[Rhodes22-list] You might be a True American if....

[L. Sailor]

And THAT's the beauty of this country...that you are
free do do those things...and if someone is offended,
they are free to be!

I do not know its origin...it was sent by a friend (a
3-tour Viet Nam vet, by the way....)

elle

--- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> Elle,
> 
> You began by saying "how those  in the middle
> politically  are being
> >>>> bullied by the ends of the spectrum."
> 
> I couldn't agree more.  I used the wrong word when I
> said I was "offended."
> Maybe "incensed" is clearer.  When I feel I'm being
> bullied I don't usually
> just roll over.  
> 
> But I especially LIKED this one:
> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You know what
> >> you
> >>>> believe and  you aren't afraid to say so, no
> >> matter
> >>>> who is listening.
> 
> Damn right!  I can question "...under God..." all I
> want.  I can protest the
> 10 commandments in court houses.  I can call it a
> "Winter Festival" if I
> want and I often do not put my hand over my heart on
> the National Anthem
> because both hands are busy performing the piece.
> Believe me, I know every
> note.  That's precisely why I love my country and
> for anyone to suggest I'm
> not a true American for not adhering to their agenda
> is nonsense.
> 
> Who wrote that anyway--Marshall Tucker?
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 9/27/06 4:24 PM, "L. Sailor"
> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > well...THAT was vehement.....
> > 
> > The point in sending that list was not that any
> one
> > item was right or wrong, but that we seem to have
> lost
> > great respect for each other..no matter what our
> > station in life or nationality. Each of those
> > items..and there could have been others...tipifies
> > some manner of disrespect which has become
> prevalent
> > since the 70's or so....
> > 
> > Roy Hazlewood, FBI Special Agent who has spent 16
> > years researching serial killers, et al, including
> > Hannibal Lector, said in a speech he gave locally
> not
> > long ago that, "We seem to have lost two very
> > important brakes or inhibitors on our behavior...a
> > sense of responsibility and a sense of shame."
> > 
> > When we are INTENTIONALLY disrespectful, we
> exhibit no
> > sense of responsibility toward that person; when
> we
> > are DELIBERATELY offensive, we have no shame.
> > 
> > Americans cannot discuss, converse, without
> someone
> > somewhere complaining that they are offended.
> > 
> > enuf.
> > 
> > 
> > elle
> > 
> > 
> > --- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Yeah, OK, I'd like to add a few too:
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you continue to
> >> support the administration
> >> no matter how many lies are crammed down our
> >> throats.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you go to church
> >> every Sunday and pray for
> >> the destruction of others in the name of God.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you think all
> >> languages except English
> >> should be banned within our borders.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you're a white
> >> Anglo.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you think only
> TRUE
> >> AMERICANS adhere to this
> >> list!!
> >> 
> >> On 9/27/06 8:00 AM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Great email, Elle.  I'd only suugest one edit.
> >> Add "Remove your hat" to the
> >>> part about the National Anthem.  That's always
> >> been a pet peeve of mine to
> >>> see folks at a ball game not take off their hat.
> >>> 
> >>> On 9/27/06, L. Sailor <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Came across my email this AM. Makes one think
> >> about
> >>>> how those  in the middle politically  are being
> >>>> bullied by the ends of the spectrum.
> >>>> 
> >>>> elle
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> It is time to change from REDNECK humor to 
> TRUE
> >>>> AMERICAN  Humor! Only I don't see it as Humor,
> >> but the
> >>>> correct way to LIVE  YOUR LIFE ! If you feel
> the
> >> same,
> >>>> pass this on to your True  American friends.
> >> Ya'll
> >>>> know who ya' are...
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: It never
> >> occurred to
> >>>> you to be offended by the phrase, "One nation,
> >> under
> >>>> God."
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You've never
> >>>> protested about  seeing the 10 Commandments
> >> posted in
> >>>> public  places.
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You still say
> >>>> "Christmas"  instead of "Winter Festival."
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You bow your
> >> head
> >>>> when someone
> >>>> prays.
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You stand and
> >> place
> >>>> your hand  over your heart when they play the
> >> National
> >>>> Anthem.
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You treat Viet
> >> Nam
> >>>> vets with  great respect, and alw ays have.
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You've never
> >> burned
> >>>> an American  flag.
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You know what
> >> you
> >>>> believe and  you aren't afraid to say so, no
> >> matter
> >>>> who is listening.
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You respect
> your
> >>>> elders and  expect your kids to do the same.
> >>>> 
> >>>> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You'd give
> your
> >> last
> >>>> dollar to a  friend.
> >>>> 
> >>>> If you got this email from me, it is because I
> >> believe
> >>>> that you, like me, have just enough TRUE
> AMERICAN
> >> in
> >>>> you to have the same  beliefs as those talked
> >> about in
> >>>> this email. This is Excellent, No  Matter what
> >> you
> >>>> deem fit to call it. It is our Country, It is
> our
> >> way
> >>>> of LIFE, and I love it.
> >>>> 
> >>>> God Bless the U S A ! Git 'er done!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> 
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