*Is it okay to like THIS song again now?*

[ThatsMyBarack]

:patriot: I DO! I DO! :patriot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ZFDUvHj-I

:patriot: :cry: :woohoo: :bounce: :grouphug: :loveya: :patriot:

[But....]

1. It will always be O.K...

they just make us feel a little dirty for awhile(nothing some soap, time, and Obama can't fix!:woohoo: )

[Fumesucker]

2. I don't and never will...

America has the highest incarceration rate in the world bar absolutely none, we have ~5% of the planet's population and fully 25% of the prisoners.

Not to mention that Lee Greenwood is an ass who canceled a concert for veterans because he didn't get every penny of the up front money in time.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/greenwood.asp

[speedoo]

7. Thanks. I would have barfed if I had clicked and ended up listening to Lee Greenwood.

I can't stand that hack. Almost as bad as Hank Williams, Jr.

[shadowknows69]

3. If someone remakes it

You have to understand I worked in radio on 9/11. I heard that damn song played on all of our stations too many more times than is healthy for human ears.

[shadowknows69]

4. Edit to add, How about a Stevie Wonder version

That I could get behind.

[progressoid]

5. It certainly ticks off the RWers on youtube that their idea of American pride might be different

from what Sean Hannity says it should be.

[Frustratedlady]

6. My goodness. How long has it been since we've heard that song?

A very touching compilation. It brought goosebumps that before long, we may be able to play it with pride.

How many more days of Booooosh?

[ThatsMyBarack]

8. 77 DAYS left 'til....

Bye, bye, Bushie! :)

[Sheets of Easter]

9. Might I suggest an alternative?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3IKGjMQpns

This should be our national anthem- not just America the Beautiful, per se, but Ray Charles' rendering of it.

[pipi_k]

10. Oh my god...

I can't believe I'm sitting here with tears streaming down my face



The song all by itself....eh


accompanied by those photos...very very moving


We may not be perfect, but we're all we've got, and we can do so much better than we have for the last (hellish) eight years

[ThatsMyBarack]

11. Well put, pipi_k!

:patriot: :hi:

[JDwho]

13. Pipi, I'm crying too. That video with Obama and those words....

the song has regained its status in my heart. That was just beautiful. I just cast my vote an hour ago and I am emotional beyond words after hearing that song and believing it again.

[Kajsa]

12. Yep!

The neocons and rabid RWings have NOTHING on the progressives
when it comes to patriotism!

Who in the hell is fighting to preserve the laws of our Constitution?

Not the neocons!


:patriot: :grouphug: