Born In The U.S.A.

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10310

Born In The U.S.A.
by Brent Budowsky | Oct 5 2007


In an upcoming 60 Minutes Bruce Springsteen will advance a profound debate about the true nature of Americanism.

It is time for progressives to light up the sky with patriotism, to rewrite the rules of our current debates, to rekindle that timeless spirit that has made America America for more than two hundred years.

From the internet to the arts, from the houses of Congress to the houses of worship, from the movie theaters to the concert halls, from the community organizers to the corporate boardrooms, from the studios of progressive radio to the grassroots of the real America, we should seize the high ground of American patriotism, American values, American ideals, our American history, the American spirit and the American future.

Let freedom ring.

We stand at an extraordinary moment in the history of our nation. Things have been done in the name of America that dishonor the trust of the real America. Beyond the vision of a tired Washington, beneath the radar of a self-indulgent media, our people are in revolt as they were in the days before the Liberty Bell first rang.

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We should end the defensiveness and the depression of the present, and begin a new boldness and confidence based on the power of our numbers, the truth of our ideas, and the reality that a dark era is coming to an end and a new era will soon be born again in the country that is forever young.

We should champion a great America of progressive patriotism, and we will begin a new era of patriotic renewal, rejuvenation and reform for the great spirit that was Born In The U.S.A.

[madokie]

1. time is wasting

its going to be us who rights this listing ship of state as it sure won't be our congress critters initiating anything

[YOY]

2. side question: Anyone ever hear the Russian version "Born in the USSR"

Written post Soviet time. Very sad song but still nationalistic in a that obnoxious way that only we and the Russians seem to pull off.

Just interesting.

[RethugAssKicker]

3. Extreme Nationalism...... dangerous thing....

we're no better than anyone else