Posted on 07/15/2006 7:28:16 PM PDT by Tribune7
G. K. Chesterton, an Englishman, remarked in 1922 that "America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed." That creed was given 230 years ago by Thomas Jefferson, who wrote in the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" and "that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." As Lincoln said one afternoon in Gettysburg, America was, and continues to be, the only country dedicated to a proposition. It is, in the truest sense of the word, exceptional.
(Excerpt) Read more at zwire.com ...
ping
ping
I think he's got it.
Bump
An excellent panel was up this weekend on the DNCpam . . . from the Spence publishing co. Best question was from a young mother who said that 'It takes a Village' is a joke, it is so full of corruption (TV, movies, etc) that a mother's major task it to protect her child from the village.
That's a great point.
I always wonder about films shown on AMC during times of crisis. Last night, 6 P.M., they showed Alfred Hitchcock's 'Foreign Correspondent', filmed in early forties. During the closing few minutes, the sound track is The Star Spangled Banner. Interestingly, the recent Superman movie deleted all reference to 'the American Way'...AMC showed another film later, also filmed during WWII, and the closing credits rolled to America the Beautiful. How times change. We're fighting modern Nazis and won't admit it.
Heh. They deleted "American way" to please foreign audiences-and the most recent figures show that Superman Returns fell by 80% in overseas markets where it's up against Pirates of the Caribbean II.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.