Comments on: Barack Burlesque http://www.guysmith.org/blog/2010/07/14/the-irony-of-one-nation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Guy Smith - writer, songwriter, political provocateur Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:12:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jpeditor http://www.guysmith.org/blog/2010/07/14/the-irony-of-one-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-452 jpeditor Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:48:44 +0000 http://www.guysmith.org/blog/?p=682#comment-452 Good essay except this needs clearing up: "The genius of America was egalitarianism (with the exception of that nasty slavery habit we had once had)." A/ The French believe in "egalitarianism" (except for that nasty "Terror" they had). We Americans believe equality at birth, not of result: We believe In God We Trust Liberty E Pluribus Unum (from many one) See Dennis Prager explaining this "trinity" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNUc8nuo7HI&feature=related B/ re "(with the exception of that nasty slavery habit we had once had)." Yes, and we sacrificed over 625,000 Americans fighting to end it, while the world still tolerates slavery of blacks by Arabs in Africa, and millions more in Asia. Good essay except this needs clearing up:

“The genius of America was egalitarianism (with the exception of that nasty slavery habit we had once had).”

A/ The French believe in “egalitarianism” (except for that nasty “Terror” they had).

We Americans believe equality at birth, not of result:

We believe

In God We Trust
Liberty
E Pluribus Unum (from many one)

See Dennis Prager explaining this “trinity” here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNUc8nuo7HI&feature=related

B/ re “(with the exception of that nasty slavery habit we had once had).”

Yes, and we sacrificed over 625,000 Americans fighting to end it, while the world still tolerates slavery of blacks by Arabs in Africa, and millions more in Asia.

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