A Love Letter to Americans

**Mid** · 15-02-2014, 04:11 AM

Nothing like a little good news for our American friends , Lord knows they could use some

A Love Letter to Americans
Noelle Nguyen
February 14, 2014

Bio
Noelle Nguyen was born in Vietnam and is a naturalized American citizen. She is founder and CEO of American Love Affair, an online retailer of only Made-in-the-USA products.

I came to this country in the mid-eighties as a political refugee. My father fought communist forces in Vietnam for the South Vietnamese military alongside U.S. armed forces. Following the fall of Saigon, our family fled the country by boat and spent nearly three years in refugee camps in Thailand and the Philippines. We were consequently sponsored to the U.S. by a church and our family eventually settled in California.

When our family first arrived in the U.S., in an effort to help us assimilate, a man whom we all called “Dad” drove his van around town every Friday to take newly settled immigrants on a shopping trip to K-Mart. His wife would then make us dinner and we’d all watch a movie before he’d drop us back at our homes by the end of the evening, marking some most indelible footprints in my heart. I further benefitted from charitable Americans in the form of welfare, Medicaid, federal student aid, and a host of other entitlement programs I’d likely forgotten, which were made available to us to help us get on our feet by hardworking, taxpaying Americans. I became a naturalized American citizen and attended both public and private schools, and subsequently went on to achieve some career highs (and lows) in the private sector, all of which richly contributed to my road to achieving the American dream.

By virtue of being an American, I had achieved the American dream.

I developed an unwavering appreciation for Americans and an allegiance to the country I’ve called home for nearly three decades—the U.S. It’s an appreciation that one who’s never lived beyond the boundaries, safety, and charity of this country perhaps couldn’t possibly fathom. To have been given so much—opportunity, life, and liberty—by a country I cherish, and to subsequently witness its withering growth trajectory during the formative Great Recession years, pained me. The anguish of watching my mother ingest her own wedding band at sea during our escape so as to avoid confiscation by pirates, though compelling, was no match for the desolation I later felt as I watched the country enter what I believed to be an era of not only economic but also cultural decline. Watching segments of misguided and ideologically imbued Americans paint the country I love as the world’s enemy further compounded my need to stand up for well-meaning Americans.

In 2012, after witnessing the gradual decimation of the manufacturing sector and the country’s deteriorating economic fortunes, I founded American Love Affair, an online retailer of only made-in-the-USA products, as a means of aggregating, promoting, and selling consumer products manufactured on American soil. These talented producers, largely SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), managed to survive, thrive, and, in some cases, dominate in the face of increasing global competition.

For underserved consumers who desire American-made products, both domestic and abroad, American Love Affair is not just an online retail destination, but also a symbol of American resilience, diversity, productivity, and fighting spirit. It is the American dream.

The American system is one that leverages the free human spirit to achieve greatness, and, warts and all, the truth remains that the U.S.A. is the most vigilant and successful defender of freedom and capitalism the world has ever known. Americans remain the most just, well-meaning, and vigorous champions of human rights and human capital the world has ever known.

Indeed, American Love Affair stands for my love affair with America. It is my homage to you, my beloved fellow Americans. On this Valentine’s Day, to you, I dedicate this love letter.

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**Smug Farang Bore** · 15-02-2014, 04:29 AM

Yep well done Noelle, it needs the immagrents to keep the place afloat.

**bsnub** · 15-02-2014, 04:31 AM

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Yep well done Noelle, it needs the immagrents to keep the place afloat.

Who else ever has done it other then immigrants?

**sabang** · 15-02-2014, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by Mid

American Love Affair stands for my love affair with America.

An advertising spiel.

**Smug Farang Bore** · 15-02-2014, 05:07 AM

^yep nice plug for the website but that's good business.

**Marmite the Dog** · 15-02-2014, 08:58 AM

I have to agree with a lot of what she says. I have found most 'everyday' Americans to go out of their way to help other people - even little me located on the far edge of the world in Taiwan.

It's a shame their government is a disgrace.

**barbaro** · 15-02-2014, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Yep well done Noelle, it needs the immagrents to keep the place afloat.

That was then in the 1980s, and we are in different circumstances now.

And most importantly, it depends on where these immigrants are from.

**bsnub** · 15-02-2014, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

It's a shame their government is a disgrace.

We can only hope that one day we can throw those bums out for good.

**Marmite the Dog** · 15-02-2014, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by bsnub

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

It's a shame their government is a disgrace.

We can only hope that one day we can throw those bums out for good.

Sorry, I meant to say 'their system of governance'.

**bsnub** · 15-02-2014, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

'their system of governance'.

Well there is that. America the corporate oligarchy. Not much hope of changing that anytime soon.

**RPETER65** · 15-02-2014, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by bsnub

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Yep well done Noelle, it needs the immagrents to keep the place afloat.

Who else ever has done it other then immigrants?

Very profound statement considering all Americans are immigrants, except for the American indian.

**RPETER65** · 15-02-2014, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by sabang

Originally Posted by Mid

American Love Affair stands for my love affair with America.

An advertising spiel.

Always count on you to drop a negative bomb on one of the best post i have seen on Teakdoor.

**sabang** · 15-02-2014, 04:15 PM

American Love Affair : Local Celebrity Champagne Tee Shirt : American Made Product For Men

Excellent- and being sold off for less than half price, a snip at 11 Peso's.
The vendor assures us that a percentage of profits are being donated to vietnamese war babies.

**Bettyboo** · 15-02-2014, 04:52 PM

As I was reading through I thought - good marketing.

After rereading it, I think: corny marketing, but perfect for the target audience...

**bsnub** · 16-02-2014, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

After rereading it, I think: corny marketing, but perfect for the target audience...

Exactly the company is based out of LA the founder of the blog is as well. Being that PJtattler is just another right wing blog this is nothing more then cronyism at its finest.

**AsGoodAsItGets** · 16-02-2014, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by RPETER65

Originally Posted by bsnub

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Yep well done Noelle, it needs the immagrents to keep the place afloat.

Who else ever has done it other then immigrants?

Very profound statement considering all Americans are immigrants, except for the American indian.

There is no American miracle other than immigration. Since 1990 40 million immigrants have moved to America. That drives everything from real estate to the rest of it and it always has. Population is the world's driving force in my view. There were years in the past when nations just straight out stole the wealth of other nations or other souls but these days immigration. When slavery ended immigration filled the void and it hasn't stopped. There's a world of threatened souls out there who run for better lands to escape evil scum and wars. The most capitalist people of Vietnam moved to America and that's the case for a lot of the world. But you can say that America does treat people who come more fairly than many of the other nations around the globe. Just look at how Thailand treats people who aren't Thai who have lived here all their lives. America is welcoming to both the monied evil or not and most of the rest if you can get there. Europe is the same I would think but some nations are just more appealing such as America, England, and Australia. Asian nations aren't open to foreigners other than them staying as temporary or long-term 'guests.' Immigrant is the American miracle.

The 'American dream' is as silly and overused as Love in my view. What the f is that supposed to mean. People live as well all over the world as they do in America. If I go back to America it's not going to be for a dream. More likely, it will be for the food and the idea that the nation is a less discriminatory than Thailand.

**OhOh** · 16-02-2014, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

but perfect for the target audience...

Yep, the poor sods that are being shafted by their elected

representatives, their employers and now a "made in America" retailer.

The American dream has always been just that, a "dream".

Nowadays the immigrants see through the smoke and mirrors.

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