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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:22 PM Original message |
Is is just me or |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's not just you. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. I´m with you, geardaddy and lonestarnot. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. it is blatant nationalism. we MUST say "god bless amurika" like "deutchland uber alles" |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The other thing getting waaaaaaay overused is ....... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. thank you for saying that. People dont know what I did in my "service". |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Thank you for your service n/t |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. Did he just fart? nt |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. And Ah, |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Me too, and I have to agree, it is fucking embarrassing. I need a good thought provoking response. |
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tool_of_the_people (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. It does get really old |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. And have built an industrial prison complex economy so large that we now have 1 out of 100 in prison |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. "Bless this Holy Hand Grenade |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. All things considered the proper thing would be to say |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. God Bless America, too. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. I understand it, I like it, and I assume people who say it are being sincere. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. So it's ok to tell God what to do and not really ASK him for a blessing? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Is it really that big a diff between "May God bless America" and "God bless America"? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. The may is not understood and in most if not all cases is an /O/ |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. even more wierd: 'america bless god' bumper stickers i've seen |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Commanding and commandeering a blessing. |
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Tindalos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Perhaps they mean to say |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. And you don't use the imperative to the Lord. It SHOULD be "MAY God bless..." |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Exactly my point! Ask not command! We are not so special with the torture and all. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. Religion is for the weak minded. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I have the opposite opinion. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I met god once and she said I should move on with my life |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well I don't believe you. Unless you can part the Atlantic with a stick. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. What about the rest of the planet? |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. In my little redneck corner of Mid-America... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. My read on that... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. I like Twain's 'War Prayer'. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Yes, about sums it. And of course the man was deemed a lunatic, |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. If there is a God or Goddess, I've always thought that phrase was selling the deity's almighty power |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. God Bless America, too. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I've always believed if we can have God to bless Earth, America will be covered in the deal. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. God blessed Germany from the very beginning. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'll bet Irving Berlin is pretty pissed off too |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Irving Berlin was an atheist. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm also tired of having "In God We Trust" on our money |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I've always thought that to be ironic as Jesus was said to have thrown the money changers out |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. May God put an end to American stupidity, |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. which god? Cthulu? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
42. bu$h* is proof God damned america |
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