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Happy Birthday America Submitted by Mitch on Sat, 2008-07-05 03:03
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” That, right there, represents the very best of humanity, and it is one of the great injustices that it has become part of popular culture to bash America. Liberty and her friend capitalism have improved the living standards of almost every single person on the planet, and yet most don’t give it a second thought when forming their opinion of the land of the free. Barely anyone gives a thought to all the marvellous improvements that those American rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness have added to their lives, not to mention the shining example to the rest of the World of what can be achieved by men with free minds. Well, here’s a reminder: electricity, the oil well, the airplane, the mass produced motor car, the incandescent light bulb, the telephone, the refrigerator, toilet paper, jeans, the fountain pen, the skyscraper, the tractor, the air conditioner, the photocopier, the microwave, the cell phone, the calculator, the computer, and the internet barely scrape the surface of all that we have to be grateful for. We have much to thank America and Americans for. Their willingness to come to the aid of a friend is unsurpassed, even though this is usually the reason for criticising them. American military action has undoubtedly saved countless millions from doom, yet time after time the focus is placed on the imperfections of their courageous actions, with never a thought given to the terror of a world without our bravest upholders of freedom. Instead of second guessing her every move, we must support and aid America in spreading liberty’s flame, ridding the world of mysticism and tyranny along the way. We must also hope against hope that we haven’t done too much damage to America’s self confidence, and that enough Americans rediscover the principles of their founding fathers before it’s too late. It’s time for America bashing to stop. Happy birthday America, and thank you.
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I wasn't born in America either and so Ayn Rand, but the values of America are my values and in this sense I'm an American. This is not a question of loyalty to the certain geographical area but to ideas.
Hmmm
I wasn't born in America, so what's your point Sharon?
Have you got...
... any original thoughts of your own, Sharia?
"Patriotism is your
"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”
George Bernard Shaw
Ummm
Mitch and Marcus are the same person. There. Solved the Mitch-Marcus dichotomy.
Mitch...
Not Marcus... Sorry, Mitch, I just realised I made the same mistake... *doh*... but I did mean you. Mitch.
lets hope that the America
lets hope that the America of today returns to its constitutional roots. The constitutional republic has watered down to a democracy and socialism has increased to unacceptable levels.
Happy Birthday USA!
From The Sunday Times
July 6, 2008
Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda
Marie Colvin in Mosul
American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.
After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul.
A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10.
Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects.
The group has been reduced to hit-and-run attacks, including one that killed two off-duty policemen yesterday, and sporadic bombings aimed at killing large numbers of officials and civilians.
Last Friday I joined the 2nd Iraqi Division as it supported local police in a house-to-house search for one such bomb after intelligence pointed to a large explosion today.
Even in the district of Zanjali, previously a hotbed of the insurgency, it was possible to accompany an Iraqi colonel on foot through streets of breeze-block houses studded with bullet holes. Hundreds of houses were searched without resistance but no bomb was found, only 60kg of explosives.
American and Iraqi leaders believe that while it would be premature to write off Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Sunni group has lost control of its last urban base in Mosul and its remnants have been largely driven into the countryside to the south.
Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, who has also led a crackdown on the Shi’ite Mahdi Army in Basra and Baghdad in recent months, claimed yesterday that his government had “defeated” terrorism.
“They were intending to besiege Baghdad and control it,” Maliki said. “But thanks to the will of the tribes, security forces, army and all Iraqis, we defeated them.”
The number of foreign fighters coming over the border from Syria to bolster Al-Qaeda’s numbers is thought to have declined to as few as 20 a month, compared with 120 a month at its peak.
Brigadier General Abdullah Abdul, a senior Iraqi commander, said: “We’ve limited their movements with check-points. They are doing small attacks and trying big ones, but they’re mostly not succeeding.”
Major-General Mark Hertling, American commander in the north, said: “I think we’re at the irreversible point.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t...
Thanks myself...
...I mean Mitch that is...nah, I mean myself
USA, Mitch and I love you...and when you're under threat as you currently are...it's just goes to show us that if you fall...then we are all basically fucked!
Don't listen to your enemies both inside and out...you're still great and have greatness within you!
Mitch and I salute you!
A lovely tribute Mitch
Happy Birthday America and than you.
"Who is John Galt?"
Mitch, Marcus,
They're all great. heh. Very well said Mitch!
I have often mistaken Mitch
I have often mistaken Mitch for Marcus...ha ha..but yes, gosh, cannot be both...but they do seem splendid chaps...and Mitch does seem a splendid chap!
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Mitch wrote the article. :-)
Mitch is Mitch, Marcus is Marcus, A is A. Mitch cannot be Marcus at the same time and in the same respect; Marcus cannot be Mitch at the same time and in the same respect.
But there are a lot of DBs around.
Very well said Marcus
And thanks.
Lindsay, you mean Dem-scum Saddamites
like this fat stupid bitch...
Thanks Mitch!
Happy Birthday, America! And fuck you, Dem-scum and all other low-life Saddamites!
Indeed, in deed
And you can add to that superlative list, Marcus, their Constitution.
Thank you America, land of the free, home of the brave.