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Old 02-07-2003, 02:24 AM
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Derek, you are very correct. I agree 100%.

Mouse, this is for you: :P

America the Beautiful
Words by Katharine Lee Bates; Music by Parke W. Hewins

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self the country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
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Old 02-07-2003, 02:25 AM
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This is all pretty generalised....I wouldn't be taking it to heart
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Old 02-07-2003, 02:28 AM
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Jon does not think he's Italian. He doesn't pronounce himself Italian for better stature or to claim some sort of cultural supremacy and identity.
Some Americans do.

And you would know this how, oh wise one?
If you read the whole thread, you would know.
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Jon does not think he's Italian. He doesn't pronounce himself Italian for better stature or to claim some sort of cultural supremacy and identity.
Some Americans do.

And you would know this how, oh wise one?
If you read the whole thread, you would know.

I did read the whole thread, krb. Read what Derek wrote so you can understand. Don't presume to know how Americans think, other than ones you try to pick up in a bar.
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Old 02-07-2003, 02:33 AM
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The crap begins when you start trashing the poem. Yes, it was a poem. Then someone added music to it. If you don't like it fine. If you don't like America, find - we certainly won't miss you. But please dear god - even though this is the NBJ section of the board, can't you people take all your spare time and build your own freakin' "I Hate Americans" website?
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even though this is the NBJ section of the board, can't you people take all your spare time and build your own freakin' "I Hate Americans" website?
There are already too many.
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Derek, you are very correct. I agree 100%.

Mouse, this is for you: :P

America the Beautiful
Words by Katharine Lee Bates; Music by Parke W. Hewins

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self the country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
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even though this is the NBJ section of the board, can't you people take all your spare time and build your own freakin' "I Hate Americans" website?
There are already too many.
. And i thought mines was the only one :P
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even though this is the NBJ section of the board, can't you people take all your spare time and build your own freakin' "I Hate Americans" website?
There are already too many.

Then why not go there so you can commiserate with others like yourself who are so obviously well informed?
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even though this is the NBJ section of the board, can't you people take all your spare time and build your own freakin' "I Hate Americans" website?
There are already too many.
. And i thought mines was the only one :P
It feel so good to be loved. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :P
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