[Vision2020] You might be a real American

[Dick Sherwin]

Paul Rumelhart wrote:  "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."
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Personally, I am a little weary of embracing the "whatever religion you wish" syndrone.  I agree, everyone should have the right to worship as they believe, so long as their religion does not preach death and destruction on others because of their beliefs.  I am tired of the so-called "Religion of Peace" and their attempts to acquire maximum kill with their terrorist acts.

As I said in my original post, 
"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!"

May God bless you, even if you don't believe in Him.

Dick S.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Rumelhart 
  To: Vision2020 
  Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:35 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] You might be a real American


  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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