*****The God Bless America Thread******

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  • PearlJain
    PearlJain Posts: 565
    I HATE 'God bless America.' I hate the saying, the slogan, the stickers, the song, etc etc etc. It's so cheap and tacky.

    That said, I love baseball, Cedar Point, Hollywood blockbusters, and NCAA college football.

    I'm so sorry you are Cynical regarding "God Bless America!" With that said- I was born and raised in Ohio (Cleveland) and became military at 17. Howeverer - one thing in common -I love that you love Cedar Point! Cedar Point ROCKS! I personally love everything about the Constitution, I love our troops, I love being free to support PETA, I love being an Independent thinker, I love that as a female, I was able to obtain a college education, I love Pearl Jam Music, I love Dairy Queen, In Demand television, Verizon Wireless, Vonage. Geez! The list goes on and on! I'm very proud to be here! Lucky to have been born here!
    The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated - Gandhi

    "Empty pockets will Allow a greater Sense of wealth...." EV/ITW
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
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  • BRMLAW
    BRMLAW Posts: 153
    Byrnzie wrote:
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    Youre such an easy bait......Thanks for being such a predictable troll. And thanks to everyone else for keeping it positive.
  • BRMLAW
    BRMLAW Posts: 153
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Forget *God Bless America*, how about *God bless the World*. Now that's more like it.
    God bless ,Pearl Jam..... ;)

    Thanks you Greece.
  • BRMLAW
    BRMLAW Posts: 153
    Who said Gershwin? Brilliant. Gotta add......American Girls. Sorry rest of the planet. Ours are the hottest. :D
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    BRMLAW wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
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    Youre such an easy bait......Thanks for being such a predictable troll. And thanks to everyone else for keeping it positive.

    So you admit that you were baiting me? I thought as much.
  • BRMLAW
    BRMLAW Posts: 153
    :lol: Just trying to make it positive. Knew you wouldnt resist a chance to take a swipe at my country might have something to do with it. :lol: This is an American band with a free forum to talk politics. Not a magnet to attract anti american haters. Take your act somewhere else. Its old. :twisted:
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    "God Bless America"

    What a ridiculous phrase. As if God - if there were such a thing, which there isn't - would recognize borders and nation states and differentiate between them. Do you ever hear anyone saying "God Bless Equatorial Guinea", or "God Bless The Federated States of Micronesia"? :lol:
  • BRMLAW
    BRMLAW Posts: 153
    Byrnzie wrote:
    "God Bless America"

    What a ridiculous phrase. As if God - if there were such a thing, which there isn't - would recognize borders and nation states and differentiate between them. Do you ever hear anyone saying "God Bless Equatorial Guinea", or "God Bless The Federated States of Micronesia"? :lol:
    An America AND a God hater. Well, boy, that purty much makes your a communist. You can take out God and just go with Bless America if its easier for you and your commie views.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    BRMLAW wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    "God Bless America"

    What a ridiculous phrase. As if God - if there were such a thing, which there isn't - would recognize borders and nation states and differentiate between them. Do you ever hear anyone saying "God Bless Equatorial Guinea", or "God Bless The Federated States of Micronesia"? :lol:

    An America AND a God hater. Well, boy, that purty much makes your a communist. You can take out God and just go with Bless America if its easier for you and your commie views.

    This just gets funnier and funnier. Keep 'em coming! :lol:
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    BRMLAW wrote:
    Who said Gershwin? Brilliant. Gotta add......American Girls. Sorry rest of the planet. Ours are the hottest. :D

    I noticed in Paris that there were really no women that rivaled the gorgeous women I saw daily in Chicago. On the flipside, there were also no women to rival the hideously ugly ones you see at your average WalMart or Cedar Point. It was the first math discussion I've had in years, as a friend and I concluded that the 'mean' is higher in Paris, but America has a greater range ;)

    That said, the women of Spain are without doubt the sexiest I've ever seen. But that might have had something to do with being in Morocco the two weeks before and seeing nothing but fully covered women everywhere... then cue Spain, gorgeous women, Western clothes... I was a wreck :) Still, if you can get the cream of the American crop, our women are pretty elite, hehe.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    BRMLAW wrote:
    Who said Gershwin? Brilliant. Gotta add......American Girls. Sorry rest of the planet. Ours are the hottest. :D

    I noticed in Paris that there were really no women that rivaled the gorgeous women I saw daily in Chicago. On the flipside, there were also no women to rival the hideously ugly ones you see at your average WalMart or Cedar Point. It was the first math discussion I've had in years, as a friend and I concluded that the 'mean' is higher in Paris, but America has a greater range ;)

    That said, the women of Spain are without doubt the sexiest I've ever seen. But that might have had something to do with being in Morocco the two weeks before and seeing nothing but fully covered women everywhere... then cue Spain, gorgeous women, Western clothes... I was a wreck :) Still, if you can get the cream of the American crop, our women are pretty elite, hehe.

    I'd like to throw a vote in for the Women of Czech Republic

    Carry on . . . :mrgreen:
    NERDS!
  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    JaneNY wrote:
    I HATE 'God bless America.' I hate the saying, the slogan, the stickers, the song, etc etc etc. It's so cheap and tacky.

    Ditto this.^^^^


    and as another poster said; God Bless the WORLD

    Asheville, NC
    too many bands to name
    the pnw
    sequoias and other old growth forests
    the mountains (although, yes, i'm well aware they exist in other countries)
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    BRMLAW wrote:
    :lol: Just trying to make it positive. Knew you wouldnt resist a chance to take a swipe at my country might have something to do with it. :lol: This is an American band with a free forum to talk politics. Not a magnet to attract anti american haters. Take your act somewhere else. Its old. :twisted:

    I know you're trying to keep things positive but Are you saying that if one does not believe in this God Bless America BS you're then an American hater? I love this country even more knowing that I don't have to buy into everything we must to be perceived to be a true American. :roll:

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • weenie
    weenie Posts: 1,623
    g under p wrote:
    BRMLAW wrote:
    :lol: Just trying to make it positive. Knew you wouldnt resist a chance to take a swipe at my country might have something to do with it. :lol: This is an American band with a free forum to talk politics. Not a magnet to attract anti american haters. Take your act somewhere else. Its old. :twisted:

    I know you're trying to keep things positive but Are you saying that if one does not believe in this God Bless America BS you're then an American hater? I love this country even more knowing that I don't have to buy into everything we must to be perceived to be a true American. :roll:

    Peace

    I agree. One of the things that makes it so great to live here is the fact that we CAN question everything that's put before us by the government. In their early writings, many of our founding fathers- such as Thomas Paine- indicated that it is our DUTY as patriots to question those things put before us.
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    weenie wrote:

    I agree. One of the things that makes it so great to live here is the fact that we CAN question everything that's put before us by the government. In their early writings, many of our founding fathers- such as Thomas Paine- indicated that it is our DUTY as patriots to question those things put before us.

    absolutely agree. and this is what sets us apart from country's like China and Iran. we are far from perfect, but we certainly are allowed to speak our minds.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    weenie wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    BRMLAW wrote:
    :lol: Just trying to make it positive. Knew you wouldnt resist a chance to take a swipe at my country might have something to do with it. :lol:This is an American band with a free forum to talk politics. Not a magnet to attract anti american haters. Take your act somewhere else. Its old. :twisted:

    I know you're trying to keep things positive but Are you saying that if one does not believe in this God Bless America BS you're then an American hater? I love this country even more knowing that I don't have to buy into everything we must to be perceived to be a true American. :roll:

    Peace

    I agree. One of the things that makes it so great to live here is the fact that we CAN question everything that's put before us by the government. In their early writings, many of our founding fathers- such as Thomas Paine- indicated that it is our DUTY as patriots to question those things put before us.
    Not to mention that this is an American band (with a free forum to talk politics) who believes in standing up for what they believe in, being true to themselves, and spreading that type of awareness to their fans and urging them to do the same. I now proudly question everything, which I have found many people dislike. Too bad, as it is our duty as citizens of this country.
  • encinoman
    encinoman Posts: 35
    Don't kid yourself. This forum is anything but free. Ask Kat why I was banned for insults if that's the case? That's right. Insults. Just today? If you dont subscribe to the message of the powers that be on this board you aren't free....youre banned for life......... :lol: And be careful the admins have preferences. Clearly the message of love for country is not a popular one here it gets you banned. Perhaps if I started more damn America, and evil Israel threads like a few trolls do I could avoid the dreaded ban for life....Good thing im a cat. 9 lives baby.

    bye.......4......now. Fight the positive fight.

    brmlaw
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    encinoman wrote:
    Don't kid yourself. This forum is anything but free. Ask Kat why I was banned for insults if that's the case? That's right. Insults. Just today? If you dont subscribe to the message of the powers that be on this board you aren't free....youre banned for life......... :lol: And be careful the admins have preferences. Clearly the message of love for country is not a popular one here it gets you banned. Perhaps if I started more damn America, and evil Israel threads like a few trolls do I could avoid the dreaded ban for life....Good thing im a cat. 9 lives baby.

    bye.......4......now. Fight the positive fight.

    brmlaw
    it was pretty smart of you to post your former identity......
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • encinoman
    encinoman Posts: 35
    i was banned before that. and i could give a rats ass. this part of the board should have been locked years ago. it attracts mostly nuts, extremists, and psychos. im just here for the music man. :D you can keep your anti U.S. Jew hating trolls. My work is done.