They're not my crooks crockett.. But yes they are better than "yours". And the hostility? Like I said, come see and live what I've seen and lived and you'll know there can be no compromise on these matters. None, ever. Socialism is poison for human Happiness. There can be no compromise. Nothing can come ahead of the strive for being the best you can be, of people being all they can be... Not just sitting on their bellybutton and letting the status quo current carry them from birth to grave. That means individualism (I could argue this but that's the short of it). That means no masking welfare bloated social programs, none of that poop.
And not living in the US yet.. I've spent 6 years there, the best in my whole life. My whole family is over there, either born american or naturalized. I've studied american history and government literaly, I've lived and traveled the country quite a bit, seeing the country for what it really is, not just some shallow touring. I have friends in more than a dozen labs, friends in academia and friends living in the countryside in the middle of nowhere.. I have an adoptive grandfather that's a VN and Korea vet.. I know what I'm talking about.
Like it or not I'm coming over there and God help me, I'll do what seems right (I'm already voting by proxy.. My step brother is also my godson.).. Laugh it up if you think it's funny. I think it's going to be Good, with a capital G.