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To: Kaslin

I know.
A graduation for kindergarten?. I mean, for ****’s sake.

And I agree with the poster who dosent like God Bless The USA. It is dreadful. You have so many great patriotic songs, Greenwood’s is banal to the point of inducing vomit. So saccahrin, I fear too many listens may induce diabetes.


39 posted on 06/11/2012 6:31:11 AM PDT by the scotsman (I)
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To: the scotsman
Perhaps your and the other posters dislike of the song is that you are not into country music?

What about "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen? I hate that song and have never liked it.

40 posted on 06/11/2012 6:36:45 AM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: the scotsman

“Greenwood’s is banal to the point of inducing vomit.”

It’s personal and heart-feld for Greenwood — written about what his grandparents dealt with to pick themselves up after losing everything. And I think the chorus is more pithy than “God Bless America” — which is a wonderful song, too.

The best, IMHO, are the last verse of the “Star Spangled Banner” and this verse from “America The Beautiful”.

O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev’ry gain divine!

I think this bitch principal is a racist before she’s a JW. I’ve worked with Jehovah’s Witnesses before. They’ve always stuck with their beliefs, but were subtle about it, not preachy, and respectful of others’ beliefs. This woman needs to get a dose of reality — maybe standing in an unemployment line.


44 posted on 06/11/2012 7:08:27 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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