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GOD BLESS AMERICA--ANOTHER VIEW
Evenimentulziel (Romanian Newspaper) ^ | Sept 24, 2002 | Carnel Nistorescu

Posted on 11/22/2003 9:07:03 AM PST by basil

~~~~~~~~~~~~GOD BLESS AMERICA.....

Another View

We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA.

Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title "C"ntarea Americii meaning "Ode To America") on September 24, 2002 in the Romanian newspaper, Evenimentulzilei ("The Daily Event" or "News of the Day").

~An Ode to America~

Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.

Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, and the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about.

The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.

After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing.

On every occasion, they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!" I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.

How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being?

Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.

What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace.

I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion.......................

Only freedom can work such miracles.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 911; america; godblessamerica; september12era; thisiswhoweare; worldopinion
This came to me via email. I don't know if it was ever published on FR--but even if it has been, I think it's good for us to read it again---and remember.

BTW--how does one get around having to put in a URL before posting something? I just put the FR URL in, because it wouldn't post without something in that spot.

1 posted on 11/22/2003 9:07:04 AM PST by basil
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To: basil
Wow . .what a line: Only freedom can work such miracles.
2 posted on 11/22/2003 9:10:28 AM PST by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: basil
What is freedom? Freedom is not a building, or even two
skyscrapers. Freedom is not a statue, or a flag, or a
plaque. Freedom is not a song or a slogan. Freedom is
that certain intangible something that causes even young
men to be willing to fight to the death to protect from
loss. Freedom is a tangible intangible, the right to life,
liberty & the pursuit of happiness. Having said all that
freedom is, it is never possible to quite define. Freedom
has to just be lived.





















3 posted on 11/22/2003 9:27:40 AM PST by Twinkie
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To: basil
bump
4 posted on 11/22/2003 9:30:01 AM PST by VOA
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