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owenkuo (ç°è‰²è…¦ç´°èƒž)
2014-06-13 06:53:26美帝之所以伟大的精神,这篇写得很好。
请驻政黑在野党工、暴力之花台独学运的斥侯们,叫国尸去看看(特别是标色那几句);
President Obama Was Right http://goo.gl/e8x9Xy (www.nytimes.com)
JUNE 5, 2014 David Brooks
Americans don’t have a common ancestry. Therefore, we have to
work hard to build national solidarity. We go in for more overt
displays of patriotism than in most other countries: politicians
wearing flag lapel pins, everybody singing the national anthem
before games, saying the Pledge of Allegiance at big meetings,
revering sacred creedal statements, like the Gettysburg Address.
We need to do this because national solidarity is essential to
the health of the country. This feeling of solidarity means
that we do pull together and not apart in times of crisis,
like after the attacks on 9/11. Despite all our polarization,
we do accept the election results, even when the other party wins.
People in New York do uncomplainingly send tax dollars to help people
in New Mexico. We are able to assimilate waves of immigration.
National solidarity is especially important for the national defense.
Men and women serve in the armed forces for a variety of reasons,
but one of them is the awareness that it is an extraordinary privilege
to be an American, that
......余请参全文连接。
http://goo.gl/e8x9Xy (感谢ermina版友推荐此文)