LCDR US Navy Retired

I wanted to be very creative and say something about July 4th Independence Day

I'll try that later, for today, I'll add this message I received from my Commanding Officer of the USS LaSalle LPD-3 that I received today.  I think it says a lot that our children need to know about. 

Thank you Mr. Cornel Nistorescu  for a great view of freedom.  God Bless you and yours.

We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA.

Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title "C"ntarea Americii, meaning "Ode To America") in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei

"The Daily Event" or "News of the Day".
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~An Ode to America~

Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.

Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, and the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.

After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing.

On every occasion, they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!" I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.

How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.

What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.

by Cornel Nistorescu.

Nistorescu, managing director of the daily newspaper Evenimentul Zilei — News of the Day — published his editorial Sept 24, two days after watching a celebrity telethon in New York for victims of the attacks . . .
We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA.

Thanks to http://www.snopes.com/rumors/romania.htm
(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.)

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Mr. Cornel Nistorescu , "Ode To America"

5:30 AM, Jun. 4, 2008 .. Posted by Urtobforme@aol.com

The answer to how Americans are so resilient is the fact that we exercise "free will" given to us by the grace of God through the death of his only son! As many mothers and fathers have done through years and years by sending their sons and daughters to war so that we as Americans can remain free. Our lives and our songs are built "IN GOD WE TRUST!"
This is why when we allow with open hands and hearts for many civilizations and religions to move to America that we as Americans become agitated when they want to take God out of our schools, government centers, off our money and just bury this message in general. So proud of my country and my forefathers that gave me the right to express myself!