Wow you take a lot of stuff too literal.
I am proud of the ideal of America as embedded in our Declaration of Independence, our Cons ution, and our Bill of Rights. I am not proud of where America falls far short of and moves away from the ideal.
Sarcasm about the past history of the United States is really original.
Grateful, thankful, privileged...doesn't really fit the true definition of proud though.
synonyms proud,
arrogant, haughty, lordly, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness <too proud to take charity>.
I don't think anyone equates "being a proud American" with that^^.
Probably moreso with the Lee Greenwood song lyrics;
Proud To Be An American
I’d thank my lucky stars,
to be livin 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 wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.
^^^That's more like it.
in other words "I'll sing it, you do it"
"I'll sing it, only"And I gladly stand up,
"provided all i have to do is sing this hick song to bubba"next to you and defend her still today.
I don't think God is interested in blessing one particular country.
that's what bubba thinks.
Not only Bubba, unfortunately.
Entire religions (born in America) have been built around this notion.
bubba pretends to be religious.
The song lyric that you bolded certainly doesn't imply that God should be interested in blessing only America so what's your point?
what countries does god refuse to bless?
If you had taken the song's context in it's entirety, instead of taking the "I'm gonna be an a$$hole" approach, you would have come up with what my original thoughts were to the question "Are you proud to be an American?", which were; being grateful, thankful and feeling privileged about being an American.
No
this nation is rife with hypocracy, getting dumber at an astounding rate, and has underlying problems that have been identified for many years yet no real effort has been made to fix them. I feel alternating bouts of intense rage and apathetic indifference when it comes to my country's politics and elections.
But the economic benefits of living here are still pretty tight.
I'm proud to live in a country that for only 99 cents...while people in Zimbabwe can't buy a loaf of bread, I can buy a nice greasy cheeseburger.
I Love America.
um... the people in this thread do
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102440
for 99 cents in Zimbabwe you can buy full meal plus desert. the problem is ppl there dont' have the 99 cents
I am not proud to be an American, because I did absolutely nothing to become an American. I did not chose to be born into an American family. I did not chose to embrace the American lifestyle--these were both gifted to me, being an American (or really any ethnic westerner, i.e. a non first generation immigrant, as it usually takes a generation or two to fully integrate and enjoy the perks to western society) is much more like winning the genetic lottery.
I am proud of the storied legal and social traditions of America, I appreciate the underlying dedication to progress of my fellow countrymen and women, even if we don't always all agree on what that means and how to get there.
I think it is important to remember that in this 21st century, a time when communication between peoples of all races, genders, and ages is easy and instantaneous, that we are blessed to be human beings, and that all peoples, cultures, and creeds have something to offer. We should be grateful of the many opportunities being an American citizen entails, but we should also remember that these are not opportunities that we ourselves earned, and if given the opportunity, there is no reason a person from any other culture or nationality could not achieve the same standard of living we have.
I'm lucky, but disgusted at the direction this country is moving to.
I'd be proud of myself (in the American sense) had I ever served.
based on my experience, they're usually more honest than the American citizens who hire them.
It was never my intent to comment about the song. I didn't even read the entire lyrics. I simply wanted to comment on how funny I find the "God bless America . . . " statement. I'm not sure I have ever heard any other citizen from a different country say "God bless [insert name of country]".
Uncalled for insult on your behalf.instead of taking the "I'm gonna be an a$$hole" approach,
I have no qualms with those reasons for being a proud American. I applaud you, jochyou would have come up with what my original thoughts were to the question "Are you proud to be an American?", which were; being grateful, thankful and feeling privileged about being an American.
So . . . ?
Did I say that?
Right, they're honestly illegal.
I'd rather not get overly involve in off-thread peripherals, but I'll make one short attempt to clear it up.
Your comment; "I don't think God is interested in blessing one particular country"., was a direct response to Greenwood's last lyric; "God Bless The USA". Since he wasn't asking God to exclude Blessing other Countries, your reply didn't make sense. That implied to me that you were going out of your way to critique my thoughts the subject matter <which you're free to do>.
I still can't figure out what point you were trying to make, but it seems obvious that it wasn't to be critical of my thoughts on the question, and with that in mind, I extend an apology for the insult <a bit overboard regardless of your intent>
Being dishonest and illegal aren't mutually inclusive. There are a lot of honest criminals and dishonest, law-abiding people.
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