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I'm Ashamed to be an American (with apologies to Lee Greenwood)
Kirby Wilbur Show, KVI ^ | 4/25/02 | David Bose

Posted on 04/25/2002 9:26:20 AM PDT by ppaul

On the Kirby Wilber Show on KVI 570AM this morning, they played a song parody composed by Kirby's producer, David Bose, in response to an op-ed piece in the Seattle Post Intelligencer by an Arabic terrorist who is now a "citizen" of the United States, complaining about our country and saying he's ashamed of America. Below are some of the lyrics, and the letter from Osama Shabeneh, an America-hating Palestinian who moved to the U.S. from Hebron on the West Bank and was recently granted US citizenship.

I'm Ashamed to be an American
(Sung to the tune of to "I'm Proud to be an American" by Lee Greenwood)

If I went back to Hebron,
where I lived for all my life,
And I had to start all over,
with just my children, and my wives,
I'd curse the stars & stripes,
of where I live today,
'Cause the flag stands for oppression,
and it just gets in our way!

Chorus
I'm ashamed to be an American,
where I make all my money,
And I dream of raising jihad
against Western countries!
And I'll gladly blow-up next to you
And kill your kids today,
'Cause there is no doubt I hate your land!
Godd*mn the USA!
(with recorded shouts from last weekend's pro-terrorist march in Washington DC: "Globalize the Intifad! Globalize the Intifada!")

From the desrets of the Sahara,
to the camps of refugees,
Across the plains of Iraq,
From Iran toi the Dead Sea,
From Yemen, up to Baghdad,
From West Bank to Saudi,
There is hate in radical Islam's heart,
Where we extremists still all say.....

Yes we hate all you Americans,
where religious choice is free,
but we won't forget the bombs you have,
to make your point on me,
And I'll gladly move-in next to you,
And infiltrate today,
'Cause until I can convert this land,
Godd*mn the USA!

I'm ashamed to be an American,
where I make all my money.
And I drean of waging jihad
Against Western countries!
And I'll gladly blow-up next to you
And kill your kids today,
'Cause there is no doubt I hate this land!
Godd*mn the USA!

Here's the letter by Osama Shebaneh from Redmond, Washington:

Ashamed to be an American

Two years ago, I became an American citizen. Prior to that, I wasn't a citizen of any country, at least on paper. "Where are you from?" was a question I found hard to answer. It still is.

I come from the town of Hebron on the West Bank. I lived most of my life under the Israeli military occupation until I moved to America a few years ago. Hebron is part of the historical Palestine, a country that once existed but currently is not on the list of nations.

Leaving my family behind was the most difficult experience of my life. Here I was, in the "land of the free," and there they were, still under occupation. I never expected that I would regret leaving my occupied homeland to live in freedom. Now, with passion, I do regret it.

For the past 18 months, millions of Palestinians have been living in a state of suffocating siege by the Israeli military. In the name of security for its citizens, Israel has been brutalizing a whole nation. To that end, American-made weaponry has been used against the Palestinian population. Billions of dollars in American tax money is directly supporting the continued aggression and the dismantling of the infrastructure of the Palestinian society.

Whenever I call my family in Hebron, I'm full of shame. The F-16s, the Apaches, the bullets, the gunships and the tanks that surround them are either manufactured in the United States or are paid for by the American taxayer, myself included. I feel directly responsible for the killing of my own people.

To add insult to injury, the White House has been giving tacit approval to the Israeli government in its latest bloody incursion into the Palestinian-controlled areas. The tough talk that President Bush has directed at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is petty at best and is, by all account, meaningless. The Israelis have already done a good job obliterating the Jenin refugee camp and massacring hundreds of Palestinians inside. Death is also rampant all over the West Bank and Gaza, where the Israeli military is wantonly destroying Palestinian lives and livelihoods.

I become very fascinated when Bush and his Cabinet members, or members of the U.S. Senate or House, repeatedly brand the Palestinian struggle as terrorism, and allude to the Israeli actions as self-defense. Only one day after Israel took over the Jenin refugee camp and killed hundreds of Palestinians inside and expelled or arrested the rest, the White House called Ariel Sharon a "man of peace."

Palestinian deaths are considered collateral damage by the Israelis and receive no condemnation from the White House, except in passing, even when the victims are children or defenseless civilians. Israeli deaths, on the other hand, bring about a wave of Israeli retribution against a whole population and draw swift denunciation from the White House as an example of Palestinian terrorism and superfluous violence.

I don't expect ordinary Americans who were born and raised in this country to understand my viewpoint. They have no memories of a childhood marred by oppression and scenes of occupation. Their families live in relative peace and tranquility. If they call other family members, the conversation probably doesn't revolve around who was shot today, or arrested today, or maimed today, or displaced today. The media footage Americans receive from the Middle East hardly portrays the Israeli brutality, but does accentuate the suicide bombings committed by Palestinians against Israeli civilians.

Israel cannot buy its security with Palestinian blood. Subsequent American administrations have either failed to realize that fact, or have been pressured to ignore it. The United States has the moral responsibility to put an end to the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, not because the United States is the only remaining superpower, but because this occupation is being funded and aided by American money.

Israelis have the right to lead peaceful and secure lives without fear of suicide bombings in their buses and open markets. Palestinians also have the right to draw their own destiny free from an oppressive occupation that has devastated their existence for 35 years. We have to realize that neither of these objectives can be achieved without the other.

Unfortunately, the White House seems flagrantly indifferent to the plight of the Palestinians. As we watch yet another massacre unfolding in yet another Palestinian refugee camp, we hear no condemnation and no criticism, but statements of guarded understanding from the Bush administration toward the Israeli actions.

I am ashamed to be an American, and I can't help it.

Osama Shabaneh of Redmond is a software program manager.

Link to Osama's letter HERE.

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To: ppaul
I am proud to be an American...

Look at the reflection of the stripes from the balloon in the car windshield..

21 posted on 04/25/2002 9:45:21 AM PDT by abner
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To: Black Agnes
Cuz we're stupid.

And we elect the stupid.
22 posted on 04/25/2002 9:46:11 AM PDT by Registered
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To: dc-zoo
There's no need in aiding arabs in spreading their hate messages. They're doing a good enough job of it without the help of FR.

Nah, we need to be reminded of what we are up against.

23 posted on 04/25/2002 9:46:36 AM PDT by abner
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To: ppaul
I'm guessing that this person is fictional.
24 posted on 04/25/2002 9:48:11 AM PDT by Protagoras
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To: dc-zoo
I saw the posting more as exposing the arab hate message than helping them spread it.
25 posted on 04/25/2002 9:48:19 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush
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To: ppaul
I, too, am ashamed. I'm ashamed that he's an American. The best solution would be for him to go back to Hebron.
26 posted on 04/25/2002 9:50:02 AM PDT by etcetera
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To: Bikers4Bush
Well, they pulled this post off "breaking".
What's up Amin. Moderator?
27 posted on 04/25/2002 9:50:30 AM PDT by ppaul
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To: Bikers4Bush
Sorry, but I took major offense to it and I'm just sick of their crap.
28 posted on 04/25/2002 9:51:28 AM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: ppaul
Just think, this guy is a hero in liberal circles. I wonder if he will be invited to the Dimoldgnat National Convention. Ooops! I guess not, since they have to put on the appearance of being patriotic to get votes.
29 posted on 04/25/2002 9:57:00 AM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: dc-zoo
I can appreciate the sentiment.
30 posted on 04/25/2002 9:57:36 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush
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To: Registered
Sadly, you are correct.
31 posted on 04/25/2002 10:10:27 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: ppaul
Here is something very interesting. Takes a second to do because there are so many "hits".

1) Go here

2) Enter the word "Islamic" in the "Quick Search" field. Then press the "GO" button.

There over 1,000 "hits". So, you will get another input page.

3) The new page will fill the word "Islamic". Click on the "state" drop down arrow. Pick your state or other states.

Real Eye Opener. Here are the ones for Texas.

32 posted on 04/25/2002 10:11:24 AM PDT by isthisnickcool
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To: isthisnickcool
FOLLOW-UP

Many of the form 990 files are off-line. See the note on their page. I bet some of those are interesting.

33 posted on 04/25/2002 10:12:33 AM PDT by isthisnickcool
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To: ppaul
"Osama Shabaneh of Redmond is a software program manager."

Of course, this means that this Nimrod more than likely works for Micro$oft. How much is he learning that he can take back to the MidEast to use against us?

34 posted on 04/25/2002 10:14:15 AM PDT by mhking
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To: ppaul
This "Osama" can yank my doodle dandy, too!
35 posted on 04/25/2002 10:14:45 AM PDT by Vetnet
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To: abner
Ahhhhhh, thats the first time I saw your baloon. Beautiful, just beautiful. Now, who flies it? You or Barry?
36 posted on 04/25/2002 10:18:51 AM PDT by AGreatPer
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To: abner
I'f you're gonna be in Cleveland and need a volunteer let me know.
37 posted on 04/25/2002 10:20:23 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush
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To: AGreatPer
Barry is the pilot. I'm just the idea chick. I'm glad you like it. It is absolutely gorgeous isn't it?

For photos from Tuesday's inflation- go here. We still haven't flown it, we are waiting for the FAA...

38 posted on 04/25/2002 10:22:10 AM PDT by abner
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To: Hugin
That is Absolutely corret! How come there are no homicide bombings in Jordan? Before there was a Britsih Mandate in Palestine that area had been part of the Ottoman Empire for a long time. It is time for these people to realize that Israel was the product of cutting up an aggressive imperial power and the Israelis have every right to have their own country there. That land was taken from a nation that had been on the wrong side of a world war and it is fitting that it was used to become a homeland for a people without one. Let the palestinians move to Jordan.
39 posted on 04/25/2002 10:22:38 AM PDT by Better Dead Than Red
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To: Bikers4Bush
We won't be in Cleveland, but we are doing two trips to Ohio this year.
Columbus- June 21-23
Findlay- August 23-25.
40 posted on 04/25/2002 10:24:31 AM PDT by abner
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