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sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 11:53 PM Jun 2014

My Country tis of Thee







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Steve Marmel @Marmel
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Dear GOP: Stay home July 4th. Don't wave flags, don't go to a parade, don't wear red, white & blue. You don't deserve it. #Bergdahl
3:07 PM - 8 Jun 2014

Steve Marmel @Marmel
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While @BarackObama was working to save #BoweBergdahl, the president who sent him to war was painting. Poorly.
5:15 PM - 8 Jun 2014

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/08/a-tweet-or-two-62/#more-174413









President Obama did not forget. He is bringing Bowe home.

The GOP, were for it before they were against it. This veteran that they sent to war has now been condemned by the GOP as a traitor and a deserter, days after they condemned Obama for no action in bringing him home.

I don't know his story, none of us do yet, however there is a deserter here and that is the GOP that has gone AWOL in support of a veteran that they sent to war.

Now he has been tried and convicted by the GOP before he even leaves the hospital, he has yet to say a word in public in his defense, yet he is guilty as charged. He is a US soldier and his family is receiving death threats. What the hell has this country become.
I for one am embarrassed and ashamed.



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My Country tis of Thee (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 2014 OP
And what a horrible horrible song Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #1
Wow! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #4
I support Bowe. It is a horrible horrible song. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #25
Would you rather it be God Save the Queen? Historic NY Jun 2014 #27
Hmmm. Do people only have a choice between a rock and a hard place? Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #28
Excellent OP, she~ We will celebrate the 4th of July this year without the dead souled Cha Jun 2014 #2
We will indeed Cha! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #5
That's fantastic,she.. it's so almost Cha Jun 2014 #6
I am counting the days! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #11
Freedom! Cha Jun 2014 #13
... sheshe2 Jun 2014 #14
Great op. bravenak Jun 2014 #3
Isn't it? Well said, bravenak.. "Bring our people home is not a scandal".. Cha Jun 2014 #7
It must be scary to be a soldier knowing some wont want to bring you home. bravenak Jun 2014 #10
It's very shameful that the gop goes to such lengths to diss our President.. make Cha Jun 2014 #12
They would give him a Parade. bravenak Jun 2014 #15
Oh yeah! Most definitely! Cha Jun 2014 #18
Thanks and I agree! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #8
Well he thinks he's scary. bravenak Jun 2014 #9
I noticed the new pic, too(thanks for asking about it, she).. You two Cha Jun 2014 #16
Thank you, Cha! bravenak Jun 2014 #17
.. Cha Jun 2014 #19
I love my little family. bravenak Jun 2014 #20
I'm so Happy for you and Cha Jun 2014 #21
LOL~ sheshe2 Jun 2014 #23
Oh yeah, we can be fierce! bravenak Jun 2014 #24
Republicans only "care" about our Servicemen/Servicewomen when they <DIE> on the battlefield. blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #22
I believe Bowe Bergdahl Jenoch Jun 2014 #26
To summarize the week, she.. Cha Jun 2014 #29
Yes.... sheshe2 Jun 2014 #30

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
4. Wow!
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:51 AM
Jun 2014

And I thank you so much for your support of Bowe.

Just had to dump didn't you.

I don't like the direction the GOP is taking this country, however I will take the time to support Bowe.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
25. I support Bowe. It is a horrible horrible song.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:47 AM
Jun 2014

My family, as decedents of first nations... these lines made us puke... Really, Pilgrim's fucking pride and freedom?

1
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!
2
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.


I like abolitionist A.G. Duncan's a slight bit better. A little too much god but a lot more truth.

8
My country, 'tis of thee,
Stronghold of slavery, of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Where men man’s rights deride,
From every mountainside thy deeds shall ring!
9
My native country, thee,
Where all men are born free, if white’s their skin;
I love thy hills and dales,
Thy mounts and pleasant vales;
But hate thy negro sales, as foulest sin.
10
Let wailing swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees the black man’s wrong;
Let every tongue awake;
Let bond and free partake;
Let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong.
11
Our father’s God! to thee,
Author of Liberty, to thee we sing;
Soon may our land be bright,
With holy freedom’s right,
Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King.
12
It comes, the joyful day,
When tyranny’s proud sway, stern as the grave,
Shall to the ground be hurl’d,
And freedom’s flag, unfurl’d,
Shall wave throughout the world, O’er every slave.
13
Trump of glad jubilee!
Echo o’er land and sea freedom for all.
Let the glad tidings fly,
And every tribe reply,
“Glory to God on high,” at Slavery’s fall.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
28. Hmmm. Do people only have a choice between a rock and a hard place?
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 02:28 AM
Jun 2014

I'd prefer a song NOT grounded in imperialism, genocide, and racism.

I'm 56 years old. I don't think I've heard this song for 35+ years. I texted my daughter , 24 years old, and she has never heard it her entire life BECAUSE IT IS A HORRIBLE RACIST CRAP SONG THAT NOBODY WITH ANY KIND OF SENSE U.S. HISTORY WOULD POST PROUDLY.

Land of the Pilgims' pride, indeed. Let Freedom Ring!

Cha

(295,899 posts)
2. Excellent OP, she~ We will celebrate the 4th of July this year without the dead souled
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:40 AM
Jun 2014

hypocritical republicons.

To Bowe Bergdahl and Steve Marmel

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
11. I am counting the days!
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:06 AM
Jun 2014

I am off 3 days this week. My owe day for Memorial day! Getting in the grove for vaca here. The weather is going to stink for the next few days after a gorgeous weekend. Sigh. Oh well~

Cha

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
3. Great op.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:50 AM
Jun 2014

I feel better seeing this. Bring our people home is not a scandal. We owe them that much and more.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
7. Isn't it? Well said, bravenak.. "Bring our people home is not a scandal"..
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:58 AM
Jun 2014
"We owe them that much and more."

Fu** those who are trying to make it one.
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
10. It must be scary to be a soldier knowing some wont want to bring you home.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:05 AM
Jun 2014

I feel a bit ashamed about that, we can do better by our troops.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
12. It's very shameful that the gop goes to such lengths to diss our President.. make
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:10 AM
Jun 2014

no mistake if this were a republicon president they would be all for getting Sgt Bergdahl home.

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
8. Thanks and I agree!
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:02 AM
Jun 2014

BTW love your new pick, saw it on your other thread, yet did not want to comment there. To much ugliness posted. LOL, you posted it to make people afraid or scare people? I don't think so, your hubby, he is such a cutie! A keeper bravenak.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
9. Well he thinks he's scary.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:04 AM
Jun 2014

And i do intend to keep him! And thanks that's my favorite picture of us, he's so funny.

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
23. LOL~
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:43 AM
Jun 2014

Let him keep thinking that. He looks way to happy in that pic.

Yet I know you both would be scary if you needed to protect you and yours. I would do the same for mine.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
24. Oh yeah, we can be fierce!
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:46 AM
Jun 2014

He was telling me jokes while i was trying to take the selfie on my ipad. I let him think he's the scary one, but most people think it's me. I do have strong arms though, and i am always watching.

 

blkmusclmachine

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22. Republicans only "care" about our Servicemen/Servicewomen when they <DIE> on the battlefield.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:32 AM
Jun 2014
Hypocrites
 

Jenoch

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26. I believe Bowe Bergdahl
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:51 AM
Jun 2014

xeserves due process. I also know he was not 'sent' to war. He eagerly signed up for the army hoping he would be going to Afganistan.

Cha

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29. To summarize the week, she..
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 03:20 AM
Jun 2014

TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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To summarize the week:

Before: Obama has left American POW to die - IMPEACH!1!

After: Obama has rescued American POW - IMPEACH1!1

Yup.

6:45 AM - 8 Jun 2014

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