JDs Bunker

Welcome into the Bunker.

I am an American-American.  Like all Americans, I have ancient ancestors from places beyond the borders of the United States of America.  They came here seeking a better place and life for themselves and their descendants.  They found it, built it and left it to us to preserve.  I honor my Scotts Irish ancestors who migrated to the hills of West Virginia to mine the coal that still powers our country.  I honor them by trying to preserve what they gave me and what is good about America and not by dredging up fictional ties to a land I have never set a foot upon.  Therefore, I reject hyphenated Americanism.  I believe in the motto that graces our national seal, E Pluribus Unum, out of many, one.   Hyphenated Americanism upends our motto by making it instead from one, many.  As one, we stand strong and offer the best hope for the world.  As many, we fail.  We lose what our ancestors sacrificed to provide for us.