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LanceHughes -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/2/2011 11:05:13 PM)
The mighty Mississippi. New Orleans. Mardi Gras IN New Orleans. (Other Mardis Gras are pale shadows by compaison.) The Bahai' Temple in Willmette, Illinois (north of Chicago) which is the North American Temple. More religious architectural buildings than you can shake a stick at. St. Patrick's in NYC, The National Cathedral (Episcopalian) in D.C. (or close), again, add your own. Eternal Flame at JFK burial site. Tomb of the Unknowns (technically correct BTW) Carol Burnette (or is that a duplicate? sorry.) Mary Tyler Moore Bette Davis The Supremes Tina Turner - and her film bio.... OMG! "Memoirs of a Geisha" I saw film first, just finished book. Both are GREAT. "The Music Man" "Oklahoma" and, of course, "West Side Story." High school productions of every musical.... gawd, those kids put their HEARTS into it, don't they?

KMsAngel -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/2/2011 11:13:05 PM)
grape jelly raccoons american cougar Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Maya Angelou

Hippiekinkster -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/2/2011 11:32:30 PM)
I gotta second what RPG said. America is an idea... an IDEAL, a concept... it's not the land, or the buildings, or even the people. Ratwankers completely miss the point when they bleat "love it or leave it"... and they completely miss the point when they try to make burning the flag illegal. The Map is NOT the Territory. On to the things (and people and stuff)... The NY subway system Fender guitars and amps Les Paul Rock and Roll The BLues Jazz Roots music Hollywood Alan Ginsburg Ken Kesey Playboy Tex-Mex Cajun Denali Grand Canyon Niagara Falls Zinfandel The Pacific Coast Highway Muir Woods San Francisco Fajitas Wild Rice Bob Dylan Noam Chomsky Vichysoisse New Mexico stacked enchiladas Pecan pie New York cheesecake Ludwig Drums Air conditioning The Smithsonian The Dali Museum Redwoods Barbecue Hippie chicks Hammond B-3 and Farfisa organs Tom Morello The Interstate Highway system National Geographic Scientific American DC Comics Red Beans n Rice The Grateful Dead Owsley acid and Orange Sunshine The Blue Ridge Parkway The San Diego Zoo Blue Bell ice cream

gungadin09 -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 12:48:44 AM)
The Constitution The Omaha beach landing George Washington renouncing the kingship Roe v. Wade Brown v. the Board of Education of Tecumsa Yosemite and the Grand Canyon 50 states with 50 flags, 50 official state songs, birds, flowers, mottos, etc Signs that say "You are now entering Arizona" Peanut butter, Jambalaya, gumbo, grits, cornbread, BBQ, chili, roast turkey with cranberry sauce, cedar planked salmon, the martini, fajitas, pork and beans, Cioppino, Coca-Cola, California rolls, no frills steakhouses The Statue of Liberty Apollo 13 The separation of church and state Sesame Street and the Muppet Show Chili competitions BBQ competitions Multiculturalism Gospel, Bluegrass, rock and roll, blues the banjo baseball, basketball, football the staunch refusal to learn the metric system i believe it still is, for many people, a land of opportunity pam

gungadin09 -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 1:01:45 AM)
The lack of hereditary titles. pam

0ldhen -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 4:08:05 AM)
Even though the fellows down in P+R would argue with me, I love our Freedom. Admit it, compared to many places, we have great freedom here. If we disagree with something, well at least we are free to do so. I love this small town, called, amazingly enough, Liberty, that I live in. Yesterday, we had our "BIG" 4th parade. We had small to large kids, marching proudly, waving at everybody the knew. Trust me, in a town whose population is 2007, in a county whose population is 7000, you pretty much know or at least recognize everybody. I loved the sun weathered faces of our farmers, young and old alike, smiling proudly as they rode their freshly washed tractors, antique to new, in the parade tossing sweets to the kids. i loved that we had our Flame Queen and her court, in proper gowns, in open cars, waving to the crowds. I loved the that for this day, crimes and fires were suspended for the parade, so our gleaming fire trucks and police cars could parade through town. I loved the group of Harleys, Indians and customs that ended the parade, all carrying flags, with the ol' ladies walking next to them handing out ballons, flags, candy to the crowd, picking up wee children to give them a two second ride in the parade.(Biker chickie remember) I love that for this weekend our prices go wayyyy back to the past, with nickle lemonade and twenty five cent hotdogs I love that this morning, the entire town, Catholics, Baptists, Christians of every flavor, Wiccans, Jews, Druids, our 3 buddists, will gather on the steps and lawn of city hall for a service honoring our Vets. Then will be organized onto the steps for the Yearly Town Photo, hung in the Library and city hall, until next year. Then we will gather as we wander over to the fire dept for pancakes as a community. I love that unless you are a violent offender, the Sheriffs will bring you out of our huge(11 bed)jail, to be in the photo, and have a hotdog. I love that I am priveledged and graced to live under the stars and bars, that my freedom to enjoy the life I love is granted me simply by virtue of being born an American.

pahunkboy -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 4:21:40 AM)
I love the quality of life here. So many good posts on this thread!

Musicmystery -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 7:29:18 AM)
My girlfriend! Made in America.

rawtape -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 11:21:14 AM)
Your Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Musicmystery -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 11:24:27 AM)
While we still have them!

domiguy -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 11:52:18 AM)
milk with hormones in it... Go big American made tits, GO!!

rawtape -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 11:52:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery While we still have them! Well, yes, I was wondering whether to include that in parentheses. But I was trying to be positive in this thread [:)]

angelikaJ -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 11:57:53 AM)
Pete Seeger Buckminster Fuller Robert A. Heinlein (and Ginny) Fred Rogers Tasha Tudor Edward Stratemeyer Louisa May Alcott Georgia O'Keeffe Frank Lloyd Wright The National Parks and Seashores Jane Yolen

popularDemand -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 11:58:07 AM)
HBO pD

JstAnotherSub -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 12:14:44 PM)
I love your post! It pretty much sums up all I love, and saved me so much typing.

sunshinemiss -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 3:32:44 PM)
Mr. Rogers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q

juliaoceania -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 3:34:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Arpig What do I love about America? What it stands for. Not to US citizens, or too foreign leaders, but what America means to the man in the street the world over. The idea. America is an idea, the idea that freedom can be made to work. That just maybe a country can work based on the idea that a person should be as nearly free as can be arranged, that a man can make his own way, and that a people made up of just such men can as well. The dream. America is a dream. it is a dream of freedom hidden in the hearts of billions of oppressed people the world over. Maybe they can get to America, or maybe America can come to them, or maybe even, they can make their own America wherever they live. The hope. America is a hope. The hope that freedom will survive, and that in time it will spread. That like an insidious disease, the germ of freedom spreads out from America. The promise. America is a promise, a promise made to the people of the world. That as long as it stands, as imperfect and often off track as it may get at times, the idea will not die. You have probably noticed by now that I haven't really mentioned anything that actually applies to or affects the people of the USA. That's because America doesn't belong to the people of the U.S., it belongs to everybody else. America is not the same thing as the USA. The USA belongs to you, it is your country, yours to figure out and to do whatever you want with. But America, the idea, dream, hope, and promise that is America, that belongs to the rest of us, and you are only the caretakers of America. And no matter how powerful the USA gets, America will always be infinitely stronger. Do what you will with the USA, but take good care of America, we have entrusted it to you, please don't fuck it up. Take the idea of America into your hearts and make it part of you, keep the dream of America alive in your hearts, let the hope of America flourish in your hearts. And keep the promise. it's a promise your ancestors made when they wrote those words that echo in the heart of every free person and every person yearning to be free: *We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, ...* Noble words that made a weighty promise, one that has been entrusted to you to keep. You made me tear up, you bastard!

sunshinemiss -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 3:41:33 PM)
Do you know... yesterday somebody asked me "sunshine, where are you from?" A common question here. And I found myself saying, "I'm from the USA... I'm PROUDLY from the USA." And I meant it. I haven't felt like that in years and years. I enjoy my adopted country. I love my own. I love the principles my country was founded upon. Bob - your post is spot on. Excellent ... truly excellent. Best wishes, sunshine

Arpig -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 3:48:47 PM)
quote: Your Constitution and Bill of Rights. quote: While we still have them! Even if you lose them, they will live on in the hearts and minds of those who value liberty the world over.

sunshinemiss -> RE: Things I Love About America (7/3/2011 4:00:23 PM)
Bob - cmail.

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