[Vision2020] You might be a real American

[Paul Rumelhart]

That's what it takes to be a True American?  Not to be afraid to show 
you are a christian?  Not to burn the flag?  To respect veterans and 
your elders?

Well, I almost made it.  I'm not christian, so apparently I can't be a 
True American.  Wonderful.

Your standards are too low.  How about you are a True American if the 
ideas of freedom and liberty for all are important to you?  That 
includes the freedom to believe whatever religion you wish, or none at all.

If you support the First Amendment, I would say you are on the path to 
being a "True American".  If you care for your rights and the rights of 
others equally, I'd say you are a True American.  If you get enraged 
when politicians "game the system", you are a True American.

If you get angry when someone claims they are a "Patriot" when they 
really mean that they blindly support the government or the status quo, 
you are a True American.  Look up what it really means to be a Patriot 
sometime.  Start by imagining the courage it took for the Founding 
Fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence and ponder what would 
have happened to each of them if the revolution had failed.

The true values of this country are getting lost in this "Christians - 
the World's Only Persecuted Majority" crap.  What values that have 
managed to squeak through that mess are wantonly being pulverised by 
Corporate America.  I'd say the truest sign of whether or not you are a 
True American is if you have had it up to here with all the crap that 
has happened in the last couple of decades.

Paul

Dick Sherwin wrote:

> I believe this is apporpriate as well as accurate.  I realize there 
> are those who don't believe in any of this but to them all I have to 
> say is, "Oh well!"
>  
> Dick S.
>  
>  
> It is time to  change from *REDNECK**  **humor to  **/_ TRUE 
>  AMERICAN_/**  Humor! Only I don't see it as Humor, but the correct 
> way to   **LIVE YOUR  LIFE** !  If  you feel the same, pass this on to 
> your **True  American** friends.  Ya'll know who ya' are... **
>
> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if:  ** It  never occurred to you to be 
> offended by the phrase, "One nation, under  God." **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if:**  You've never protested about 
> seeing the 10 Commandments posted in  public**  **places.**  **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You  still say "Christmas" instead 
> of "Winter Festival."   **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You  bow your head when someone 
> prays. **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You  stand and place your hand 
> over your heart when ** ** they  play the National Anthem. **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You  treat Viet  Nam  vets with 
> great respect, and always have. **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You've  never burned an American 
> flag. **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You  know what you believe and you 
> aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is  listening. **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You  respect your elders and 
> expect your kids to do the same.   **
>
> You  might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: **You'd  give your last dollar to a 
> friend.
>
> If  you got this email from me, it is because I believe that you, like 
> me,  have just**  **enough  ** TRUE  AMERICAN **in  you to have the 
> same beliefs as those talked about in this email.  ** **
> ** **/_
> God Bless the _/**/_U_/**/_  _/**/_ _/**/_S_/**/_  _/**/_A_/**/_ 
>  _/**/_!   and may the U.S.A. BEGIN TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD the way 
> we used to!!!_/** ***
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