[Cloud9]

Had the Germans won, I would be in front of a ditch with a gun to the back of my head, but I would not be alone.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'N')othing shall threaten that "American Way of Life"! (More like the Way of Death.)

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '
')we didn't get here in one step
and we won't get there in one step

[vision-master]

He’s just reminiscing over that 57 Chevy.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '
')The question in dispute is whether we will hit the bottom walking or running. From all appearances, we are speeding our way downward a whole lot faster than we made the trip up.

Insofar as a President's power to affect you is concerned, I can give you inumerable ways. Declare War and conscript your children and grandchildren. Sign executive orders permitting wiretapping of your phone and computer. Send the economy into a tailspin by deregulating the Banking industry. Etc, etc, etc.

I'm not precisely sure exactly what you are proud of Pops? Some mythological idea of democracy and freedom that never existed? An economy built on the virtual enslavement of the third world through the banking system? Political Leaders who ranged from the pathetically stupid to the criminally insane?

Every time I read your stuff, I feel like I'm reading a script from Ozzie and Harriet, or perhaps Ward Cleaver giving a Pep Talk to the Beaver. It just doesn't ring true anymore.

Reverse Engineer

[Nickel]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'P')ride in one's country goes to whether one pulls or elects to not pull, as simple as that.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'N')othing shall threaten that "American Way of Life"! (More like the Way of Death.)

[gampy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AlexdeLarge', 'I') am very proud to be American!! ( But then I know what its like to live elsewhere.)

You have been poisoned by listenening to the mainstream media trash America at every opportunity in order to demonize Bush and get their pigeon elected.

[RdSnt]

Actually, now that all the jazz and spin is gone from the election and Obama is in power, I'm holding my breath. How long will it be before the American people murder him, either figuratively or literally.
The hype and expectations heaped on this presidency border on panic and are a reflection of the last gasp of denial that the entire American public wish to hold onto.
When all that is blown away the reaction will be vicious.

[Heineken]

RdSnt, that's an excellent insight.

The downside to unrealistic hope and expectations can be an almost vertical slope.

[Voice_du_More]

I am proud of what America has accomplished in the past, and would not rule out feeling that way about things we do in the future. But sucking dry the oil breast of the world and then insisting it was our right to do so is not going go down in my book as a noble act. We professed the Protestant work ethic and then handed ourselves over to greed, lust, and despicable pride that blinded our eyes to our real needs. So goes the empire, and I will not be among the many who mourn for her as the smoke of her burning rises up forever and ever (Revelation 17.)

[Voice_du_More]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gampy', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AlexdeLarge', 'I') am very proud to be American!! ( But then I know what its like to live elsewhere.)

You have been poisoned by listenening to the mainstream media trash America at every opportunity in order to demonize Bush and get their pigeon elected.