The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
O say can you see by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation.
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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July 4, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Where is liberty when World citycens condemn america and imperial goverment of USA for invaders and terrorism in Siria, Libia, Afganistam, Irak, Granada, Chile, Cambodia, Vietnam, Oregon indian lands….?
World citycens condemn America for existing.
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July 4, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Where is the gratitude for all the battles US soldiers fought on foreign soil to help free the oppressed and as in WW II the victims of a madman? Where is the gratitude for all the times Americans show up on foreign soil to help during natural disasters and are usually the first there? Where is the gratitude for all the US dollars poured into foreign countries for humanitarian relief? Where is the help from foreign countries when the US suffers natural disasters?
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July 4, 2013 at 8:18 pm
Where is the independence when World citycens condemn america and imperial goverment of USA for invaders and terrorism in Siria, Libia, Afganistam, Irak, Granada, Chile, Cambodia, Vietnam, Oregon indian lands….
World citycens condemn America for existing.
Where is the liberty of the invaded countries, bodies of the men, women and childs they killed…
Nasty shit, Empire soldiers, dogs of an imperial interest, they killed and died for nothing, now they are nothing…
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July 4, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Where is the gratitude for all the battles US soldiers fought on foreign soil to help free the oppressed and as in WW II the victims of a madman? Where is the gratitude for all the times Americans show up on foreign soil to help during natural disasters and are usually the first there? Where is the gratitude for all the US dollars poured into foreign countries for humanitarian relief? Where is the help from foreign countries when the US suffers natural disasters?
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July 4, 2013 at 11:03 pm
God dame America, it weapons and it allies and terrorists!. Franciscan monks-beheaded-in-syria. They were of the Franciscan convent of Ghassanieh, Syria, the three men beheaded by the Front to Nusra Front, after a summary trial in which they were accused of “being in the pay of the regime.” This was revealed by Radio France International, which broadcasts the video of the group of jihadists who shows the execution. The story, however, had begun a few days ago when Father Pizzaballa, custodian of the Holy Land, bringing the words of its regional minister of Syria, father Halim Noujaim, had claimed the presence of a group of rebels who, by force, had entered the convent of Ghassanieh. The religious building was looted and destroyed appeared in the press and also the name of his father Francois, a hermit who had sought refuge in a Catholic convent community and who was killed during the attack of the rebels. Now would seem rather different news reported today by the French radio that has spread the news of the kidnapping by the jihadists of three religious, including father Francois (Francis Mourad), which was made a summary trial, after that of an agenda of one of the monks had been found the phone number of a soldier, and then perform the execution. The religious were also accused of having favored the trafficking of arms and ammunition on behalf of the regime.
Are they celebrating it?
Where is liberty when World citycens condemn america and imperial goverment of USA for invaders and terrorism in Siria, Libia, Afganistam, Irak, Granada, Chile, Cambodia, Vietnam, Oregon indian lands….
World citycens condemn America for existing.
Where is the liberty of the invaded countries, bodies of the men, women and childs they killed…
Nasty shit, soldiers, dogs of an imperial interest, they killed and died for nothing, now they are nothing…
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July 5, 2013 at 8:21 am
Truth in media is like a grain of sand on a beach. You might find that one grain, but you have to sift through a lot of sand to do so.
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July 5, 2013 at 8:22 pm
God dame America
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July 6, 2013 at 8:41 am
Look, I appreciate your comments and I get it….You and your other persona (superduque) hate us Americans. So why are you following me?? I am an American you know.
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July 6, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Well said, your calm manner in the face of such a random diatribe is impressive. World citizens don’t condemn America for existing, sometimes the choices your country..as well as EVERY other country have been questionable at some point.
Don’t let this person sully a celebratory event…I hope you had a fantastic time!!!!!
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July 6, 2013 at 6:45 pm
Thank you so much for coming by and leaving your kind thoughts. And yes, it was a very nice day. 🙂
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July 20, 2013 at 12:28 pm
Hope you had a wonderful day. 🙂
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July 20, 2013 at 1:16 pm
I did, thank you so much. And thanks for visiting me and commenting.
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July 20, 2013 at 11:02 pm
I’m glad for you.
“I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion, and elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed.”
– Dalai Lama
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July 21, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Beautiful. 🙂
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July 21, 2013 at 10:36 pm
♥♥♥
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