America - We Stand As One (?)

[Recyclerz]

<p>Check out this video and opine:</p><p><a href="http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2668123?htv=12&htv=12">http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2668123?htv=12&amp;htv=12</a></p><p>As I'm watching this and trying to decide which is the funniest component - the cheesy 80's style scenery, the Journey meets Lee Greenwood song &quot;craft&quot;, the pseudo-religiousity or the even pseudo-er Know Nothing patriotism - I think the makers of this thing have&nbsp;replaced Matt &amp; Trey's <em>America - Fuck Yeah!</em> as&nbsp;the pinnacle&nbsp;of Over The Top Parodyland.</p><p>Then I get a chill down my spine as I remember one awful day last year when I was sitting in Busch Gardens at one of those &quot;entertainment kiosks&quot; where they have college students singing top 40 crapola in &quot;musical revues&quot;. (Don't ask why.) They start to sing &quot;<em>Proud to be an American</em>&quot; and, as I drop my head and cover my face to try to hide the smirk, the 30 something, semi-hot, kinda biker looking lady sitting a seat over stands up,&nbsp;applauding like crazy, and starts crying&nbsp;with an emotion that looked like a disturbing combination of heart-bursting (&amp; breaking) pride and knocked off your horse on the way to Damascus religious zeal.&nbsp; I remember this moment as being the first time I thought I understood on a visceral level how W got re-elected.&nbsp; But the reason I bore you with this li'l vignette is that I start to think the people who made&nbsp;the&nbsp;video&nbsp;might be on the level, at least in their own minds.</p><p>I humbly ask your opinions &amp; will check back to read 'em.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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[Judge Smails]

<p>Kind of old news.&nbsp; I prefer this version anyway:</p><p><a href="http://www.alldumb.com/item/97/">http://www.alldumb.com/item/97/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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[PapaBear]

<p>We were constantly forced to sing &quot;Proud to be an American&quot; when I was in Navy Boot camp in 1988. It freaking drove me NUTS! I showed my patriotism by joining the armed forces. Why was I forced to sing a stupid country song? I had never heard it before boot camp, and it makes me ill every time I hear it now. </p><p>Patriotic PapaBear...</p><p><img height="256" src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/family/Image0083.jpg" width="171" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=PapaBear" border="0" />Citizens for Cigar Sid &amp; Bitz... 2006!!!

<font color=black>This message was edited by PapaBear on 1-18-06 @ 1:41 AM</font>

[Greggie44]

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