Happy Agnostic

"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution." -Thomas Jefferson
"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -James Madison
"Patriotism is not obedience to government, but obedience to the principles for which government is supposed to stand." — H. Zinn
Thomas Paine
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad; but the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
Who am I? Are you sure you want to know? If somebody told you I was your average, ordinary guy without a care in the world, somebody lied.
I love my America very much. I believe I live in the greatest country in the world, or that the world has ever seen. I am proud to be a citizen. I believe strongly in our constitution and understand deeply the challenges of modern life in exercising those principles embedded within our Constitution. I also deeply believe in the limited government, established to secure inalienable rights (Bill of Rights) and to secure our liberties to own property and to live as we see fit while being responsible for our actions. As American citizens, it is our responsibility and duty to make sure and hold accountable our government to those founding principles. When modern politics becomes challenging, as it relates to government, the Constitution establishes the amendment clause in article V to follow for such needed changes, provided that those amendments continue the intention of limited government and individual liberty. This has not been the case, i.e. 14th & 16th amendments. American government simply does what it wants to, shunning the limitations founded within the Constitution and this tyranny has spit in the face of the men and women who have sacrified their lives for freedom as it is established in the intention of our founding. Office holders have evaded their oaths and have done as they pleased, all in the name of security over freedom. Well now we see what is happening. Greed for riches, power and namesake have hijacked our founding principles. If the Constitution defines what and how government will work in America and that government chooses not to abide by those restrictions, then it is no longer American government, but has become a foreign foe. Now the people must rise up and change it, or lose everything. Our Government's response to true patriotism is that we are radically ignorant of what is really going on and that we are mentally unstable while only doing harm to our country's efforts. Don't believe this for a second. Educate yourself and learn what being an American citizen truly is about. Study the founding, the documents, the arguments, the histories, all of it. Then compare and contrast to today. You will be shaken.
Life is a journey. We are who we are based upon the relationships we are in. Ideas like morality, truth, meaning and purpose are subjective and are social conventions dependant upon language and who is in power.
The understanding that god consciousness, or the creation of religious dogma, is a stage within the scope of human evolution in no way nullifies the fact that such a god consciousness is necessary for establishing ethical behavior. The negation of proof for an external source for our morality proves in and of itself that our ethical perspectives are merely subjective.
I agree with Protagarus, that mankind is the measure of all things. That is, the world we live in and everything we come to experience in it, is the product of our own mental machinary. The challenge is to get beyond it, to think for yourself and to understand that language is not a genuine representation of the world. So if life is not good for you, change it. Part of the meaning of life for me is to continually recreate myself.