A quickie from a foreign country

I want you to realize that I do not hate America.  I think that this country has come a long way in helping the rest of the world be free.  We are not quite free yet, but we are working towards it.  So I want to take this time to be slightly patriotic.  I don't like the government anymore, but I still love the people.  Even the blind ones...Here is an article from a Romanian newspaper about America.  Enjoy, and don't stop believing that if we work together, we can turn this world into a heaven where nobody takes advantage of another.  Impossible?  Only until everyone realizes the benefits...then our freedom will take on a life of it's own.

~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

I am only assuming this is a true article, but the words of this article ring true in a logical fashion.  So I imagine that Cornel Nistorescu is a real writer who wrote a real story in his local paper. 

Peace friends...