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Ray Charles - America The Beautiful (1972)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Verse 1]
Oh beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self, our country loved
And mercy more than life
[Chorus]
America, America, may God thy gold refine
'Til all success be nobleness
And every gain devined
And you know when I was in school
We used to sing it something like this, listen here
[Verse 2]
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain
But now wait a minute, I'm talking about
[Chorus]
America, sweet America
You know, God done shed his grace on thee
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in a brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this
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[Outro]
(America, America)
America, I love you America, you see
(God shed his grace on thee)
My God, He done shed his grace on thee
And you oughta love Him for it
Because He, He, He, He, crowned thy good
He told me He would, with a brotherhood
(From sea to shining sea)
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea)
...
Also sung at Wrestlemania II in 1986 ...
Ray Charles sings "America the Beautiful": WrestleMania II
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@#2 ... According to Al Gore's predictions, we should be deep sea fishing in Miami right now. ...
Overall, Fmr VP Gore was more correct with his comments about climate change than he was wrong.
The same cannot be said about the climate change deniers.
@#1
And, once recently when I went to Florida to visit a family member for the weekend, I had to wade through a foot of seawater in the yard to get to the house that, fortunately, was raised on its foundation, above the water level.
Sea-level rise is a real thing.
As sea levels rise in Miami Beach, raising homes and buildings may be next (April 14, 2017)
southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org
... In Miami Beach, the city is raising its streets. For many property owners in the city, raising their homes and buildings may be the only way to protect against rising sea levels. Insurance rates are also rising, but raising buildings could dramatically lower flood insurance rates. The Florida legislature is considering legislation that would provide financial incentives at the state level for raising buildings. ...
Of course, which aspect is worse? southern Florida sinking, or rising sea levels?
OK, Pres trump seems to have majr issues with Iran even thinking about nuclear weapons.
But then there's this ...
Belarus launches drills involving Russian nuclear weapons (May 18, 2026)
www.dw.com
... The Belarusian Defense Ministry said the drills would test its readiness to deploy nuclear weapons. Ukraine decried the exercise as Russia "de facto legitimising the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide." ...
... and Pres Trump's reaction seems to be trying to ~defrost~ relations with Belarus?
@#4 ... So now LEO aren't allowed to protect themselves from infectious diseases??? ...
ICE agents wear masked so they cannot be identified. They same reason why they do not identify themselves.
Masked immigration agents are spurring fear and confusion across the U.S. (July 2025)
www.npr.org
... The arrests follow a pattern: masked agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal officers assigned to work with ICE, wearing plainclothes and sometimes arriving in unmarked vehicles.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told NPR that agents are covering their faces to protect themselves from doxing and increasing threats. ...
Odd that local and state police forces do not need to wear masks so they cannot be identified.
@#6 ... All those deaths are on NY liberal dem policies.....libbies and their policies suck! ...
Please elaborate.
thx.