My American Prayer
I'll admit that I'm a sucker for patriotism. Not the BS "if you criticize the president you are a traitor to America" patriotism we've been seeing for the past 8 years, but the real patriotism of "America really is a good place to be." I want to be proud of my country again; I want to want to live here, rather than wishing I were somewhere else because the government is not what I want it to be. So, yeah, I teared up when I first heard Lee Greenwood's "Proud to Be an American."
And here's another one, another song that gives me hope that maybe, just maybe, I can get out from under the shell of cynicism I've erected. Hope that maybe politicians aren't all bad, and that maybe someone can do something to reverse the damages our current administration has created.
Comments
American is a great place you have so much freedom and choice and rights
Posted by: N Cramer | June 23, 2009 11:38 PM
Not bad, but not as catchy as the Greenwood song. Which makes me tear up every time I hear it, and sing along too.
I am hopelessly sappy.
Posted by: Janice in GA | September 3, 2008 10:39 AM
I totally understand what you're saying here, but I still loathe the Lee Greenwood song. ;-)
Maybe the GOP co-opting (with Greenwood's blessing, IIRC) it for one of their unofficial theme songs has unfairly spoiled it, but it is what it is.
Posted by: Doc Dregs | September 3, 2008 9:42 AM