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Despite the struggling economy and broad dissatisfaction with national conditions, the public has a positive view of the United States’ global standing. But more think that the U.S. is one of the greatest countries in the world than say it stands above all other countries. Slightly more than half (53%) say that the United States “is one of the greatest countries in the world, along with some others.” Fewer (38%) say that the U.S. “stands above all other countries in the world.” Just 8% think that “there are other countries that are better than the U.S.” As in the past,...

While reading the following news story: http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringAutoNews/idUKTRE5406CF20090501 ---------------- I was reminded two very important quotes from John Adams about the American Revolution: * As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 - 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington. o Letter to Thomas Jefferson (1815-08-24),...

It was a cold December morning in 1952, the mist was rising off the waters in the harbor surrounding New York City. As the mist lifted we could see the Lady With The Torch slowly come into our view. That my friends is a gut-wrenching experience that stays with you for a lifetime. I’d been living as an Expatriate in Central America for several years. The morning we arrived in America my thoughts were most likely those of an immigrant, The sights and sounds in Manhattan enamored me as much as any of my immigrant campaigns. We discussed our futures...