Hi, Coffee-Station OPEN. Sorry, only cold drinks on hand today, plus something to make you think a little

Subject:  Greetings from a Romanian Newspaper...
 
 
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.
 
Cornel Nistorescu

That's powerful.  Thank you for sharing that.  I am proud to be an American.

P.S.  Thanks for the iced coffee!

thank you so much izzy! 

on a side note.. glad the coffee station is open again!  w00t!  izzy's back in town!  and kicking some booty eh?

exactly why i am PROUD to be an AMERICAN!

Nistorescu remains surprised and touched by the success of the piece, one of thousands he has penned in a more than 20-year career. "It is all about the American spirit and how freedom cannot be crushed," he says.

Brought tears to my eyes.  :)  Thank you for sharing.

Trish

Nice article...a little too idealistic, but still very nice.  I wonder if he would feel the same way if he came to this country and had one of the hillbilly rednecks I live near tell him to "go back to where you came from!!".  Still...very nice article.

Pass the iced tea please!  Extra ice.  It's really hot here.

ugh-gotta love those rednecks, eh, FW? we have those here in Canada too.

*helps myself to an iced coffee*

Yeah, those rednecks can be quite crude.  I don't know how I ever escaped them :)

Pass the tea please.

just crawled out of the ice filled bathtub. lol  getting ready to refil the iced coffee/w whipped cream on top.

Redneck's are known to cause havok all over the world. Well send them over to my place and let them tell me to go back to germany. lol

Ok, so who want's to update me on the going on's around this joint?