If you follow Phil on a personal level at all, you'd have to understand that he's not offended by America's manifest destiny, he believes in it! There's a lot of pressure in the political area today to combat the concept of American Exceptionalism. There are many who believe we need to be "held down" or held back because of our successes. Phil states that he must "disown" these "faulted leaders" and continue without apology or shame the "long hard road" of our nations manifest destiny.
Here's a quote from Phil's personal MySpace page:
"Heroes: My father, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Paine, Ronald Regan, Sammy Hagar, Gene Simmons, Dudes And The guy who wrote this - 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. – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
If you follow Phil on a personal level at all, you'd have to understand that he's not offended by America's manifest destiny, he believes in it! There's a lot of pressure in the political area today to combat the concept of American Exceptionalism. There are many who believe we need to be "held down" or held back because of our successes. Phil states that he must "disown" these "faulted leaders" and continue without apology or shame the "long hard road" of our nations manifest destiny.
Here's a quote from Phil's personal MySpace page:
"Heroes: My father, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Paine, Ronald Regan, Sammy Hagar, Gene Simmons, Dudes And The guy who wrote this - 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. – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."