When then-Sen. Barack Obama gave the speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention that thrust him into stardom, he made it clear that it was time to shed the red state-blue state nonsense and embrace the concept that "We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America." So, if we can stop with the ridiculous labels and categorizing of states politically, can we also do away with the nonsense of who hails from real America?