Posted on 07/08/2012 5:52:02 PM PDT by dynachrome
For those of a USMC predilection: The Warrior's Song Both of these will make your heart pound in pride and you'll feel your blood surge if you have an ounce of patriotism in your body...
Ray Charles’ version of America The Beautiful as played on the Mark Levin Show.
Of this list, I’m sorry that our national anthem isn’t #1. But Woody Guthrie on here?? C’mon. Certainly Lee Greenwood’s Proud to Be an American deserves a place here more than Guthrie’s. Obviously another liberal poll.
What song best exemplifies your patriotic spirit?
Looks like 69% Conservative.
Results
“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen
(613) 12%
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
(1156) 22%
“America the Beautiful”
(1420) 27%
“This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie
(949) 18%
“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (the Angry American)” by Toby Keith
(539) 10%
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”
(537) 10%
Total Votes 5,214
Editor’s note: Instant polls are intended as entertainment. They are not considered to be true measurements of public opinion unless they favor the communist side.
Agree, “God Bless America”, Kate Smith’s version, going back to WWII, is the standard. During the height of the Viet Nam War(demonstrations, riots, etc),1970, she came to a small bar/restaurant, by the courts, near NYC’s Chinatown that was always full of cops during lunch hour. She had heard that her song was played every day on the juke box. She came in, socialized and then sang the song. She was the ultimate patriot. A day I’ll never forget.
Many people - and certainly those camp counselors teaching young mushy heads around a campfire - fail to sing the penultimate verse which explains the rest of the verses:
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin' (some versions say "private property")
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
That side was made for you and me!
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