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America, I miss you.
1-06-04 | Rca2000(Jack S.)

Posted on 01/06/2005 5:18:46 PM PST by Rca2000

This came to me, earlier, and so, i decided to put it into words. See how you all like it.

America, I miss you.

Remember,the country we once Knew, With Landscapes just lovely, and Oceans, so blue, and people who were kind, and who's promises were true? America, oh,America,I miss you.

As kids, we played in the woods, and in the park, From early in the morning, until well after dark. And our parents, they taught us right, and wrong, and how to stand on our own, to be steadfast and strong.

From our earliest years, we were taught that morals mattered,

They made the country strong, and prevented lives from being shattered.

But, somewhere along the way, those things have been forgotten,

Replaced by somethng self-centered, and just totally rotten.

And children who are mean, and have no concern about others,

Be it, their teachers, parents, or sisters and brothers.

In our Government, those who try to do right,

Are called "mean spirited, and always ready to fight".

And our courts seem to defend those who this counrty would weaken,

allowing others to come in, who desire to see our nation shattered and beaten.

When did trying to do right, suddenly become "wrong", and where are the moral principles, that guided this country, for so long?

They have been replaced by an attitude of"just do what you feel",

And if someone else gets hurt along they way, well, that's just part of the deal.

Once in this land, little children were cherished, and those who hurt them, they were rounded up, and then they perished.

but,now, human life has little value, and is of little worth, When a child's life is routinely snuffed out, even before birth.

In Neighborhoods, the children all played together, and each others parents, they all knew,

But now, they cannot play together, 'cause if one gets their felings hurt, the other parents will SUE.

This sure is not the country, I once loved, the country I once knew,

America, Oh America, I miss you.

by Rca2000(Jack S.)


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1 posted on 01/06/2005 5:18:46 PM PST by Rca2000
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When did America get "lost" for you? Was it something recent or was it a gradual disappearance taking several decades?

Not necessarily being a smart a**, just curious of your point of view.

2 posted on 01/06/2005 5:33:55 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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To: Rca2000
Terribly pessimistic assessment, no matter how brilliant the choice of words.

We are on the march to retake America, one that was stolen from us over 60 years ago, and we're doing a pretty damn good job in recent years.

3 posted on 01/06/2005 5:37:38 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Rca2000
Nice,Red Skelton said it best.
4 posted on 01/06/2005 5:37:46 PM PST by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve to keep us free)
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To: Rca2000

Obviously the person that wrote this does not live in flyover country of places like Oklahoma where traditional values still rule.


5 posted on 01/06/2005 5:44:24 PM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Increase Republicans in Congress in 2006!)
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To: Rca2000
Is this one of them "vanity" thangs?

FMCDH(BITS)

6 posted on 01/06/2005 5:49:19 PM PST by nothingnew (Kerry is gone...perhaps to Lake Woebegone)
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To: PhiKapMom
Hand-wringing is the new national past-time.

Folks should get over the victim thing, whether from the right or the left.

Do something to improve somebody or something around you.

7 posted on 01/06/2005 5:50:08 PM PST by sinkspur ("How dare you presume to tell God what He cannot do" God Himself)
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To: Dog Gone

I agree with your sentiments, the libs/dems/cultural marxists of the last 40 or so years are responsible for the America we're reforming. I was fishing for trolls in my post, asking specifics about when America got "lost".


8 posted on 01/06/2005 5:50:22 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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To: Rca2000
Sorry, RCA...you POSTED to America. We're RIGHT HERE!!! We haven't gone anywhere. Where have YOU been???!!!
9 posted on 01/06/2005 5:52:22 PM PST by paulat
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To: Rca2000

I find this silly...America is America until one stops believing in it...I believe in it more everyday


10 posted on 01/06/2005 5:55:29 PM PST by woofie (Proudly posting inane comments since 1998)
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To: mdittmar; All
I do NOT want everyone out there to think that I have "given up", and have given up on this country. BUT, it does seem that we are fighting against great odds. I wrote this(Today, not last Jan 06, I dated it wrong), because Sometimes it is easier for me to put things into words, and I seem to be developing a bit of an art for poetry and writing. I thought it would kind of summarize many of our frustrations with the state of this country.

As for when I feel America was "lost", I do not feel it is lost, BUT,I DO feel that we, as a nation, seem to have "lost our way". I guess it has been over the last 20 or 25 years, that I have noticed this(as I was growing up).

NOW, however is NOT the time, to just throw up our hands. We ALL need to work, to try and turn things around. So that it will once again be safe for children to go to school. To play in the woods. So that the rights of American citizens will not be given a second-class stature, to other, foreign nations. So that criminals will be properly punished in this country, and that those trying to teach right and wrong will be REWARDED, not punished. So that the womb is ONCE AGAIN the safest place for an unborn child, not the MOST DANGEROUS. SO that people can once again have friends, without having to worry of "offending another", and being sued into bankruptcy.

In short, I would like this country to get back to the way it was, when I was a child. We all won a big victory last year.Now, we need to keep on, so that this victory is not nullified, by courts and others, seeking to send this country right into the hands of its enemies.
11 posted on 01/06/2005 5:56:42 PM PST by Rca2000 (Helping to swing the swing state of Ohio to "W")
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To: PhiKapMom

Damn straight! (Happy New Year, S!)


12 posted on 01/06/2005 5:59:36 PM PST by annyokie (If the shoe fits, put 'em both on!)
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To: infidel29

when Wilhelm Von Der Schliekmeister beat the impeachment rap. I once lied under oath, when I was a young and foolish boy, and paid the penalty.

When he got off, I turned conservative, and THEN my REAL education began.


13 posted on 01/06/2005 6:02:44 PM PST by The Drowning Witch (Sono La Voce della Nazione Selvaggia)
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To: Rca2000

I disagree... I'm more hopeful for this country than I've been in decades. The pendulum has had its swing and it is coming back.

We don't live with duck and cover drills anymore. People are proud to say they are patriots again. The air and the water are cleaner than they were decades ago. Most people have a standard of living today that a century ago would have been available only to the super-wealthy.

We stand at a turning point in history. Great and good change is afoot.

Cheer up! :-)


14 posted on 01/06/2005 6:07:43 PM PST by Ramius (Gregoirovich Nyet!)
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To: PhiKapMom
PKMom you gotta quit talking about our place so much, you're gonna cause another land run.

Everyone please notice we live in Oklahoma--there are lots of tornadoes here and you wouldn't like it.
15 posted on 01/06/2005 6:11:57 PM PST by pepperdog
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To: The Drowning Witch
I remember Clintstone, I remember liking him. I remember not caring who he was poking on the side, I thought it was kind of cool since Hitlery was such a... well so Hitlery. I thought Jim Quinn (in Pittsburgh) was an A-hole and Rush Limbaugh was a blowhard.

Somehow I was transformed over the last year. Like you I "got" conservative. I saw the Clintonistas for what they are, and saw what they've done. Lying isn't cool whether it's to your wife or congress or a grand jury. I hate liars HATE them. I listen to Quinn everyday (www.warroom.com check his show archives, he's actually very intelligent and well versed in liberalism) Hitlery is still Hitlery, Rush is still a blowhard, but I listen to him anyways. I was changed so easily, that I wonder if I was a conservative all along, just naive.

16 posted on 01/06/2005 6:15:43 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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Now, please?!
17 posted on 01/06/2005 6:20:58 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Proud Patriots dot ORG!!! Operation Valentine's Day!!)
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To: annyokie

Happy New Year back at you!

Have you heard anything about Gary Richardson (the Indy in 2002) running as a Republican for Governor in 2002?


18 posted on 01/06/2005 6:38:11 PM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Increase Republicans in Congress in 2006!)
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To: pepperdog

ROFLOL!!!!! I will keep that in mind!


19 posted on 01/06/2005 6:39:04 PM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Increase Republicans in Congress in 2006!)
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To: sinkspur

I am with you 100% -- whining has become a national pasttime it seems!


20 posted on 01/06/2005 6:40:27 PM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Increase Republicans in Congress in 2006!)
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