Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

I just took this from the window of my San Francisco apartment. Beautiful, isn't it?

Our government's recent Stupidities and Depravities notwithstanding, I can't help but be awed by the amazingness of the American "experiment".

Think about it, we were the first nation conceived by ideals. The first people to eschew civilization and GO BACK into the wilderness. The first government to undertake a definition of Rightful Human Existence in its launching document.

I'm pretty much never inclined to feelings of patriotism. But tonight, huddled here among the late-night GFYers, I feel a kind of warm swelling inside me that whispers: "God bless America."


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