Musings of the Chronologically Challenged™ Fourth Generation

 
FROM THE IN-BOX - Greenville, NC

To Kill An American

You may have missed it in the rush of news last week, but
there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had
published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone
who killed an American, any American.

So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone
know what an American is, so they would know when they
found one.

An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan. An American may also be a Cherokee, Osage, Sioux, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.

An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.

An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person the pursuit of happiness.

An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country. As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.

Americans welcome the best, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes. But they also welcome the least. The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2002 earning a better life for their families. I've been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 other countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and every bloodthirsty tyrant in the history of the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

Pass this around the World.


CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FOOT

How many years should the media delve back into its archives to find an uncomplimentary quote from a politician? How many months? Weeks?
According to the Wilde Poet, the archive guys over at RWN are apparently flipping the coin on the Democrats and republishing some of their infamous quotes. Here are a few "in their own words". Guess it just goes to show, nobody's perfect, right Trent?


PUSSYFOOTIN'

>^..^< Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
>^..^< Creator gave you two ears and one mouth, so you can listen twice as much as you speak. - Lakota Elder
>^..^< A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.) - Dave Barry
>^..^< One of these days, Alice, the Archives will be up again!!
>^..^< You don't stop laughing because you've grown old. You grow old because you stop laughing!






posted by HCL at 12:29 AM