I know they're weird, some queer, i still want em to share....
Im embarassed by America.....are you ever embarassed by america?- Bill Maher 09/01/06 Real Time with Bill Maher
Nope.
Not ever.
Mr Maher asked this rhetorical question after reading a poll that said America is the only industrial country in the world where a majority of the citizens purport doubt the validity of Evolutionary Theory, presumably favoring in its place some form of Creationism to explain their existence. Now, I can think of a number of reasons why a person might respond that way to a pollster. Some of them would mean that respondent was an ignoramus, but not all of them. None of them would ever mean that I should feel embarassed by America
I am often hurt and disappointed by Government's failure to honor both its promises, and its Promise. I'm troubled by the the stunning disconnects between black and white people, between red and blue states, between rich and poor. Im scared to death of people who value America's symbols and properties, over its people and principles. But "embarassed by America"?? I'll say it again.
Nope
Not ever.
That's just crazy talk.
I think it's at this point that many liberals (of whom i am one) lose their way... and in so doing they are losing the fight for the hearts of most Americans. It is also at this point that Sean Hannity and Dinsesh D'Souza and Ann Coulter get it so glaringly right, that millions are willing to follow them into The Matrix of conservativism. When D'Souza says we can
" love America because she is lovely" he is correct. Freedom is lovely. Power that changes hands by election , and without bloodshed, is lovely. The Bill of Rights is lovely.
America is an historic charter ,and very nearly a mission impossible. Every day of the last 230 years has been a triumph over staggering odds. Like it or not we have secured all those precious victories hand in hand, and side by side, with the same people who answered that poll. The ones who dont believe in abortion, or stem cell research, or in some cases civil rights.The ones who want the ten commandments in every courthouse, and a rifle over every fireplace. Those folks are the struggle, they are the work of being America. And Being America is in my opinion, the highest political expression to date of Being Human, and it deserves our admiration even though it will fall forever short of Being Heaven.
Any mature definiton of love includes the courage to say honestly when things are going wrong in the relationship, or when you disagree with with the beloved about something important. Bill Maher, who i believe does love this country, is someone I look to for exactly that sort of truthfulness. But to say that youre embarassed by what we are, smacks of both elitism and defeatism, and i just cant think of any two sentiments that are less American than those.
Nope.
Not ever.
Mr Maher asked this rhetorical question after reading a poll that said America is the only industrial country in the world where a majority of the citizens purport doubt the validity of Evolutionary Theory, presumably favoring in its place some form of Creationism to explain their existence. Now, I can think of a number of reasons why a person might respond that way to a pollster. Some of them would mean that respondent was an ignoramus, but not all of them. None of them would ever mean that I should feel embarassed by America
I am often hurt and disappointed by Government's failure to honor both its promises, and its Promise. I'm troubled by the the stunning disconnects between black and white people, between red and blue states, between rich and poor. Im scared to death of people who value America's symbols and properties, over its people and principles. But "embarassed by America"?? I'll say it again.
Nope
Not ever.
That's just crazy talk.
I think it's at this point that many liberals (of whom i am one) lose their way... and in so doing they are losing the fight for the hearts of most Americans. It is also at this point that Sean Hannity and Dinsesh D'Souza and Ann Coulter get it so glaringly right, that millions are willing to follow them into The Matrix of conservativism. When D'Souza says we can
" love America because she is lovely" he is correct. Freedom is lovely. Power that changes hands by election , and without bloodshed, is lovely. The Bill of Rights is lovely.
America is an historic charter ,and very nearly a mission impossible. Every day of the last 230 years has been a triumph over staggering odds. Like it or not we have secured all those precious victories hand in hand, and side by side, with the same people who answered that poll. The ones who dont believe in abortion, or stem cell research, or in some cases civil rights.The ones who want the ten commandments in every courthouse, and a rifle over every fireplace. Those folks are the struggle, they are the work of being America. And Being America is in my opinion, the highest political expression to date of Being Human, and it deserves our admiration even though it will fall forever short of Being Heaven.
Any mature definiton of love includes the courage to say honestly when things are going wrong in the relationship, or when you disagree with with the beloved about something important. Bill Maher, who i believe does love this country, is someone I look to for exactly that sort of truthfulness. But to say that youre embarassed by what we are, smacks of both elitism and defeatism, and i just cant think of any two sentiments that are less American than those.
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