Why Alex Rodriguez is an upgrateful idiot

I sometimes wonder how rich Hollywood actors and sports stars find it so easy to undervalue what the United States has made possible in their lives. Many of these people (not all) have lived the "American dream" of finding that path toward social mobility by earning millions of dollars in a profession that in many other countries is nonexisten. Yet, still they feel like the United States is a lesser country.

What I find strange is the failure to appreciate the opporunities the United States has made possible. It is funny that successful second, third, or even fourth generation Americans still hold a greater attachment to their "mother" country than to the United States. Except for a few countries on this earth, the United States far and away exceeds the living standard that one would have had if born in another country. The feeling of greatness of "mother" country is even more unusally for the multi-million dollar wage-earners who would have been day laborers or worse in any place. They benefit from being in the United States, but think and feel that their country is so much better.

For everyday workers who make a middle class salary, this thinking is acceptable by most Americans. However, if the person is a Hollywood actor or sports star then Americans are less forgiving. In the case of Alex Rodriguez his salary is paid by regular working Joes who go to a baseball games paying upward of 100.00 dollars for tickets, food, and drinks. They do not want to hear that, when push comes to shove, Mr. Rodriguez prefers a country HE NEVER HAS LIVED IN to the United States. Mr. Rodriguez was born in the United States and raised here by his Dominican parents. For some reason, he has dual citizenship and is allowed to choose which country's baseball team he will represent in the first "World Classic" baseball tournament. In Mr. Rodriguez's own words:

"I am going to play for the Dominican Republic, and I am going to make the Dominicans feel proud. I want to say it out loud: I am Dominican." Continuing on Mr. Rodriguez said: "I am Dominican, and that's the flag I will represent in the World Classic. We will have a great team, and we will try to win the title so that all the Dominican people will feel proud of their ballplayers and of their own nationality."

Although Mr. Rodriguez has dual citizenship, he is about as Dominican as I am. The guy only recently learned how to speak Spanish (because of his stint with the Texas Rangers and from what I understand he doesn't speak the language well) and, as I said before, has never lived in the Dominican Republic. This is a case of a ballplayer not getting it. America has given him so much and the least he can do is play for the country and fans that has made his life possible. But, if he is going to be an a-s, then let him play for the Dominican Republic and also let him live and try to earn a living there as well.

I hope New Yorkers realize he doesn't consider himself an American first. That being a citizen of a country he doesn't even know is more important than representing this wonderful country of ours and the people that have made it so great. But, I am just wasting my breath because America is of secondary importance to Mr. Rodriguez and he probably has Dominican issues to take care of before worrying out what us American's think of him.