Let's Hear It For All Things American

The Free Press    July 7, 2005

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. As American as apple pie. Everybody's All-American. The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. An American in Paris. An American Werewolf in London. In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. American cheese. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. Rick's Café Americain. American Broadcasting Company. I don't measure America by its achievement, but by its potential. The American Way. American Graffiti.

American woman, stay away from me. Born in America. Avenue of the Americas. If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. God Bless America. America, love it or leave it. America the Beautiful. Amerigo Vespucci. I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure. American Express. America, land of the free. All come to look for America. American men will not be really happy until their women are. Scientific American. America first.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. Made in America. America's sweetheart. America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. Native American. American History. A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. American Red Cross. American Music Awards. Proud to be an American. I like to be in America! OK by me in America! Everything free in America! For a small fee in America! American University. Good Morning America.

Bank of America. American Cancer Society. The most terrifying sentence among the accomplished in America has become, "Honey - the White House is on the phone". American League. Corporate America. America was designed by geniuses to be run by idiots. America Online. American Automobile Association.

The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. American Federation of Labor. America's Dairyland. I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very, very good but a diamond-and-sapphire bracelet lasts forever. Amtrak. American embassy. America's Most Wanted.

Football combines the two worst things about America: violence punctuated by committee meetings. All-American girl. American Bandstand. In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience. American Ballet Theater. American Civil Liberties Union. The American man is a very simple and cheap mechanism. The American woman I find a complicated and expensive one.

American Gothic. American Idol. It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Daughters of the American Revolution. House Un-American Activities Committee. Our American Cousin. Athletes are American princes and the locker room is their castle. Beavis and Butthead do America. Captain America. In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins. Hands Across America. Justice League of America. It is decidedly an advantage to American homes that so many of the wives and mothers have served as teachers before becoming house-directors.

The business of America is business. Volunteers of America. Young America. America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. Buy American. Only in America. America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid...American adults do their best to turn themselves into children. The American West. America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.

In America, every female under fifty calls herself a "girl". American Beauty rose. American Telephone and Telegraph. In America nothing dies easier than tradition. The Ugly American. Early American. In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Middle America. American Stock Exchange. In America, few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.

In America the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever. Coming to America. Miss America. Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. Pan Am. Can Am. Amway. In colonial America, the father was the primary parent...over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has had less authority than the last.

Discussion in America means dissent. Jewish American Princess. Afro-American. Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. Small town America. American bald eagle. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. Americans With Disabilities Act. Modified American Plan. The American Ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible. My fellow Americans. American Federation of Teachers. There's an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. American Kennel Club. Spanish-American War. Welcome to the great American two-career family, and pass the aspirin please. Mr. America. America's Cup. The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars. Confederate States of America. American Motors. The American man marries early, and the American woman marries often, and they get on extremely well together.

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. The American worker. The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with. The American President. Overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses. If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American.

Happy Birthday, America!