tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post2623573106411890772..comments2024-01-19T07:30:41.591-08:00Comments on An Average American Patriot: We are the future! All of us, the world: With Obama we have hope. Time to update man and the planets life cycles!jmsjoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-12293555429550453752009-01-24T04:09:00.000-08:002009-01-24T04:09:00.000-08:00The National Anthem has been cheapened as has the ...The National Anthem has been cheapened as has the word patriotic and hero with the elitist using it as if it were political slang.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-58040640911034492932009-01-24T01:03:00.000-08:002009-01-24T01:03:00.000-08:00I always wish whoever chose the Star Spangled Bann...I always wish whoever chose the Star Spangled Banner, an old drinking song, had chosen this song for our national anthem. I'd hoped to hear it at the inauguration.<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine Aretha belting this song out? Heavens, have I become a patriot?<BR/>...<BR/>O beautiful for spacious skies, <BR/>For amber waves of grain, <BR/>For purple mountain majesties <BR/>Above the fruited plain! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>God shed his grace on thee <BR/>And crown thy good with brotherhood <BR/>From sea to shining sea! <BR/><BR/>O beautiful for pilgrim feet <BR/>Whose stern impassioned stress<BR/>A thoroughfare of freedom beat <BR/>Across the wilderness! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>God mend thine every flaw, <BR/>Confirm thy soul in self-control, <BR/>Thy liberty in law! <BR/><BR/>O beautiful for heroes proved <BR/>In liberating strife. <BR/>Who more than self their country loved<BR/>And mercy more than life! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>May God thy gold refine <BR/>Till all success be nobleness <BR/>And every gain divine! <BR/><BR/>O beautiful for patriot dream <BR/>That sees beyond the years <BR/>Thine alabaster cities gleam <BR/>Undimmed by human tears! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>God shed his grace on thee <BR/>And crown thy good with brotherhood <BR/>From sea to shining sea! <BR/><BR/>O beautiful for halcyon skies, <BR/>For amber waves of grain, <BR/>For purple mountain majesties <BR/>Above the enameled plain! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>God shed his grace on thee <BR/>Till souls wax fair as earth and air <BR/>And music-hearted sea! <BR/><BR/>O beautiful for pilgrims feet, <BR/>Whose stem impassioned stress <BR/>A thoroughfare for freedom beat <BR/>Across the wilderness! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>God shed his grace on thee <BR/>Till paths be wrought through <BR/>wilds of thought <BR/>By pilgrim foot and knee! <BR/><BR/>O beautiful for glory-tale <BR/>Of liberating strife <BR/>When once and twice, <BR/>for man's avail <BR/>Men lavished precious life! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>God shed his grace on thee <BR/>Till selfish gain no longer stain <BR/>The banner of the free! <BR/><BR/>O beautiful for patriot dream <BR/>That sees beyond the years <BR/>Thine alabaster cities gleam <BR/>Undimmed by human tears! <BR/>America! America! <BR/>God shed his grace on thee <BR/>Till nobler men keep once again <BR/>Thy whiter jubilee!Stella by Starlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385761338190877425noreply@blogger.com