather than held by individuals. You don't get to work for and earn and own your own things. The classless and stateless society, the ultimate goal is to remove social hierarchies and establish a self-governing society where government and currency are no longer necessary. Resources are distributed according to the principle, from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. You lose the ability to strive, dream, achieve, succeed, to shoot for the stars. Those things are taken from you. It is now controlled by government. If any of the things I read to you sound familiar to you, like things that might be happening around you, like uh removing currency, uh, all these people that are running on uh removing big government and all these different things of taking away um, you know, overtaxing businesses, taking back businesses. If you hear what's happening in New York City with Nom Dummy, there's all these crazy things that are happening in America. And I don't really want to come on here and have a political uh rant off about uh communism and capitalism, but what I'm saying is that it needs to be brought to our attention that on the cusp of America's birthday, on the 250th birthday of America, we have this divisive alignment in this country. Communists want to take over and destroy whatever has been built by whichever side of the aisle. This is happening on the cusp of America 250. I'm having this conversation because if this is not stopped, if it is not derailed by November, then America 251's gonna look different, and I can guarantee you that America 300 we won't even recognize. It's crazy to me as I start off this podcast reading from the Declaration of Independence and all that means to this country, and the reason why you and me are here, and the reason why that we continue to leave live free, the reason why we can continue to chase our dreams and to believe and achieve all that's in our hearts, started in 1776. It started by breaking away from government, it started by by working for what we want. To go 250 years forward and have a group of individuals that want to bring us back, that want to change this, is beyond disappointing, it's downright scary. It's crazy to me as we start thinking about uh what's going on around us. One of the biggest things happening right now outside of America 250 is the World Cup. Now, I'm not a soccer fan, I don't claim to be a soccer fan. I haven't even watched one soccer match. I'm sure that's disappointing to a lot of you, but uh I just don't have time. But I I I you know listen to a lot of sports radio, so I hear a lot about it. But what I've seen in this country that's pretty amazing

World Cup Crowds Loving America

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is all these other countries coming here to support their team. The cost for them to get here and um the the ticket prices, like a lot of these World Cup matches, the cheapest ticket in the house, nosebleeds, is like $2,500, three grand for like an awful seat. So think about the cost, think about you know, people traveling all across the country, traveling all across the world to come here for these matches, and then also paying these ticket prices on top of that. But what's amazing is all these other countries that are here to support their team, to support their country, loving every ounce of this beautiful country. You hear from so many other countries how much they love America, you hear them just fully embracing and soaking up all the freedoms and all the amazing things that we have to offer, taking advantage of all the things that we take for granted and loving every second of it. Many people are here from from communist homes, from communist countries, and they see all that America has to offer. When you think of the people that have been flooding our borders for years, coming from the style of government and the way of life running from that, running from that way of life, that suffocating, just just toxic way of living. They risk their life to cross the border to get to America to take advantage of all that we take for granted, to run from their government when we now have an uprising in our own government wanting to take us to communism. These democratic socialists, it isn't socialism, it is communism. They want to destroy America. They want to take all that you ever worked for. Our freedoms are at jeopardy in our own homeland, and it's scary to think that just over fifty percent of the voting population is proud of this country. When people are coming here from all over the world to either be here for the World Cup or to try to cross our borders, to have just a small piece, a brief experience of what you and me take for granted every single day. It's mind-blowing to me. It really truly is. I'm not the most educated. Um, I'm not somebody that would come on here and and and bang on my drum and tell you how smart I am about, you know, economic beliefs and and um laws and government and um all these certain things. I'm not gonna come on here and just claim that I belong on Fox News or some other show. That's not me. I know enough to know what's right and what's wrong. I know enough to have my eyes wide open to what's going on. And it's scary for me living in my state, seeing my state slipping away based off of some of the leadership or potential leadership that we might have in our state. It's mind blowing. One of the biggest

Maine Politics And Title IX Anger

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disgraceful candidates in the history of politics is running for my state, Grand Platter. A Nazi racist, sexist scumbag, basically. Communist scumbag running in my state. These people should have been picked apart long before they were ever primaried in. It's it's unbelievable to me. Absolutely unbelievable to me. There was a big victory today in the Supreme Court upholding Title IX, which protects uh women's sports, keeping men out of women's sports. But you know where it's not gonna come into play? You know where it's not gonna help out Maine. Because our leadership doesn't give two shits about that law. In fact, they had petitions here, signed, got enough signatures to get it on the ballot for the main voters, and Shayna Bellows shot it down and said that she uh couldn't confirm a handful, uh a few hundred, I think it was, names um on this on these signatures of the seventy plus thousand names that are on there. Um they verified that some of the signatures were were false, so it's not gonna make it on the ballot. And uh the Supreme Court ruled. But our state, based off the sorry leadership we have. Mind you, the first female governor for our state refusing to protect females in sports and locker rooms. It's sad. My little state at the tip of the country at the way itty bitty top of the country and the mountains and the trees by the ocean. I can almost feel like it's slipping off into the ocean. Like we're losing control of the fundamentals, the foundation, the values of this great state. We've certainly lost a lot of our people. We've been taken over by other states, and some of the policies and politics that they hated in their own states they brought with them. I'm only sharing this because this is the glass that I have to drink from. This is what I see with my own beauty little eyes. This is what's happening in my hometown, in my surrounding towns. When I think of the 50% of Americans that are proud to be American, that are proud of this country, I know there's a great portion that are in this state that aren't, because it's sad and it's embarrassing. So on the cusp of America's birthday, I think we need to call out the evil in the room. We need to recognize the threat that looms. So it becomes each and every one of our duties to raise the flag high, to celebrate the stars and stripes, to be patriotic, to be bold, to be loud, proud Americans, to be thankful and grateful for the history and the heritage, the optimism and the opportunity, the promises equally as the lack of guarantees. Because the great thing about America is it comes down to you and me. We all wake up with the same opportunity to work, to work for what we want, to dream, to believe, and to achieve all that exists. Because it's all possible, because there's no cap on you and me. Not yet. Many of men and women fought for this country, fought for our freedoms. Far too many paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. To not be proud of our country is a disservice to them. To

The Freedom To Speak And Build

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not be proud of this country is shameful of you. If you can't wake up proud, if you can't wake up thankful, if you can't wake up and count your blessings, then maybe you should wake up somewhere else. Maybe you should pack up, pick up, and ship the hell out. Because I want this conversation to be a positive one, because I want this conversation to be an optimistic one, because I want this conversation to be something that I can specialize in, that I have the ability to speak on without question. I'm gonna relate this to myself and my current situation and my current opportunities, and the dream that I continue to chase because it's because I live in the great country of the USA that I get to get up and chase this dream each and every day. It's because I was born American, it's because I'm a loud, proud American, it's because I have been given the gifts of freedom by all those who sacrificed for me to have the gifts of freedom that I can come on here week after week for 312 weeks and share with you just how it is I feel. Because in a communist country, my voice would be smothered. This conversation would cease to exist. There wouldn't be 312 weeks, there wouldn't be a positive vibe and a positive tribe. I certainly wouldn't have the ability to come on here to call out government, to speak my truth, to give optimism, to give reality. It wouldn't happen. This this doesn't exist. This isn't an option. This is one great thing that I'm proud of, one amazing thing that I'm thankful for, one blessing that I count each and every day. That I get to come on here week after week and I can talk to you just like we're talking right now. And because of this conversation, by the power of the internet and social media, you can reach out to me and we can further the conversation and we can we can build a relationship. These are beautiful, amazing freedoms that are given to each and every one of us. Any one of you listening can do the same thing and turn on your own microphone and push record and share your own story, your thoughts, beliefs, hopes, dreams, and aspirations. That's one beautiful thing about this amazing country that we get to live in. And another thing that's amazingly beautiful to me is the fact that I get to chase my dream each and every day. Today just happens to be a great day because I got up this morning, I smelled the fresh air, I did my barn chores, spent time with my animals, spent time with my family, with my lovely wife, my beautiful baby, and

Fairgrounds Patriotism And Small Business

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then I loaded up the truck, hitched up the trailer, picked up my mom at work, and we headed two hours north up to Central Maine to the Clinton Fairgrounds, and I'm setting up for the Central Maine 4th of July spectacular because I am going to ring in America's 250th, surrounded by thousands of amazing blue-collared patriots that are proud to be Americans. There might only be 52% of us that are proud, but I can guarantee you, all 2,000 that are going to be around me this weekend, I'm 100% proud. When I turned off the interstate today and I got into that small town of Clinton, every light pole I went past, every tall tree I went past had a poster. It had a banner of military members from that town. All these military members, their faces, their stories, their names, celebrating, cherishing their legacies and their lives, their commitments and their sacrifices. Tons of banners. It was amazing. As I rolled up to the fairgrounds, it was lined with red, white, and blue. It was lined with beautiful American flags, 76 of them to be exact, in honor of 1776. I rolled into some fairgrounds. I saw fellow fair vendors out there that I love to spend time with. I was welcomed and helped to get into this event by Matt and Sarah Perkins from Ledgeway Farm. Their stand was already there. I was talking with Kevin, the organizer, me and my mom were out in this field, and we're just talking about small business. We're talking about the future. We're talking about how he's helping charity and he's helping small business, and he's focusing on main small business and giving us an opportunity to earn money, to support our families, to feed our families. He's talking about the history of his family, how his grandfather was a vendor, how his father was a dairy farmer, and they owned ice cream stands and all these vending stands, and they've sold Amish furniture, and now he has an Amish uh shed making uh business that's very successful. These stories, these successes, those things, his story, that opportunity, those things I heard today doesn't happen in a communism America. It doesn't happen. It happens in this capitalism America that we live in, that we get to live in. I heard his success stories. I'm surrounded by other success stories. I'm surrounded by other Americans chasing their dream, their American dream, building and raising their brands and their businesses, providing for their families. Here I am setting up at this fairgrounds on the cusp of America's 250th, gonna ring it in with a spectacular fireworks display with my family, surrounded by Patriots. I am so damn excited to be surrounded by loud, proud Americans ringing in America's birthday. I am so ready for this weekend. And as I start to draw the parallels and write down the connections between their stories and mine, as we think about America and some of the great freedoms and opportunities that we have, last week for me was a great week for me and my business and my brand chasing this dream that I set for myself to help bring back American manufacturing,

Starting Loud Proud American From Zero

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to work with and provide only American-made products, to bring back American jobs, to have pride in our country, to support our neighbors, and to celebrate the spirit that makes America beautiful. I started Loud Proud American six years ago. And I remember starting this business with a hope and a dream and without a clue, with very little education, not much money, but a lot of passion. And I started this brand and I remember my first event. I remember a black 10-foot by 10-foot canopy. I remember smothering as much product into that tent as I possibly could and sitting out on black top and just sweltering in the sun and the heat trying to pedal my goods. I remember. I remember my first event. I remember all the challenges coming towards those events. I remember all the challenges that I've faced as I've scaled my business. Last weekend was an amazing moment for my business. If you might have gathered for me that I'm a lifelong redneck, that I'm as patriotic as can be. I love sports, power sports, competition, adrenaline, all of it. I grew up a major NASCAR fan. I still remember the very first time I went to a NASCAR race. I remember going with my brother-in-law. I was just a young buck and he brought me to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. I remember the feeling as those cars ripped around the track, the feeling that I put in my chest and my heart, the thunder, the roar, the vibration. I remember all of it. This past weekend I had the opportunity to be a vendor at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for a car show. I remember this weekend rolling up to the event and asking my wife, can you please video this moment? Can you video the signs for the track as we're pulling in? Can you video as we're working through the lines of traffic, as we come up on the grandstands? Can you video as we go through the tunnel into the infield? Because I was set up in the infield, right next to the pit boxes. Can you video this for me? Because as a young boy, I idolized Dale Earnhardt. And for me to get to go to work through the same tunnel for three days that my idol went to work through many times himself, that common ground, a very big difference, but some common ground, a dream. He was chasing his dream with his passion. He was inspiring millions across the country. I remember going to that track to watch Dale Earnhardt. I know he went through those tunnels. I went through that same tunnel on my way to work. This time holding hands with my wife, with my beautiful baby girl in the back. To think about all the amazing things that my little girl has been able to see and experience before the age of two is incredible. And that's because of America. That's because of this country. That's because of the freedoms, because of the sacrifices, because of the opportunities. It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing to me. In the past few months, my little girl has been playing in the infield of a NASCAR track where legends live. She's been in and out of mud rigs, watching four by four mud racing. She's been to fairs, she's been to moose lotteries. She's done all these amazing things. Why and how? Because she's one of the fortunate ones.

NASCAR Weekend And A Dream Realized

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Who for the first time when she opened her eyes, she was on this amazing American soil. Because she was born in America. She was born a loud, proud American. She was born to two amazing, patriotic, red, white, and blue, loving parents. How do you do? My little girl hit the jackpot because she was born in America. Just like all of you listening, or most of you listening, you were born in America. You're fortunate. I would say born in the USA and go into a theme song, but Bruce Springsteen sold us out too. He's one of the forty-eight percent. The truth is we don't realize how fortunate we are. This weekend I took time to realize how fortunate I am. I took time to realize not only am I chasing my dreams, I'm living them. On Sunday, I walked up to the top of the track, to this big hill, and I looked down, and it's clear as day. Big, bold, and beautiful. One of the brightest, most eye-popping things you could see was our tent. It was our display. When I rolled in to the track and I asked my wife to video, I came up to the first security guard, employee, attendant, whatever you want to describe them, with a two-way radio. And I came up and I said, Yeah, I'm um vendor number 20 looking for check-in. I knew my vendor spot number, and uh, she radioed ahead, and they said, Um, as she said, number 20, instantly the guard responded back, is that loudproud American? And she said, she reaches in and goes, You loudbrot American? I said, Yep. And he said, Um, yeah, um, there we he's waiting for you. Go drive down towards the tunnel. So I started driving, and somebody else comes up to the truck on an ATV, and I put the window down. He leans in and goes, Loud Proud American, yay! I know you. And uh, he's the promoter, he's the head organizer. And then a little bit way a little ways away, and uh in eye distance there, there's another ATV. And this uh gentleman's name, his it's Anthony, so this is Chris, and Anthony Anthony stands up and says, Is that loud proud American? They knew who we were. They knew who we were. Like we here we are rolling into this NASCAR track, intimidated but excited. And then the third person or the second person run into, they know who we are. Bring us directly to our spot. We start to get uh unloaded, and Allie was talking with one of them, and uh I purchased a 20-foot space, it was 20 feet wide and 20 feet deep, but the vendor next to me was getting moved around, and there was some some negative space. So Allie went over and talked to him and said, you know, we can make this look better, we can stretch out. So we put our tents, in the words of my good friend Ron, side by each. 40 feet. I had 40 feet of curb appeal. I've never had 40 foot display, ever. It looked incredible. It went on for days. From sea to shining sea, it went on. We literally were unpacking our stuff, just getting ready to get started, like literally pulling the small stuff out just to get to the tent. And we look over, and there's a couple walking on the curb, all walking a dog, and one of them is wearing a loud, proud American midnight hammer t-shirt. And I yelled over, hey, nice shirt. And now he was like, I don't think he heard you, and I yell it again and again, and finally he turns around and I said, Nice shirt. Oh, thanks. And then I said, We made it. And they were like, What? You made it? Oh, you guys go to the Freiburg Fair? Oh wow, we'll have to come over and see ya. I didn't know who these people were, man. Two organizers knew who we were. Obviously they're doing their job, right? They're recognizing their vendors. And then a complete stranger's walking by wearing one of our shirts. And you flash to the end of the event, and I'm on the mountaintop. I'm up the tie, high, high top of the track, and I'm looking down. And one of the first things you see, one of the most recognizable things you see, is that loud, proud American 40 foot old glory, red, white, and blue display. And I look around from the top, me and my baby girl, and I'm watching from the top, watching my wife work, mind you. Doing a great job, honey. And uh I just took it in. I just stopped and and took in the moment. Because from that view, from that top view, I realized in that moment we were one of the most impressive and one of the biggest vendors for the entire event. There were some vendors out there that had big trailers and expensive displays. Ours was expensive too, but theirs was certainly more expensive. There's some of those, but we competed with those. And if I was going to list anybody, a bipartisan list of the five best displays, the five vendors who appear to be the largest five vendors of the entire event, we 100% would have been in the top five. That folks is incredible. As we were packing up on Sunday, there was a um I guess I should do a better job describing this. There's these NASCAR like pace trucks, basically. They're track trucks. These I think they're Toyotas and they're all wrapped with um New Hampshire Motor Speedway graphics, and they tote these these big wagons, these big trailers with benches and tables because they're accustomed to um hauling people from you know a mile or so back to get to the track for NASCAR races. So they're using it to help people get from you know from the parking lot, from the tunnels, to the vendors, to the cars, and they kept unloading right in front of our tent. Like we were one of the rest stops where they would let people off. When I was closing on Sunday, a truck and trailer went by with only a couple people in it, and they asked to jump off. And when they got off, they came in and they bought a couple of items and they came over and was talking to me and Allie, and they said they were from Hawaii. And he's in town, he's working at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and they saw our stuff when they were driving by, and he was telling his wife how much he liked something, and she said, When are you gonna see them again? It's not the same thing to buy it online, like you can go meet them and and touch it and hold it and buy it and own it right now. You can only get this now. So they asked him to take another loop around and they dropped them off right at our tent and they came in and bought some stuff, and since then they've commented um on our uh Facebook page, but they're from Hawaii. And you think about the outreach, and you think about the people that we're meeting and touching and connecting with. I'm chasing my dream. And this weekend I slowed down to realize we're living in our dream. We need to celebrate what's happening to us and for us and around us. And that's available to all of us because all of us are Americans. We are fortunate.

Gratitude For America And Final Challenge

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We are the fortunate ones to be born and bred American. So as the Fourth of July is upon us, as America 250 happens, whatever you decide to do, whatever it is that you're doing with your family, whether you're watching fireworks, whether you're flipping burgers, you're popping tops, or you got your toes up in front of the TV screen, I beg of you to take the time to be thankful, to count your blessings, to celebrate your opportunities, your freedoms, your accomplishments, all you've worked for, all you've earned, and all you can wake up and work and earn for tomorrow. We are blessed and I am thankful. I'm so thankful to be American and I'm so thankful that you have been supporting my American dream. Now go wash your friggin' hands, you filthy savage. Oh yeah, it's almost one in the morning. I love ya, gotta edit. Happy birthday, America. That's it, and that's all, Biggie Smalls. If you're allowed proud American and you find yourself just talking more, find me on YouTube and Facebook at all proud American Facebook. If you're fancy Ram Crack, you want to find me on Instagram, crawl, ticket topic on the TikTok, you can find me on all of those cloud underscore crowds underscore things on the dust cruckers on the background thing. Never lost your fucking hands, you filthy savage.