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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:05 PM Original message |
The song "Proud to be an American" |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Borders are maps mean way to much to people. Like Texans. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I'm sorry? What is that again? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Texas can bite me... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sing it Fee ! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. They got department stores full of cheap guitars |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. LOL ... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. cool. (nt) |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. My college roommate had their early records |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I had quite a few of their LPs |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Cool. 'White Punks On Dope' was an anthem in the '70's |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Hey Steve .... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Double-plus cool. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because HW Bush made an on camera remark about how he loves that song |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Did you know that the Battle Hymn of the Republic is sacred to the Teabaggers? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Every country on the planet has at least one song with that same shit |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Never been one for overt displays of patriotism or nationalism |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. I have no problem with patriotism in small doses |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Samuel Johnson would have much to say regarding this. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Goes along with the phrase "Freedom isn't free". |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't hate my/this country... |
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digitaln3rd (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think David Cross says it best about Lee Greenwood. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. According to many of them it was gawd's will. n/t |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because it's a crap song filled with superiority and arrogance. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lee Greenwood who wrote the song was booed by veterans when the song |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. "I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today." |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. according to Snopes, the story about Greenwood being a draft doger is false |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Inasmuch as 'Snopes' discounts this as being false, might you provide |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's actually called "God Bless the USA". |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. meaningless patriotic masturbation... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
54. Different song |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. On the accident of birth and patriotism, Bill Hicks said it best. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. You're just not thinking like a Rethug |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Praise Jesus! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's way overdone. |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. It is much the same as that pathetic bumper sticker. I saw one just |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I'd always heard that pride was the sin that got Lucifer cast out of Heaven. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. LOL |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. I prefer "Proud to be a Canadian" by Dayglo Abortions. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. That made me want to punch something. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. I think it's cause they mama and pappy done hated they's guts! |
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LarryNM (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Words Didn't/Don't Reflect Reality |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It's that old now? I was thinking this waqs the one that |
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LarryNM (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I Thought This came out around the time of the first Iraq Invasion (n/t) |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. it came out in 1984 n/t |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. Written for the GOP convention, IIRC. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Thanks. (nt) |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. It came out in 1984 n/t |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Thanks. I was thinking of the song: |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. ah yes, I remember that one -- at least that was better than |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. that song is just horrible, just HORRIBLE , and i like our national anthem |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. George Carlin's take on patriotism |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Fuck that song with a rotten pineapple. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. Check out this Westboro Baptist Church version on Youtube |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Awww. they're my favorite aggressively psychotic dickwads. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
52. exceptionalism. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. 'Proud to be a 'Murikan where at least I think I'm free' |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. And there it is... |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
55. that song brings tears to my eyes |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Try something a little newer? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
56. That song came out a couple of years after I joined the USAF, and they |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
57. Proud to have a lobotomy (is the subtext, I've always thought) |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
62. most of these crappy songs are about supporting war and the military |
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