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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
Pssst! We're not those Americans anymore.
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I dunno, Neal. I know some - maybe most - are
those Americans, but I imagine there's a few of us left with the gumption to stand up for ourselves, our country, and each other. I strongly suspect you would. I know I would.
I may disagree with some folks on some issues, but we Americans here - we're all Americans. I may not wear the uniform any more, but my reasons for wearing it are still valid to me today as they were 20 years ago.
We
have had it easy for awhile - top of the international dogpile, putting dudes on the moon, breaking records for flight left and right, cool, quiet, sneaky subs with daring crews. Now, as in the 30's, when it becomes necessary for us to stand up for something... there's a period of institutional inertia we seem to need to go through before we get started. Sorta like me before my first half-pot of coffee. I hope that we as a nation can maybe have that awakening without having it be at the hands of really bad stuff. I thought maybe that out of the 9-11 ashes, we'd emerge a better, stronger, united people. For awhile, we were - until the media restarted its divisive efforts to foment the kind of political confrontation that "sells papers." But at our core, I think that maybe we're not all
those Americans.
bah. I drank too much after not enough food, and it's made me idealistic. I'm to bed.