"Patriotism" is a word, like "worship", that has no meaning to me. My first allegiance is to my concept of Divinity, and because I believe that there is no separation between the creator and the created, I don't see any greater value in one part of creation over another, or in one inhabitant of the creation over another.

I feel very fortunate to be able to have a relatively good standard of living (though I would feel even more fortunate if I had access to medical care), but I know that I could have that (and access to medical care) in some other countries, so I don't see myself as living in the best country in the world... just one of the best when it comes to standard of living. I don't think I feel any freer in the US than I would feel if I lived in any number of other industrialized countries. I definitely feel freer when I'm in Canada than I do here in the US.

But as has been mentioned already, when the country of one's birth is in trouble, sometimes it's better to stick around and help make things better than to go elsewhere and wait for the trouble to catch up with you.