Thanks, Igor

Igor from Kazakhstan: a real American from elsewhere

By now, you may be familiar with Igor, whom America met on "Undercover Boss", a reality TV show in which corporate executives go "undercover" and meet their employees.

Joe DePinto, CEO of the 7-11 convenience store chain, rode around with Igor, who drives a delivery truck for 7-11 on the Graveyard Shift.

Igor impressed DePinto and charmed America with his gratefulness and optimism, even though all he does is deliver sandwiches and food to the stores on his route.

"You don't how lucky you are", Igor said to DePinto. "I'm so blessed."

Igor is right. We DON'T know how lucky we are not to live in a country where there's no employment and no economy capable of creating such, where stores have no food, where you never know if you'll have a warm bed and a hot meal every day.

Yet we have people that were BORN in this country who believe that they're entitled to "free" college, "free" healthcare, "free" abortions, "free" public transportation... all because they've been indoctrinated into believing these things are guaranteed "rights" under some nebulous concept called "Social Justice".

Igor hit the nail on the head. Even in this rotten depressed economy, we're blessed. We're not torn apart by war, we have plenty of food and shelter, we don't have people starving to death in our streets. We have government agencies and numerous private charities to help the poor and destitute. We're not a perfect country, but we're still a representative republic and not a military dictatorship. We have the means to fix our ills because everybody can participate in the solution.

People like Igor don't come to America with any expectations other than the opportunity to take care of themselves. Just give Igor a chance, and let him run with it.

American Liberals love to moan about the U.S.A. because it hasn't been molded to fit their idea of Utopia. But if you ask a guy like Igor, he'll tell you, compared to where he came from, America IS Utopia.

I heard some liberal caller on a radio talk show whine about how it isn't saying much when you compare America to Kazakhstan.

That caller was WRONG. It's saying A LOT when, even in this crazy world economic situation, AMERICA is the still considered to be the Land Of Opportunity.

Igor is right, We're spoiled.

God bless America.

And God bless YOU, Igor.