Born again American video

[rojawe]

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/    Great

[Pathfinder]

Interesting song and video.

Sponsored by Hollyweird ultra-liberal Norman Lear, though, and reading some of the bios, it came across as a leftist group for the most part - Carradine and his "my bible is the Bill of Rights", and the preacher in Austin, TX who preaches "salvation by character" - a completely false preaching of the Bible.

Good points in the song, etc. don't much care for the messengers, and have to doubt the real meaning behind it all. Am I cynical? Damn straight.

[tombogan03884]

Got suspicious when I saw the Harlem Choir.

[Big Frank]

I should play that song when I can't sleep. I started nodding off in the middle. I guess it's like a lullaby for adults.

[deamonpi]

I think I heard about two conflicting messages in that song, but it hard to tell since no message was really brought forth.  But about 1/3 of the way through I couldn't help but grimace for some reason.

[Sponsor]

[PegLeg45]

I can go for most of it, but some leaves you wondering.....

Here are the lyrics as posted on the website:


BORN AGAIN AMERICAN
By Keith Carradine     

Just a workin’ man without a job
It got shipped off to China via Washington, D.C.
And I know I’m nothin’ special, there are plenty more like me
Just the same
I thought I knew the rules of the game

I stood up for this country that I love
I came back from the desert to a wife and kids to feed
I’m not sayin’ Uncle Sam should give me what I need
My offer stands
I’ll pull my weight you give me half a chance

I went up to a congressman and said to him “you know
Our government is letting people down”
He said he’d need a lot of help to buck the status-quo
I said there was a bunch of us around

I’m a Born Again American, conceived in Liberty
My Bible and the Bill of Rights, my creed’s equality
I’m a Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

My brother’s welding chassis at the plant
He’s earning what our granddad did in 1948
While CEOs count bonuses behind the castle gates
How can they see
When all they care about’s the do re mi

It’s getting where there’s nowhere left to turn
Not since the crash of twenty-nine have things been so unfair
So many of our citizens are living in despair
The time has come
To reaffirm that hope’s not just for some

The promise of America’s surrendering to greed
The rule is just look out for number one
But brace yourself ‘cause some of us have sown a different seed
A harvest of the spirit has begun

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and The Bill Of Rights
My creed’s equality
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

It’s clear my country’s soul is on the line
She’s hungering for something that she lost along the way
The principle the framers called upon us to obey
That in this land
The people’s will must have the upper hand

I felt the calling once before and took a sacred vow
And faithful to that vow I have remained
I hear the calling once again, my country needs me now
And to her cause I have been re-ordained

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and the Bill Of Rights, all people living free
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
A M E R I C A

[tombogan03884]

No body in this country is earning "what Granpa did in 1948" unless Gramps was a banker and they are janitors.
He may be making per hour what Gramps made per WEEK.

[tombogan03884]

Socialist rule  #3 Racial hatred bad/economic hatred good.
Rules 1 and 2 are When the facts don't support you make up new "facts, and Kill babies, not Felons.