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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 25 2008 : 06:57:15 AM
GREAT COUNTRY!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA.
Read this excerpt from a Romanian News paper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode To America') in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'
~An Ode to America~
Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.
After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing:'God BlessAmerica!'
I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.
How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their history? Their economic Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.
Cornel Nistorescu
(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.) It took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted ! GOD BLESS AMERICA ! !
True Friends * Frannie
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 25 2008 : 09:43:45 AM
rene .. i especially think it is SAD SAD SAD ..when 'americans' put down their own country, government, leaders ..
after all . .it is "WE" .. the PEOPLE .. that our country is made up of .. and we have the glorious FREEDOM to work in a positive way to change things we do not like!
there will probably never be TRUE NIRVANA on this earth (except what is INSIDE our hearts and minds .. which i think leads us to about the most happy and positive and fruitful and joyful life we can lead!)
lordy .. i am so grateful for all the blessings i personally have had throughout my wonderful lifetime .. i think that is why i am truly such a happy person. it is all about 'choices' we make. xoxo
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - May 25 2008 : 08:46:35 AM
This is so beautiful. It is always interresting to hear and see how others see us as people and as a nation. I often find myself wanting to scream when I hear "us" being portraid in the negetive as I know that there is much more humanity in us. I like it when others can see it. Thanks for sharing Frannie! Such a tribute to the men and women who have served us this memorial weekend....
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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