"ode To America"


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We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA.

Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper.

The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title "C"ntarea Americii, meaning "Ode To America") in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei

"The Daily Event" or "News of the Day".

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~An Ode to America~

Why are Americans so united?

They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.

Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.

Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, or the secret service that they are only a bunch of losers.

Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts.

Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about.

Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.

After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag.

They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing.

On every occasion, they started singing:"God Bless America!"

I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.

How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? ; Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes.

And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.

What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way?

Their land? Their history? Their economic Power? Money?

I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.

Cornel Nistorescu

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Nice. I know the peoples from that area have a unique perspective when it comes to Freedom.

I usually question the provenance of such articles but the translation makes it appear genuine and heartfelt.

And the cynic in me makes me think about the conspiracy theorists and other nutcases that article doesn't address. Once the dust settles (quite literally), out they come, laying blame and making up fairy tales.

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What the Canadian Band The *Guess Who* thought of the US in their songs from the early 70's... There were many more than this, but here's 3... So you see the world view hasn't changed much...

This is where you learn to read between the *Lines or words* and these are not in any order...

ARTIST: The Guess Who

TITLE: Guns, Guns Guns

Lyrics

American hunter, bring ‘em up the north side

Guns, guns, guns

Run, take the money, here’s a bullet for your boyfriend

Guns, guns, guns

Eagle all gone, and no more caribou

Guns, guns, guns

You be the red king, I’ll be the yellow pawn

God speed Mother Nature

Never really wanted to say good-bye

Shoot a few, knock ‘em down, cost you half a buck now

Guns, guns, guns

Babe give you kisses if you hit a rubber duck now

Guns, guns, guns

You be the red king, I’ll be the yellow pawn

Guns, guns, guns

Eagle all gone, and no more caribou

God speed Mother Nature

Never really wanted to say good-bye

ARTIST: The Guess Who

TITLE: Share the Land

Lyrics

Have you been around

Have you done your share of coming down

On different things that people do

Have you been aware

You got brothers and sisters who care

About what’s gonna happen to you

In a year from now...

Maybe I’ll be there to shake your hand

Maybe I’ll be there to share the land

That they’ll be giving away

When we all live together.

Did you pay your dues

Did you read the news

This morning when the paper landed in your yard

Do you know their names

Can you play their games

Without losing track

And coming down a bit too hard...

Shake your hand, share the land

Shake your hand, share the land

You know I’ll be standing by

To help you if you worry....

ARTIST: The Guess Who

TITLE: American Woman

Lyrics

American woman, stay away from me

American woman, mama let me be

Don't come here hanging around my door

I don't want to see your face no more

I got more important things to do

Than spend my time growin' old with you

Now woman, I said stay away

American woman, listen what I say

American woman, get away from me

American woman, mama let me be

Don't come here knocking around my door

Don't want to see your shadow no more

Colored lights can hypnotize

Sparkle someone else's eyes

Now woman, I said get away

American woman, listen what I say

American woman, I said get way

American woman, listen what I say

Don't come here hanging around my door

Don't want to see your face no more

I don't need your war machines

I don't need your ghetto scenes

Colored lights can hypnotize

Sparkle someone else's eyes

Now woman, get away from me

American woman, mama let me be

Go, gotta get away, gotta get away, now go go go

I'm gonna leave you, woman

Gotta leave you, woman

Bye bye, bye bye

Bye bye, bye bye

You're no good for me

I'm no good for you

Gonna look at you right in the eye

Tell you what I'm gonna do

You know I'm gonna leave

You know I'm gonna go

You know I'm gonna leave

You know I'm gonna go, woman

I'm gonna leave you, woman

Goodbye, American woman

Yep I'm an American and they were always one of my fav bands at the time... I will say at the time I didn't know what the message was... But to this day I still like & play the songs... :D

Edited by KeithLDick
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