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Originally Posted by Rags123
I am curious which part of your statement...
"That is part of what makes this “former” greatest-country-ever such a wonderful place in which to live."
One of the things that make this the CURRENT greatest country-ever, is that we, the people can change the direction of the country.
I am not a young man....I have been unhappy with the direction a few times and happy with the direction a few times. THAT does not diminish that I think this is the greatest country ever and never believe it is former. I also do not measure the greatness of a country by the measurements you supply. You did not list heart, soul or anything in the abstract.
Would I like us to be on top of each of those lists ? I do not know.....only if it did not detract and added to our country, and I have strong feelings on many issues about which you flirt with here, but this country accepts a lot of folks from other lands and they need not take an intelligence test to get in.
SORRY I interrupted your thread here. I have a big mouth and am very opinionated, however, to me religion is from within and almost impossible to have a forum discussion on. Politics is different for many obvious reasons and you jumped from religion to politics in this thread. I have no desire to post on religion....it is in me and mine....I share when necessary, but certainly have no franchise on my feelings or my God, thus it is all personal. Sorry again...will leave you be
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A good number of our recent posts have been off topic, but that frankly doesn't bother me. I will make a couple other comments and then we can return, but only if all others agree. But first, however, I was in a 7:30 A.M. meeting today with a room full of veterans and I even shared some tears with a couple of them. This afternoon I was in another meeting with two of the same. They know precisely how I feel about them and what they and millions of others have done, for without their sacrifices you and I wouldn't be having this discussion. Spending time with the veterans of which I was honored to share time with today simply added to the displeasure at our nation’s present direction.
As I said in an earlier post, I would not live in any other country but just because I love her to death doesn't mean that I’m not able to see that she has faults and some potentially fatal weaknesses. Three other statistics are: America is the 88th safest country, the 17th “best” country in which to live and the 8th wealthiest in the world. Safety, freedom & happiness and wealth are reasonable tests when comparing the good, better and best.
I will repeat, I love America (and to me personally, she *is* the “greatest” country in the world), but when I set aside my personal prejudices and consider other factors like those noted above -- maybe not so much!!
On this Veteran’s Day I close: God Bless all who have served and are presently serving our country and God Bless America.