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Originally posted by neo96
America is the place that freedom,hopes,dreams,aspirations,liberties go to die.
Americans really wanted to celebrate Independence day they would throw off that tyannical government they have such a slobbering love affair with.
Instead they will partake in some cheap beer, eat some unhealthy food light off a bunch of fireworks under the delusions of grandeur.
A-m-e-r-i-c- a Land of when it's time to put up or shut up off to reality tv.edit on 30-6-2013 by neo96 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LibertysTeeth
It seems as though our President and some of our fellow citizens have forgotten. (what IS America)
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by LibertysTeeth
America was forged in fire tempered by steel humbled by the divine we have become shells of our former selves.
Europeans landed on Plymouth Rock fought their way through hardships just like all Americans who come after them.
That struggle is a part of who we are, and what we have always been. That struggle is what defines us. Through adversity builds character something severely lacking anymore.
Americans never run from their problems we fight through them we persevere,
We over come, and some snake oil salesman selling 'miracle cures' is the embodiiment of what we have never been.
It is an absolute crying shame that is what we have become.
That is my message to the president on 'Independence day'edit on 30-6-2013 by neo96 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by LibertysTeeth
American Independence.
An experiment that is now going badly wrong.
Originally posted by MrSpad
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by LibertysTeeth
American Independence.
An experiment that is now going badly wrong.
Now? Look at American history. Unless you were a wealthy white male the founding fathers did not really include you in the great American experiment. In our past you were not a whole person if you were not white, women had no rights, you could be arrested for sedition for saying bad things about the Gov., you could be denied the right to have a gun in towns or based on race, you could be put in a camp based on your racial background etc. People have no idea they have more rights and freedoms now that any other time in our nations history. They do not know this because they do not know our history outside of some fantasy they have about how it used to be. It used to be bad. Very bad for some people.
And I ain't talking about hope & change either!
Originally posted by laughingdog
reply to post by LibertysTeeth
It looks hopeless, yet there is still hope.
None want to believe, yet some will stand steadfast.
And in a few of us, there is the "Can do" attitude of the past generations that still survives.
And if even with the smallest amount of hope, then all is not lost.