"And this be our motto--"In God is our trust.""
This song runs rings around the politically correct "America the Beautiful."
It describes how we won our freedom - with guns, and guts and the help of Almighty God. (The War of 1812 has been termed "the Second American Revolution").
Too bad most Americans don't know the whole song.
Isaac Asimov was a VERY SPECIAL PERSON in our Day--especially to those Few of us who actually Knew Him!!
It Meant a LOT to us that he actually "Dissected & Layed out" the "Star Spangled Banner" for us (IGNORAMI!!)!
Isaac ACTUALLY SHOWED US WHY we were SO LUCKY to live in America.
We grew up in a Time of Peace--Purchased by the Lives of Tens of Thousands of our Countrymen.
To This Day, we seem unaware of the "Blood Cost" of the Freedom we enjoy.
We Seem to have FORGOTTEN the BLOODY COST of the "Free Society" we now enjoy.
& we Just Can't Seem to Understand that there are DANGEROUS RELIGIOUS PSYCHOPATHS who will try to Destroy us--BECAUSE we are "Happy & Free!!"
OUR VERY EXISTENCE is a "MORTAL THREAT" to Those who Believe that the "Normal Human Condition" is Misery & Death.
If Such a "Conflict" weren't Real, Most Sane People would regard it as a JOKE!!
SOMEHOW, however, we are ALL expected to "Face" "Powerful Forces" who tell us that our "Hopes are in Vain,"--& all we "Strive For" is "Dust!!"--that the "Forces" which Oppose Us are FAR TOO POWERFUL, & we Shouldn't Strive to Survive.
Doc