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06-25-2020, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
This post for the win!
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I took PA's post as sarcasm (hopefully, I was correct), but not yours.
How sad for you! Courageous men and women fought and many DIED for THIS U.S.
I will never let it go!
Better to try to fix the flaws, rather than to TRANSFORM this U.S. into something that you and your children and your grandchildren will surely someday regret.
Here's a song for ya...RED, WHITE, AND BLUE 'PRIDE'
Get some!
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06-26-2020, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by MargieRose
I took PA's post as sarcasm (hopefully, I was correct), but not yours.
How sad for you! Courageous men and women fought and many DIED for THIS U.S.
I will never let it go!
Better to try to fix the flaws, rather than to TRANSFORM this U.S. into something that you and your children and your grandchildren will surely someday regret.
Here's a song for ya...RED, WHITE, AND BLUE 'PRIDE'
Get some!
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I'll let PA answer for himself. Considering the current times, I found the post genuinely funny.
Thanks for your input though (and your pity) they're always welcome !
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06-26-2020, 12:37 AM
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PA Steward
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I'm glad somebody got a laugh.
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06-26-2020, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by MargieRose
Courageous men and women fought and many DIED for THIS U.S.
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I'm glad you mentioned that women died for the U.S. because the song only mentioned men dying.
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If you really love your country, if you really are patriotic, then you criticize and challenge your country to be better and do better, not just reinforce things that actually may not be true for all people in the country.
That is what democracy is, Powell sums up. If there's a tradition that hurts any part of the society sexist, patriarchal, misogynistic then its time to just throw it away.
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06-26-2020, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by FakeNameChanged
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America The Beautiful would be a good choice. It was written by Americans. I've always liked the song.
One verse is a little short for an anthem and no one knows the second verse. It would be nice if another 16 bars could be written.
The Star Spangled Banner is around 80 bars. America The Beautiful is around 64 bars.
Although, shorter might be better then people would not have to stand as long.
I would change the line "God shed His grace on thee" to "God's grace shines down on thee" because some people think the gender of God is She. Plus, "God shed" is past tense whereas "God's grace shines" is eternal.
Gender and tense notwithstanding, I vote for America The Beautiful to be the new national anthem.
Last edited by highernote; 06-26-2020 at 05:27 AM.
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06-26-2020, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by sammy the sage
How so?
Common sense libertarians make the most sense...as both current parties are totally corrupt...
But you CERTAINLY wouldn't ADMIT to that would you... |
Common sense Americans? lOl
They are in short supply these days.
Common sense says wears a mask while out in public.
And people throw a hissy fit.
Allan
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06-26-2020, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by biggestal99
Common sense Americans? lOl
They are in short supply these days.
Common sense says wears a mask while out in public.
And people throw a hissy fit.
Allan
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Common sense says don't loot and riot and burn down cities but your side is doing it everyday.
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06-26-2020, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by chrisl
Common sense libertarians make the most sense.
Amazing, because it makes sense to you. It has to makes sense to everybody. Keep dreaming. That is the Booger eating left mentality. Keep digging for that nugget my friend.
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I will KEEP dreaming....it's all I can do....after all....the extreme right has THE EXACT same booger eating mentality....only use the other side... 
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06-26-2020, 08:07 AM
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06-26-2020, 11:04 AM
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"This Land is Your Land" - written with the original title of ''God Blessed America'' as an answer to Irving Berlin's anthem.
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06-26-2020, 11:37 AM
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Music is from an old British Drinking song "The Anacreontic Song"
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06-26-2020, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
The US should find a new US
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Once we cross from the land of sensible requests into the land of the mentally ill it's time for us to find a new country to live in.
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06-26-2020, 05:17 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Just use the Democrat Party National Anthem.....
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06-27-2020, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom
Just use the Democrat Party National Anthem.....
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06-27-2020, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 46zilzal
Music is from an old British Drinking song "The Anacreontic Song"
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One of my pet peeves is that the Anthem is never sung in this, its original form. I worked for the Reds as an usher for four years a while ago, and I saw a lot of different genres, you might call it: glee clubs, baritone firemen, diva-wannabes (they're the worst), folkies, rockers, and everything else. But I've never seen a quartet or so of big-bellied guys singing it with the rollicking swagger of a barroom sing-along. Even I might be moved to participate in that, and I never sing in public.
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