I WOULD PUT A WEST COAST SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM AT THE PRESIDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO. The Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC is a treasure trove of Americana. What is on display is but a small percentage of what is available and currently kept in their basement or, in my imagination, a warehouse like that found at the end of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (which this curmudgeon refuses to call INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and completely dismisses the same warehouse in the unfortunate INDIANA JONES AND THE MOVIE WITH THE REALLY STUPID, LONG TITLE). But I digress.
Smithsonian – and by their nature, Americana – treasures, available for public viewing on both coasts. On a beautiful piece of federally-owned property. Which is currently being seriously under-used.
I WOULD MAKE THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL ANTHEM "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" instead of that ode to war which nobody can sing, THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL represents all that is good about our nation. For those who cannot see that this is a nation built on a foundation of God’s principals and don’t care for the line “…God shed His grace on thee…”, you can change that line to “…come shed your grace on thee…” It works. But really, our national motto is IN GOD WE TRUST. Get over it. And if you are sensitive to our neighbors to the north, which are also part of America, then petition to move the United States border 100 miles north and you will encompass over 80% of the Canadian population. As for Mexico, they don’t complain as much and it is usually in Spanish so most folks don’t know what they are saying anyway.
If you have any further question on the beauty of this choice, go to http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/america.htm
THE UNITED STATES MINT WOULD MAKE A DOLLAR COIN THAT LOOKED LIKE A DOLLAR COIN AND NOT A BUS TOKEN OR A BRASS QUARTER. Make it a different size. Put a hole in the middle. Have it made of two different metals. Just get it right once! For example...
Those are just three of the things I would do. How about you?
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Hi Joomus, I would make Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" as our National Anthem.
Either that or Springsteen's "Born in the....."Hee Hee just kidding. Don't really like Springsteen..on the other hand, James Brown's "Livin in America" was always a crowd favorite when I played it @ Oz on the 4th of July. Why I believe you yourself were sited boogying down to that very tune!!
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