No I am a Canadian. I have been to America but have never lived there. I much prefer the Canadian approach to democracy, less rhetoric and more social contract but I do accept the the US is one of the world's leading democracies. I think we are too inlcined to expect too much from our governments and not enough from ourselves. As citizens we must not allow our freedoms to be eroded and if they are it is probably because we have allowed it to happen. Am I naieve ?