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So I'm leaving my buddies house tonight after dropping off some chicken and vegetable soup so the guy doesn't die from malaria or whatever he's currently afflicted by, and he's flipping through the cable choices for viewing....we watch a little bit of the NPR story about how the allies ran out of enough bombs to stop Auschwitz from killing THAT many Jews.....or not...and then I come home and read the Presidents State of the Union Address, which includes the following line-
As Franklin Roosevelt once reminded Americans, "each age is a dream that is dying, or one that is coming to birth." And we live in the country where the biggest dreams are born. The abolition of slavery was only a dream -- until it was fulfilled.
The liberation of Europe from fascism was only a dream -- until it was achieved. The fall of imperial communism was only a dream -- until, one day, it was accomplished. Our generation has dreams of its own, and we also go forward with confidence. The road of Providence is uneven and unpredictable -- yet we know where it leads: It leads to freedom.
I'm glad that George Bush is president right now. Call me a jingoistic asshole if you want, or some patriotic fool, but everything that is said in that quote is exactly what I stand for. Republican, Democrat- Liberal, Conservative.
We ALL stand for those words...
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