Now that's a great description and I'm pissed because it was not mine!I AM AN AMERICAN, American by birth - NATIVE TEXAN by the grace of God
"I suppose of there was a bar fight between America and Texas, I'd be on Texas' side"
That's Texan, until some other country tries to join in the bar fight then it's American. Sorta like siblings, we may fight each other but when an outsider tries to fight us we become one again.
Up until the time I retired, in the Great State of Texas, I would have said an American. After settling here I discovered that Texans are unique. They still hold true to values and principles. I am one that says "I was not born here but I got here as fast as I could". I do not care much for the direction our country is and has been going for some years now. We used to be a country of Americans with wonderful influence from the influx of legal immigrants. We are becomming a country of immigrants, both legal and illegal, who want to change this wonderful country to be more like the countries they left. I do not understand that. Too much greed in both the political and business arenas. Too many power grabbers for self satisfaction. I could go on and on but I think you get the idea. God Bless America and Our Brave Troops.