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Barack Obama

struggle4progress

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2. Let America Be America Again

Reply to global1 (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 01:43 AM

Mar 2014

... O, let America be America again —
The land that never has been yet —
And yet must be ...

O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath —
America will be! ...

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15609

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Full Transcript: President Obama gives speech addressing Europe, Russia on March 26 [View all] struggle4progress Mar 2014 OP

This Was Truly A Brilliant Speech But Here's A Few Excerpts I Took Out Of It..... global1 Mar 2014 #1

Let America Be America Again struggle4progress Mar 2014 #2

Great poem treestar Mar 2014 #9

I don't find that back and forth encouraging. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #6

Thank you for posting this. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #3

Some of our very dear friends over in GD are busily slicing and dicing this to cook up struggle4progress Mar 2014 #4

Yup, been in GD~ sheshe2 Mar 2014 #5

Well, that happens in all of these threads. It's the norm. No deed or speech left unmocked, none. freshwest Mar 2014 #7

Yes, it is come to think of it treestar Mar 2014 #11

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them IrishAyes Jun 2014 #13

Busy "I am going to throw up" treestar Mar 2014 #10

I was pleased to see that the president got such a warm reception Rhiannon12866 Mar 2014 #8

As always. IrishAyes Jun 2014 #14

my plea tech-head Jun 2014 #12