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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-28-03...God Bless the USA ~ Lift Every Voice
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Posted on 10/28/2003 5:16:50 AM PST by Billie
A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
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Lee Greenwood wrote those words in a song in 1983 to bring people together. In the introduction of his booklet entitled "God Bless the USA", which includes a CD of that song, he also wrote:
"I'm sometimes overwhelmed by this vast nation and wish I could see how America will change in the next one hundred years. As long as we continue to dream, create inventions, and solve the challenges of an ever-expanding population, we will have the power to create a better society. But it is inevitable that the freedom, liberty, and can-do attitude that characterize us will be challenged, sometimes in ways that leave us no choice but to defend ourselves and the land we love. It happened in 1941 at Pearl Harbor and again in 2001 at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."
Through the years countless songs have been written and words spoken that celebrate the breadth of the American experience. Recalling a few, who can dispute the simplicity and beauty of such words as these:
~ from "America", by Samuel Francis Smith ~
"My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside Let freedom ring."
~ from "America the Beautiful" words by Katherine Lee Bates Martin music by Samuel Ward ~
America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control Thy liberty in law."
~ Martin Luther King's American Dream ~
"I have a dream that one day...the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood...I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
~ from Alistair Cooke ~
"It has always been cited as an irrepressible symptom of America's vitality that her people, in fair times and foul, believe in themselves and their institutions."
~ from "The People, Yes", by Carl Sandburg ~
"The free man is willing to pay and struggle and die for the freedom for himself and others Knowing how far to subject himself to discipline and obedience for the sake of an ordered society.... This free man is a rare bird and when you meet him take a good look at him and try to figure him out because some day when the United States of this earth gets going and runs smooth and pretty there will be more of him than we have now."
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To: DollyCali
NONE of your five TV stations carried the speech/news conference? WOW! That is sad. ABC, CBS, and NBC all covered it, and our local stations all aired it.
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:22:49 AM PST
by
Billie
To: Donaeus
Thanks for the report - would have guessed his surgery to be early this morning instead of late afternoon. Look forward to hearing all went well.
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:24:41 AM PST
by
Billie
To: Aeronaut
Morning, Aeronaut. Sorry I can't get the thread posted before 5 AM for you to get your 'spot' in line. :)
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:27:47 AM PST
by
Billie
To: The Thin Man
High, Bill-e. Nhysss prezentayshun! Ewe dun grayt. You always get so affectionate when you're drinking. :)
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:29:13 AM PST
by
Billie
To: Billie
I was listenng to radio & flicked on TV & checked quickly
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:30:46 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Authenticity: To have Arrived !)
To: Billie
Sorry I can't get the thread posted before 5 AM for you to get your 'spot' in lineThanks, and that's OK. I don't get 'hung-up' on that sort of thing.
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:30:46 AM PST
by
Aeronaut
(In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
To: Pippin
I think this is so sad when even the flag we'ved waved for 200 years is now "politically incorrect"First prayer, then the pledge, now the flag itself?!
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:31:43 AM PST
by
Billie
To: Pippin
Yes. re colors..
It seems that the libs just need to yell black any time they hear white..
and scream white when they hear black.
Negative, bad, emotes from their ranks
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:32:20 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Authenticity: To have Arrived !)
To: Aeronaut
Oh, I know that - just like to tease about the #1 post being yours every day. :)
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:33:36 AM PST
by
Billie
To: Billie
These liberals and commies have got to be stopped!
I'm praying hard for a Bush/Cheney victory next November.
Along with Republican victories in ALL states in ALL offices.
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:34:08 AM PST
by
Pippin
(world's TALLEST hobbit)
To: DollyCali
The libbies are EVIL!
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:35:08 AM PST
by
Pippin
(world's TALLEST hobbit)
To: Donaeus
Yes, it was painful to leave! I returned to Ohio to care for elderly mom for a few months until she relocated in Fla.
She never relocated & after 11 years I am still here as here caregiver.
:(
I was in Houston at Southwest General Hosp.. think it is part of Methodist or Hermann now?
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:35:24 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Authenticity: To have Arrived !)
To: Pippin
Hi Pippin! Thought I'd drop in and say hello from sunny California this morning. Record heat here today perhaps, but a cool down is coming. I suppose that is good news for some, but not for me! I love the heat!
Prayers for the military, our President, (who just did an awesome press conference) and for my fellow Californians who are battling those horrific fires!
93
posted on
10/28/2003 9:36:45 AM PST
by
ladyinred
(Talk about a revolution, look at California!!! We dumped Davis!!!)
To: ladyinred
Hi, (((LIR)))!
Long time, no post!
Prayers out for the Freepers in Southern California!
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:38:07 AM PST
by
Pippin
(world's TALLEST hobbit)
To: Pippin
Thank you Pippin, they're much appreciated.
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:39:13 AM PST
by
Donaeus
(Flag wavin' yahoo an' proud of it!)
To: Donaeus
You're welcome
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:43:14 AM PST
by
Pippin
(world's TALLEST hobbit)
To: Billie; All; LadyX; jwfiv; FreeTheHostages; GailA; Flyer; humblegunner; ST.LOUIE1; dansangel; ...
America For Me
'Tis fine to see the Old World and travel up and down
Among the famous palaces and cities of renown,
To admire the crumblyh castles and the statues and kings
But now I think I've had enough of antiquated things.
So it's home again, and home again, America for me!
My heart is turning home again and there I long to be,
In the land of youth and freedom, beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.
Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air;
And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair;
And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome;
But when it comes to living there is no place like home.
I like the German fir-woods in green battalions drilled;
I like the gardens of Versailles with flashing foutains filled;
But, oh, to take your hand, my dear, and ramble for a day
In the friendly western woodland where Nature has her sway!
I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack!
The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.
But the glory of the Present is to make the Future free--
We love our land for what she is and what she is to be.
Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me!
I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea,
To the blessed Land of Room Enough, beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars
...Henry Van Dyke
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:47:56 AM PST
by
JustAmy
(Pray for the people living in Southern California. So much loss in lives and property.)
To: lonestar; FreeTheHostages; jwfiv; Billie; Pippin; Libertina; JohnHuang2; Aquamarine; ST.LOUIE1; ...
Good afternoon to the Finest!
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:53:48 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: Billie; dansangel; Mama_Bear; FreeTheHostages; Aquamarine; Pippin; JustAmy; MeeknMing; LadyX; ...
Hi Billie, lovely sistahs and finest friends. Just a quick in and out. Another busy work day.
Billie...Absolutely beautiful thread. What a great idea and so very "patriotic" and pretty.
Continued prayers friends for our California friends, military men and women AND for GWB.
Have a great afternoon all...Hope to stop back after work!
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posted on
10/28/2003 9:59:27 AM PST
by
dutchess
To: ladyinred
Hi Lady ... nice to run into you today!
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posted on
10/28/2003 10:00:50 AM PST
by
JustAmy
(Pray for the people living in Southern California. So much loss in lives and property.)
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