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On America: A Tribute to Heroes Neil Young performed "Imagine" on the piano,he paused to reflect during the second verse and looked up at the camera. An emotional moment.
Imagine
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
(John Lennon - 1971)
As America and the world struggles to understand what happened that morning there have been many words written by ordinary people and a an increase in national pride.
Here are 2 that I received in my email.  Who Would Have Thought?
"And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air"
Who would have thought that we would have been there?
Though it wasn't a bomb or a rocket we saw,
The smoke and the flames left us clearly in awe.
September 11th we will never forget.
It's just hard to fathom - to believe even yet.
America the Beautiful was attacked on that day.
But rest easy, dear friends - they will not get away.
We've long stood for freedom and justice for all.
Do they honestly think we will buckle and fall?
They've attacked a giant who is now wide awake.
Thinking they could win was their first big mistake.
How we grieve for the innocents who were taken away,
How angry we are that it happened this way!
The needless destruction is all for nought!
Our freedom, you see, just cannot be bought.
We will come back from this, stronger than ever!
We have suffered a blow, but nothing can sever
The fibre that makes our country so grand!
For united we fight and united we stand!
The Red White and Blue will continue to fly,
We will look up to heaven and hold our heads high!
We renew our allegiance - One Nation under God.
No one will steal even one clump of sod.
The forefathers fought for what they believed.
Their dream of freedom was finally conceived.
Let us never forget what they longed to see.
God ruling this country, the land of the free.
Oh please don't forget God is still in control!
Though the terror has certainly taken its toll.
He grieves along with us at all that's been done.
But He longs to reach out, to help overcome.
So pray my dear friends - like never before!
Pray for our leaders who contemplate war.
Pray for the ones who have lost much already.
Pray that our focus will remain strong and steady.
Pray that Americans will again look above
To our God who loves us with infinite love.
Pray for a fervent, renewed determination
That nothing, no nothing, can shake our foundation!!
 Americanism
If you want your father to take care of you, that's
Paternalism,
If you want your mother to take care of you, that's
Maternalism,
If you want comrades to take care of you and
everything you do is for the state, that's
Communism;
If you think "if it feels good do it," regardless of
the consequences or who it might hurt, and are
in this thing just for yourself, that's Individualism,
If all you care about are your possessions, what you
can accumulate in this life and things are more
important than people, that's Materialism,
If you want the state to take care of you, depend on
the government for everything, don't know the
difference between entitlement and benefits, and you
think they are totally responsible for your well
being, then that's , Socialism;
But, if you take care of yourself, be held responsible
for your behaviour, hold yourself accountable for your
actions, feel a responsibility to be a good and
productive citizen, promote the betterment of mankind
and bring honour to the country then that, my friend, is
Nationalism. |
