Topic: Do You Know The 4th Verse Of The "Star Spangled Banner"?

[ateball]

At a Tea Party gathering, a retired Marine informs(sings) the gathering of the 4th verse of the "Star Spangled Banner".  The words are quite moving.

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=I0fQd858cRc&playnext_from=TL&videos=cWNozAevym8&feature=sub

[tonyola]

Yes, it moves me, but probably not in the way that you intended. I am reminded of Mark Twain's "The War Prayer".

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/making/warprayer.html

[Ultra]

Yes, it moves me, but probably not in the way that you intended. I am reminded of Mark Twain's "The War Prayer".

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/making/warprayer.html

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[Ray B.]

As many a European baby-boomer, I often wished that I  had been born an American. When I was ten, so I could ride a Schwinn bike and sport a fancy  two-gun cowboy belt. When I was twenty, maybe so I could cross the country East- West in an old Hudson, smoking pot, and aventually get laid by a bunch of California gurls.  I was a wannabe, as the Sioux call the numerous white folks ( many of them Europeans too) who assist their pow-wows.
As the years passed on, I found myself many other reasons, and some still hold firm.
But somewhere in the last 10 years, I came to understand this: I could be relieved that, in the end, my wish was never granted. That's what this video reminds me of.

[DeAutogids.nl]

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[Bezor]

As many a European baby-boomer, I often wished that I  had been born an American. When I was ten, so I could ride a Schwinn bike and sport a fancy  two-gun cowboy belt. When I was twenty, maybe so I could cross the country East- West in an old Hudson, smoking pot, and aventually get laid by a bunch of California gurls.  I was a wannabe, as the Sioux call the numerous white folks ( many of them Europeans too) who assist their pow-wows.
As the years passed on, I found myself many other reasons, and some still hold firm.
But somewhere in the last 10 years, I came to understand this: I could be relieved that, in the end, my wish was never granted. That's what this video reminds me of.

Interesting perspective!  A global view of ourselves (if I can speak for "us" as Americans) is that we suffer from our own perspective and don't see ourselves as being part of a larger world.  That isn't to say other cultures suffer from myopic views, but in regards to this post, I think that we need to be reminded that our policial turmoil is small beans in comparison to decades of upheaval other countries have experienced.  Jefferson may be right that blood needs to be spilled every now and again to restore a country, but in total what we are seeing isn't the cause for so much hate that is the Tea baggers, Sara Palin  or Glenn Beck.