Today is July 7th. What does that mean? Well 2 things. 1) It's Monday and it sucks cuz i'm at work. 2) July 4th has come and past. I really meant to write a post ON the 4th, i just never got around to it. Anyway This is my post for the 4th.Basically, to me, being a citizen of the United States is probably one of the best things ever. There is a feeling of patriotism and pride that is indescribable. I believe that citizens of other nations feel pride for their country also. During the Olympics the people wear their colors, and raise their flags with Pride. However i firmly believe that being part of the greatest nation on earth, knowing what our fore fathers have gone through, seeing how many people want to COME to the US, it really is obvious I live in the greatest nation on the earth.
I'm an emotional person. So sue me. Whenever i sing the national anthem in a group of people, or hear it on the 4th of July, and just ponder what it really means to be an American Citizen, it gets to me. I don't usually cry or sob or whatever, normally it just really touches me. In a manera unica....u unique way, that nothing else can do. I know many, many, many, many people hate George Bush, and hate the politics of the United States, but i am a firm believer that the leaders of America really do their best, as far as they know how, and as good as they can. No one is perfect, people make mistakes. I am also a firm believer that our founding fathers were guided and lead by God in forming the constitution, breaking away from England, and claiming our Independence from Great Britain. I really am so thankful for everything they went through to give me what i know now as the best Country in the world.
Having spent 2 years in Bolivia on a mission, my eyes were really opened to how lucky I am. People in the world hate the United States. They hate George Bush. They hate what America stands for. But why then, do people migrate to the US like crazy? Despite what they say, they know it is a truly blessed country. There are many opportunities in other countries to have a great life, and to prosper. It is possible. Bolivia has so much potential, the only problem is the people are so used to living poor, they don't believe it possible to come out of the poverty they are stuck in. I guess all you can do is just instruct and try to teach the people. You give a man a fish....and teach him how to live life and be good at it.
God Bless the U.S.A.
By Lee Greenwood
If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife.
I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away.
And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.
From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee,
across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea,
From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA,
Well, there’s pride in every American heart,
and it’s time to stand and say:
I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.
AMERICA
Written by Neil Diamond
Far
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star
Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream
On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America
Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm
Home, to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm
Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Every time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America
Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, today, today, today, today
My country 'tis of thee
Today
Sweet land of liberty
Today
Of thee I sing
Today
Of thee I sing
Today
And of course, the best of all:
The Star Spangled Banner
By Francis Scott Key
| Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream: 'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! |  |
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause. it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
I love America.
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