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		<title>Join Me and Sarah Palin For the VICTORY 2010 RALLY In Anaheim this Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Breitbart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Barack Obama&#8217;s historic victory in 2008, many in the Democratic Party and on the political left argued that the GOP and the conservative movement were finished and that Democrats were destined to control, in perpetuity, the presidency, Congress, and culture, writ large. But then something unexpected happened&#8211;millions of sleepwalking, mall-shopping Americans finally woke up.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After Barack Obama&#8217;s historic victory in 2008, many in the Democratic Party and on the political left argued that the GOP and the conservative movement were finished and that Democrats were destined to control, in perpetuity, the presidency, Congress, and culture, writ large. But then something unexpected happened&#8211;millions of sleepwalking, mall-shopping Americans finally woke up.</p>
<p>The activist left, which denigrated the previous president in a merciless fashion, took the reins of power with reckless abandon and shoved its brand of poisonous hope and change down the throats of the American people. So we the people, the reawakening silent majority, responded in the form of a grassroots movement that is turning into a juggernaut set to roll past November 2nd and become something transcendent and long-lasting. Our Founding Fathers would be proud that we have rediscovered the spirit and the essence of their ideas.</p>
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<p>While the Tea Party has not been specifically partisan&#8211;many Republican carcasses lie in its rubble&#8211;this conservative and constitutional checks and balances has created a rejuvenated GOP, chastened and wiser.</p>
<p>This weekend I have the honor of sharing the stage with one of the Tea Party&#8217;s and Republican Party&#8217;s fearless leaders, Sarah Palin. Since her arrival on the national stage, the Democratic Party has recognized her potential as a political powerhouse and has worked in tandem with its partners in crime, the mainstream media, to wage an unprecedented personal campaign against her and her family. The Tea Party can relate.</p>
<p>But the power of Alinsky and the politics of personal destruction vis a vis the Democrat Media Complex has reverse effects when the object of the hate bravely stands up to the bullies and thugs. The Tea Party and Sarah Palin have given America a great lesson in standing up to the bullies who have co-opted the Democratic Party and the American media.<span id="more-405109"></span></p>
<p>As we head into the home stretch, Sarah Palin will be in California to draw attention to a state in economic shambles. After a generation of nanny-state and Ponzi scheme policies, Californians and Americans want a radical change. This is the Republican Party&#8217;s chance to win back one of the bluest states, and what better way to usher in that change than with a dynamic female leader like Sarah Palin cheering on fellow free market, limited government feminist success stories Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina.</p>
<p>Michael Steele, &#8220;American Heart&#8221; singer/songwriter Jon David, other California GOP candidates and I will join Palin on stage to cheer on a new era of hope and change in the pursuit of helping California avert economic disaster.</p>
<p>I invite all of our readers to come down to have a rollicking and patriotic time. I&#8217;ll be hanging out to meet and greet one and all well after the bunting has been taken down.</p>
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		<title>VIDEO: Big Hollywood&#8217;s &#8216;Jon David&#8217; Revealed as Jon Kahn on Fox News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 23:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Hollywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of yesterday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal article, our very own Jon Kahn went on Fox News with Megyn Kelly to discuss his music, his career and what it&#8217;s been like since he revealed himself as a conservative in Hollywood.


Jon will be on The Stage Right Show tonight for an in-depth interview.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the heels of yesterday&#8217;s <a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/05/18/wsj-profile-out-of-the-conservative-closet-jon-david-is-jonathan-kahn/">Wall Street Journal</a> article, our very own Jon Kahn went on Fox News with Megyn Kelly to discuss his music, his career and what it&#8217;s been like since he revealed himself as a conservative in Hollywood.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left">Jon will be on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stage-right/2010/05/20/american-heart-jon-david-revealed">The Stage Right Show</a> tonight for an in-depth interview.</p>
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		<title>WSJ Profile: Out of the Conservative Closet &#8212; Jon David is&#8230;Jonathan Kahn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Nolte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you know Jon David from his famous Big Hollywood &#8220;My Date With a Liberal&#8221; series that debuted not long after the site launched. After the Tea Party movement caught fire, so did Jon&#8217;s &#8220;American Heart,&#8221; which also had its premiere right here.

My congratulations to our friend Mr. Kahn who set an example for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of you know <a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/author/jdavid/">Jon David</a> from his famous Big Hollywood &#8220;My Date With a Liberal&#8221; series that debuted not long after the site launched. After the Tea Party movement caught fire, so did Jon&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jdavid/2009/06/10/my-weekly-date-with-a-liberal-%e2%80%93-american-heart/">American Heart</a>,&#8221; which also had its premiere right here.</p>
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<p>My congratulations to our friend Mr. Kahn who set an example for all of us with his willingness to throw off those shades and fight the good fight.  There are right-of-center &#8220;sleeper agents&#8221; like Jon all over Hollywood. He is not alone. And when others throw off the shades and declare themselves the movement to reclaim a piece of the Hollywood/pop culture pie for pro-American and pro-liberty ideas and ideals can only grow stronger.</p>
<p>Jon is proof that you are not alone. It&#8217;s time to activate yourselves. Join the fight.</p>
<p>Or, as <a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rdavi/2010/04/02/wanted-brave-hollywood-souls-to-come-out-of-the-closet/">Robert Davi</a> memorably put it,  &#8221;After all we’re only talking about saving our country.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703686304575229073540353644.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop"><strong>The Wall Street Journal</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p>
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<p>Jonathan Kahn normally lives and works in Hollywood, where he writes screenplays and pop songs. But for the last year or so he&#8217;s been living a double life &#8211; as a singer on the Tea Party circuit named Jon David. Now he&#8217;s decided to go public. &#8230;.<span id="more-348506"></span></p>
<p>Over those eyes he wears a pair of large shades and a Coors cap pulled low. And Jon David is not his real name.<!--more--></div>
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<p>The guy in the spotlight singing &#8220;American Heart,&#8221; it can now be revealed, is 42-year-old Jonathan Kahn, a Hollywood screenwriter, director and scribbler of songs whose faith in America doesn&#8217;t extend to the place he calls home.</p>
<p>Fearful of being ostracized in the town where he peddles his songs and scripts, Mr. Kahn has gone sub rosa on the rally circuit. &#8220;It&#8217;s for protective reasons,&#8221; he says. &#8220;In Hollywood, being a conservative is the kiss of death.&#8221;</p>
<p>The tea-party movement&#8217;s passion for cutting taxes and shrinking government has spilled into hundreds of rallies and conventions across the country. Mr. Kahn has ridden that surge—under cover.</p>
<p><strong>Read the full piece <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703686304575229073540353644.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop">here</a>.</strong></p>
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		<title>Jon David’s &#8216;American Heart&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Breitbart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I had the ability to write a song that captured the spirit of the Tea Party movement and my love of this country, it would be Jon David’s “American Heart.”
That’s why I’ve been asking Jon to play it at Tea Parties. I’ve seen and heard the reaction to this song in Quincy, Nashville, Nevada, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I had the ability to write a song that captured the spirit of the Tea Party movement and my love of this country, it would be Jon David’s “American Heart.”</p>
<p>That’s why I’ve been asking Jon to play it at Tea Parties. I’ve seen and heard the reaction to this song in Quincy, Nashville, Nevada, and soon DC on April 15. The story behind the writing of “American Heart” is also a great example of how pride and creativity can flourish in the contorted face of left wing hate and misguided patriotism.</p>
<p>And that’s why I’m asking you to Tweet, Facebook, and email <a href="http://www.americanheartmusic.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">&#8220;American Heart&#8221;</span></a> to whomever you can. This should be our anthem.</p>
<blockquote><p>I’m American made. I’ve got American parts. I’ve got American faith in America’s heart.</p>
<p>Go on raise the flag. I’ve got stars in my eyes. I’m in love with Her and I won’t apologize.</p></blockquote>
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<p>I sing it in the bathtub.</p>
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		<title>Jon David, A Pseudonym After My &#8216;American Heart&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Breitbart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, Big Hollywood launched an important song for our times today.
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Jon David, our anonymous Hollywood player known for trolling for liberal starlets and reporting back to his conservative compatriots at Big Hollywood, was inspired to write, perform, finance and record &#8220;American Heart&#8221; after a recent run-in with a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you missed it, Big Hollywood launched an important song for our times today.</p>
<p>Listen to it here:</p>
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<p><a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/author/jdavid/">Jon David</a>, our anonymous Hollywood player known for trolling for liberal starlets and reporting back to his conservative compatriots at Big Hollywood, was inspired to write, perform, finance and record &#8220;American Heart&#8221; after a recent run-in with a cynical L.A. woman who at a Venice-area party admitted her contempt for the United States of America. But when Jon David asked her to name a better country, she couldn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Read the rest of the hysterically funny and all-to-familiar story behind the song (and the lyrics, too) <a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jdavid/2009/06/10/my-weekly-date-with-a-liberal-%E2%80%93-american-heart/">here</a>.</p>
<p>&#8216;American Heart&#8217; &#8212; let&#8217;s get this song on the radio.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s get it going viral.<br />
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We&#8217;ve needed something like this to rally around for a while. It&#8217;s got a perfect American blend of pop, rock and country flowing through its patriotic veins.</p>
<p>And if it does well enough, Jon David can come out of the shadows and announce who he is. Until we support our own, the Hollywood conservative is going to have to fly under the radar undetected by the town&#8217;s well-coiffed totalitarian liberals.</p>
<p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=318405556&amp;s=143441"><img style="height: 84px" src="/files/2009/06/itunes.jpg" alt="" /></a><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=318405556&amp;s=143441"><strong>&#8220;American Heart&#8221; is available on iTunes.</strong></a></p>
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		<title>My Weekly Date with a Liberal – &#8216;American Heart&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon David Kahn</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my mind, I have received thousands upon thousands of emails from folks wondering why “My Weekly Date with a Liberal” is anything but weekly. This is certainly a legitimate question which deserves a legitimate answer. But who has the time to answer thousands of emails that were never actually written? So for this chapter, I’ve decided that I will address this issue right here, right now, by explaining the process which occurs between these dates, and more importantly, to relay a recent encounter I had with a liberal <del>woman</del>, <del>girl</del>, child, who unnerved me enough such that my response could very well put my anonymity in jeopardy. This will all make sense by the end of this installment which I am entitling “<strong>American Heart</strong>.”</p>
<p>I understood when I took on this project that I could easily suffer severe trauma, mentally, emotionally, spiritually&#8230;and sexually, although depending on your proclivities, the latter could be considered a bonus. Be that as it may, I am writing to let you all know, that the trauma I anticipated did in fact materialize in a way that has profoundly affected me: I have developed a strong affinity for night blooming jasmine, I cry all the time, and I apologize incessantly for things for which I am not responsible.  Now I can tell you with no uncertainty, extensive knowledge of <em>Cestrum Nocturnum</em> accompanied by inexplicable outbursts of tears is no way to procure a date. My mojo has deteriorated, as if I didn’t pinch its foliage and cut back after flowering to maintain compact growth. <em>What’s happening to me?</em><span id="more-156154"></span></p>
<p><strong>Note: In actuality, apologizing for that which you are not responsible is very effective with women, and more or less expected of you. </strong></p>
<p>It’s almost as if the very fabric of me&#8230;.every value, every experience, everything that has been a determining factor of who I have become over time, was slowly and stealthily being stripped away and rendered irrelevant with each encounter with a liberal. I was losing my identity. Not unlike our country.</p>
<p>I was almost positive that my behavioral changes were a result of these interactions, but I couldn’t be sure and didn’t want to pre-judge until I had all the facts. Plus, I had to take some personal responsibility. After all, this sociological experiment was my idea in the first place.</p>
<p>So I did what every member of my generation does when stuck in a deeply personal existential crisis: I blamed my parents. To provide you all with a brief family history, I grew up in an environment where I was groomed to question anything which might provide me even the smallest amount of self esteem and furthermore, to give significant consideration to anyone who might find fault with me. The adage: “If enough people tell you you’re drunk, sit down” was very popular in my family, except that one didn’t need multiple people to tell you you were drunk. One would suffice. The result was an ever present amount of self doubt, thus maximizing parental importance and influence.</p>
<p>I sat in the living room across from my parents. I hadn’t said a word and yet they were already judging. Nonetheless, I was excited to get to the bottom of this. I was ready and about to let it rain when I noticed outside the window that my mother’s night blooming jasmine was prematurely <em>Deciduous</em> for this early in June. I explained to her that if she had properly pruned in the spring, she would have increased the air flow such that she would have rejuvenated new growth and significantly increased flower production. Without a word, my father stood up and punched me in the face followed by repeated blows to my mid-section. As I lay writhing on the ground, he looked down at me and yelled “Are you dating Liberals?” I nodded, and managed to squeak out a “Yes, but&#8230;“ The pummeling continued. My mother even got in a few solid shots.</p>
<p>It was one of the more pleasant visits I’ve had with them in recent years.  When they were finished, I apologized to them for having to beat me so severely.</p>
<p>I had to respect the old man, though. He knew immediately what I had only suspected. He understood the dangers. I thought I had too.  Haunting questions arose in my mind: <em>Why was I susceptible?  Was the task at hand too much for a single Republican man?  Was I failing all of you here at Big Hollywood?  Could I find my way back&#8230;to me? Why didn’t my mother prune in the spring? </em></p>
<p>To calm myself a bit, I did what I usually do when I need to relax; I strapped on a scuba tank and hopped in the Santa Monica Bay: one of the world’s top diving spots if you’re not concerned with visibility or seeing anything of interest whatsoever.</p>
<p>I sat pensively on the ocean floor, surrounded by bottom feeders I couldn’t see but could feel in the depths of my lost soul. It was dark, cold, and lonely. And then&#8230;.it occurred to me&#8230;. this was the aquatic equivalent of dating a liberal. I followed the metaphor to its logical next step and things began to fall into place.</p>
<p>I, Jon David, was in fact a deep sea diver exploring the treacherous waters of the liberal dating pool in Los Angeles&#8230;.and although the waters are shallow, the rules of diving still apply&#8230;.and that means, if you resurface too quickly, and do not allow for the appropriate decompression time, serious mental and physical damage could result.</p>
<p>I was almost positive that this was the reason behind my recent behavioral changes, so I carefully surfaced through the 19 POC’s <em>(pollutants of concern)</em> which populate the Santa Monica waters and found a computer as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>The results of my research proved to be more accurate and terrifying than I had anticipated. I discovered that by dating liberals in such close temporal proximity, I was suffering from a scarcely known social version of <strong>The Bends</strong>&#8230;clinically known as <strong>Decompression Sickness, (DCS)</strong>.  I was shocked to find that simply from dating liberals (some of which I have not reported) I was experiencing many, if not all of the symptoms of DCS.</p>
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<p>After a little more research I discovered that to avoid the effects of <strong>DCS</strong>, the diver must rise slowly and/or make intermittent stops on the way up. These are called <em>decompression stops</em>. I call them <em>dates with Republicans</em>.</p>
<p>I hope this information will serve as a sufficient explanation as to why My Weekly Date with a Liberal is not exactly weekly. Onward.</p>
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<p>Several weeks ago, an attractive liberal girlfriend of mine asked me to accompany her to a party for the sole purpose of making another man jealous.  Seemingly, the only traits she admired about this man were that he was Dominican and extremely well endowed.  Now a lot of men in my position might have felt threatened by these traits, but sometimes you have to be honest with yourself, know your limitations, not everyone is created equally&#8230;and if there was one thing I knew about me: I was not Dominican.</p>
<p>So I agreed. I asked her where the party was and she said <strong>Venice</strong>.  Now for those of you unfamiliar with Venice, California, it is a place where Liberals roam free.  Unattended. Unchecked. Unshowered. It was time to don my scuba suit. I was going down deep. I was fully pressurized and ready to secure my next date with a Liberal.</p>
<p>We arrived at the gate. My friend hesitated&#8230;and then looked at me. She knew I was a Republican. The look in her eye was a combination of gratitude and concern.</p>
<p>I said<em> I’m cool. Now let’s go make that dude sorry he hasn’t paid you the proper attention</em>.  She nodded. I liked her.</p>
<p>She opened the gate and what I saw made me less comfortable than if I had been running through the Swat valley screaming <em>I’m a Jew.<br />
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They were everywhere. Liberals lounging around.  It looked like a front yard fully clothed no contact orgy. Patchouli wafted in the air battling body odor for the bragging rights to the air these liberals and one republican would be breathing this afternoon. I desperately searched for another person wearing a button down shirt, but there was none.</p>
<p>Just little groups of liberals scattered about, passing porn magazines back and forth to one another just a feet away from their little liberal children. At this point I gave a mental shout out to the makers of Purell and prayed that the half life of my last tetanus shot had not expired.</p>
<p>My friend appeared remorseful that she had brought me to such a bizarre scene. That remorse manifested itself by her abandoning me upon the first sight of the Dominican.</p>
<p>I was alone, but not for long. <em>So, I hear you’re a Republican?</em> I turned ironically to my left, and there she was: Caitlib. She was my friend’s roommate which is how I assumed she knew I was a Republican. I confirmed what she already knew. She smirked with all the smug she could muster. <em>You must feel a little out of your element. </em></p>
<p>I said <em>not really, sometimes I like to poke the bear in the zoo.</em> I was pretty sure she wouldn’t get that&#8230;.she didn’t. But she was perceptive enough to recognize sarcasm and that was enough to set her in motion. Not surprising. After all, she came over to me looking for a battle.</p>
<p>Her army consisted of a large metaphorical infantry of dunces, armed with so little knowledge that unknowingly their empty rifles were aimed at the very country they should have been defending. The only thing that made them dangerous was that there were a lot of them and they were angry and they were loud.</p>
<p>I want to say that again&#8230;.there were a lot of them and they were angry and they were loud.</p>
<p>Angry and loud.</p>
<p>That doesn’t leave much room for another point of view.  And when I tried to politely make room, she interrupted me and said one of the most astounding things I’ve ever heard: <em>Nothing anyone could ever say could change my position.</em></p>
<p>And then I realized something:  Beneath her pert 26-year-old exterior, she was hiding something&#8230;humility&#8230;and the priceless gift of her.  Because she was in fact the smartest individual in the history of mankind&#8230;and the smartest individual who ever will be. I say this because she was apparently equipped with every historical fact of every event that has ever taken place such that she had every possible piece of information necessary to formulate an opinion. Furthermore, she apparently was a master soothsayer who could see everything that could and would possibly ever happen in the future&#8230;forever. I’m convinced that if she had not ridiculed so blindly the concept of God, she probably would have embraced it, for she was in fact, God herself.</p>
<p>I decided it best to be quiet in the light of such brilliance. After all, better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt: she, being a prime example. Plus I could learn so much. So I listened and did in fact learn amazing things about our country’s history. For example, apparently despite our victory in World War II, our strategy was flawed and incompetent. Why? She couldn’t say. I figured it was classified.  And the lessons continued: apparently Reagan really bungled things up when he bankrupted the Soviets to end the Cold War, and his demand to tear down the wall was preposterous. Why? You guessed it&#8230;classified. I learned that the United States was essentially responsible for most, if not all of the world’s problems. And for the majority of these, she felt apologies were not only justified, but any other policy would be inexcusable. My amusement slowly dissolved into sadness because shot after shot, her army of dunces blew hole after hole in Old Glory until my pride forced me to interrupt.</p>
<p>I said <em>can I ask you a question? </em></p>
<p><em>What? </em></p>
<p><em>Do you like this country? </em></p>
<p>She didn’t hesitate. <em> No. </em></p>
<p>I thought about this.</p>
<p><em>Is there a better country? </em></p>
<p>Her answer: <em>No. </em></p>
<p><em>So&#8230;.we’re the best country?</em></p>
<p><em>No.</em></p>
<p>At that moment, I discovered two more symptoms of Decompression Sickness: Bewilderment and Disappointment.</p>
<p><em>You don’t like this country?</em> I asked again.</p>
<p><em>No.</em> Said this time with a hint of a smile.</p>
<p>I studied her for a beat. It was time for me to go. So I left.</p>
<p><strong>Note:  My friend seemed to have captured the affections of the well-hung Dominican, so I felt that my presence had served her well. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left">I got in my car, doused my hands with Purell, and headed home. I thought about how much I love this country. I thought of my relationship with America like a marriage. For better, for worse, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. That’s how I feel about her.</p>
<p>When I got home, I wondered how I could accurately report this event to you all. How I could fully express how I felt after this encounter. Sometimes humor is the answer. It’s worked for me in the past as an effective diversion from painful truths. It wasn’t gonna be enough this time because there is one thing in this life for which I will not apologize: I love this country.</p>
<p>Don’t you?</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><big><strong>“American Heart”</strong></big></p>
<p style="text-align: center">Written and performed by</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Jon David</p>
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<p><big><strong>American Heart</strong></big> written by Jon David     c&amp;p: J.David 2009</p>
<p>They say<br />
Our reputation<br />
Needs a new coat of paint and a delicate melody<br />
But I say<br />
I like the bruises<br />
And a melody don’t mean a thing<br />
If we don’t have the strength to sing</p>
<p>I won’t be made to ever feel ashamed&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;that I’m American made<br />
I got American parts<br />
Got American faith<br />
In America’s heart</p>
<p>Go on raise the flag<br />
I got stars in my eyes<br />
I’m in love with her<br />
And I won’t apologize</p>
<p>They say<br />
That we need changin’<br />
As if all the Founding Fathers seem to get it wrong<br />
But I say<br />
I still believe in<br />
the greatest Liberator, Innovator, Cultivator<br />
Freedom’s ever known</p>
<p>So I suggest you take a look inside<br />
I think you changed already<br />
You went and lost your pride</p>
<p>But I’m American made<br />
I got American parts<br />
Got American faith<br />
In America’s heart</p>
<p>Go on raise the flag<br />
I got stars in my eyes<br />
I’m in love with her<br />
And I won’t apologize</p>
<p>Dress her up so that you don’t recognize her<br />
She’ll still be there if you wake up in the night<br />
‘Cause a mother can always find her child<br />
Even when that child don’t know he’s lost</p>
<p>I’m American made<br />
I got American parts<br />
Got American faith<br />
In America’s heart</p>
<p>Go on raise the flag<br />
I got stars in my eyes<br />
I’m in love with her<br />
And I won’t apologize<br />
I’m in love with her<br />
And I won’t apologize<br />
I’m in love with her<br />
And I won’t apologize</p>
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