[Growler]

I think the American Dream is just that: The Dream of American(s). We all have our own definitions of what our dream is, and no matter what people on the left, the right, the North or the South might say, we all DO have the option to pursue it. Yes, even today.

Is it hard work? Hell yeah, it is. Maybe even harder than it once was.

But it IS still possible - if people start taking responsibility for their past choices, and start looking at consequences of future ones from the perspective of being solely responsible for them. Instead of the culture of blame, where bad things are always someone else's fault, we need a culture of accountability, where my successes are mine, AND my failures - are mine, too. We have become too success-driven, and don't tolerate failures - even when it is the failures that will eventually create the successes. We're too metric driven and not enough idea-driven anymore.