America...Hated It?
In a recent on going online discussion on another website the allegation was made and I paraphrase that most of the world hates us. Others made the valid point that why does everyone want to come her and live and make a better life for themselves? Others did not believe this to be true.

Well in keeping with the spirit of the NCAA Championship that will air tonight on CBS at 9pm (EST), here is a some thoughts on being blessed to live in America from Connecticut's star center and Nigerian immigrant Emeka Okafor in the Chicago Sun Times:

"Such single-minded determination comes as no surprise to anyone who knows that those traits are gifts from his parents. His father, Pius, is a Nigerian immigrant who enlisted at age 17 to fight in that country's civil war so he could eat, since there was no food in the refugee camp his father's family called home for 30 months.
''Knowing that my dad's high school education was interrupted by a civil war and they weren't sure whether they were going to eat the next day, much less graduate,'' Okafor said, ''and here I am in the United States wondering what I'm going to get for Christmas. ... It has given me a perspective on everything.''
After the war ended, Pius moved to the United States. He eventually settled in Houston, where he pumped gas at night so he could go to school and earn a degree, which would be followed by masters in business and accounting. He currently is working on a doctorate in pharmacy.
Okafor's mother, Celestina, is a nurse. So, education was impressed upon honors student Emeka at an early age -- so much so that he once cried after receiving a ''B'' on his fourth-grade report card. He will graduate from Connecticut with a finance degree in May, one year early. And he has been active in community work.
''Emeka Okafor is a brilliant person,'' Calhoun said. ''If Emeka Okafor ends up being a senator from Texas, it's not going to be a surprise to me. If he ends up being a CEO or CFO of a company, it's not going to surprise me. If he ends up being an all-star forward along the lines of Alonzo Mourning, it's not going to surprise me."

Those who are blessed and no what it is like elsewhere no the truth!

Read the Whole Story at The Chicago Sun Times