Posted on 06/30/2017 5:58:28 PM PDT by rdl6989
On Independence Day, there’s always room for a syrupy salute.
I have an Independence Day tradition: I like to listen to songs about America. My favorites tend to be critical of this country in some way, such as Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” or Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA.” These aren’t the flag-waving anthems their titles suggest; they’re searing indictments of a nation that failed its citizens by leaving them poor, stuck and feeling — as Springsteen sings — “like a dog that’s been beat too much.” On our day of national pride, when celebratory words such as “freedom” and “liberty” are hurled about like Roman candles, it feels important to remain clear-eyed about our faults.
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“My favorites tend to be critical of this country in some way.....”
Do tell.
So what’s with the liberals?
They abhor any mention of God so much, that it offends their sensibilities to hear the words “God Bless The USA”??
They abhor patriotism or love of country?? Don’t we all love this country, regardless of politics?? Do you have to express disapproval of America to be in the “in” crowd with liberals today??
Does it offend them that Lee Greenwood talks of, what if he had to start over with his children and his wife? The presumption being, he has a female wife, and he’s a male, so he’s obviously expressing hatred of the homosexual, since he’s in a male/female marriage??
Written proof that liberals HATE America....
This one would send them into an apoplectic fit for the ages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Q8Xa0bPy8
Yep, confirming once again what we already knew.
Who is Arvin Temkar and why should we care what he loves or doesn’t love.....
I’ll say one thing. All songs felt better before judges legalized abortion.
Lee Greenwood hates it when Republicans use his song.
This one always puts a lump in my throat.
Really?
Who plays “This Land Is Your Land” on the 4th of July?
It’s a Communist anthem.
This is news to me.
I find it hilarious a guy with parents from the Philippines and India laments the US children doomed because of the zip code they’re born in. One parent came from a terribly corrupt nation and the other came from one with a caste system. What did they do to improve their lives and opportunities? The moved here! Guess what? Within this country, you have the freedom to move and pursue happiness in any zip code.
An interesting experiment would be to switch America to the World and you might start getting them to flip their hate to love but for all the faults they list of America the World has orders of magnitude larger faults particularly in places their beloved socialism/communism reigns supreme. The Internationale anyone?
Courtesy of the Red White and Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc
To be fair, he says he is a conservative Christian.
I’m pretty conservative and don’ t like the song. A matter of taste I guess.
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