The Color Of My Country

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abrams

Sport climber

Jan 23, 2013 - 02:57pm PT

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2013 - 11:55am PT

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2013 - 11:58am PT

Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Jan 25, 2013 - 12:55am PT

Graduation day. West Point. 2011.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2013 - 06:07am PT

Straight up awesome Chaz!

Tobia

Social climber

Denial

Jan 25, 2013 - 06:44am PT

One Sicilian

meets one Texan

creating an American family.

kennyt

climber

Woodfords,California

Jan 25, 2013 - 10:42am PT

Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber

Old and Broken Down in Appalachia

Jan 25, 2013 - 11:18am PT

This thread wasn't posted as an Us And Them thread at all, but more as an Us Is Us, We Are We, We're all in this together thread.

I appreciate your sentiments and attempts. But the sad reality is that America's heydays are over.

50% of the Americans don't like having a black President
50% of Americans believe a woman's place is in the kitchen
50% of Americans don't want no damn immigrants in this country
50% of Americans want to impose a Christian version of Sharia
50% of Americans try to block any social justice or progress

My grandparents were illiterate immigrants and served in the US Army. My parents went to college. My father is a Korean War veteran. I am a veteran of the Gulf War. My brother is a lawyer and I am a doctor.

Grandpa in the US Army in World War I

We had one of the first Naval Aviation classes with women

Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Jan 25, 2013 - 11:32pm PT

A couple more from West Point graduation day, 2011:

The lady is the sister of the grad wearing a white shirt in the last shot I posted, and her brother is the middle guy in the shot before thst. ( great smiles run in the family ). The guy in these two shots is my cousin, Brad.

( I didn't take these photos, but I'm in both of them. Look for the bald headed white guy wearing a tan golf shirt )

this just in

climber

north fork

Jan 25, 2013 - 11:51pm PT

Captain...or Skully

climber

Jan 26, 2013 - 12:09am PT

I still see Paisley...It's a vast mishmash.
We just forget to live Paisley, sometimes.

Rolfr

Social climber

North Vancouver BC

Jan 26, 2013 - 12:29am PT

Hey Survival.

“I didn't mention any political stuff at all in fact.
So take your sour puss somewhere else.”

I thought this was a climbing forum , when you open a patriotic political thread, expect some opposing viewpoints. I live 6 months a year in Canada and 6 in the US, my sour puss will comment equally on both countries.

Excuse me if I find your thread patronizing , but I guess you just want ethnic confirmation not opposition .

John M

climber

Jan 26, 2013 - 12:50am PT

Excuse me if I find your thread patronizing ,

Now what burr got under your saddle blanket? what in blue blazes is wrong with people right now. Bruce is one of the good guys.

[Click to View YouTube Video]

I love this video... I found it because Hankster posted the Lush at the beach version.

Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Jan 26, 2013 - 12:58am PT

I'm getting a sense of "diversity envy" from Rolfr.

We ( The United States Of America ) did the racial outreach. Now, we are enjoying the benefits of a fully diverse society.

Canada needs to step up to the plate, and do the same outreach to minorities that Americans have, if they want to have a truly diverse society, like ours.

If Canadians don't want a diverse society, then I guess it's up to them. Maybe they like it that everybody they see every day is white, like they are. Apparently they do, because they haven't done the required outreach to minorities neeed to change their national demographic, like we have here in The United States.

Captain...or Skully

climber

Jan 26, 2013 - 12:59am PT

Walk, stumble, fall.
Get up.
Walk.
Repeat.
What color is that? It's a wondrous Paisley. Wondrous!

Rolfr

Social climber

North Vancouver BC

Jan 26, 2013 - 01:09am PT

This is a thread about our magnificent and diverse country.. Screw the rest of the dribble..Ive had kin die in every skirmish from the revolutionary war to desert storm. Weve a right to be proud.

Well i’ve had kin die in concentration camps by flag waving nationalists , so i’ll keep spewing my dribble , Bubba. Thanks for making my point on tolerance for opposing viewpoints.

Chaz , I don’t have diversity envy, I am part of the Canadian diversity!

And thank you Captain, I'm Paisley too.

John M

climber

Jan 26, 2013 - 01:27am PT

tolerance for opposing viewpoints????? you were the one all bummed out and spreading the negativity. I'm just confused about why people have to take a thread started by someone good like Bruce and turn it into some political statement when it wasn't meant as such. Thats all. If you have to have a negative view, then go for it. But it would be nice if once in awhile we could just chill. I think thats all Bruce was shooting for. He isn't stupid. He knows that the world is full of nasty sh#t. And he definitely isn't for blind obedience to some nationalistic call. So maybe try chilling a little and watch the video I posted. The songs saweeet, even if some of the pictures are a bit cheesy.

But whatever dude. I hope things are going okay for you.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 04:05am PT

but I guess you just want ethnic confirmation not opposition .

Whatever man. Actually, you told me to take my flag waving elsewhere first, on my thread. I merely returned the favor.

I don't remember requiring you to participate in the first place.

Besides, I stated in the OP that we had a lot to do to live up to the expectations of ourselves and the world. I've posted bikers, punks, homeless people, dirt poor American Indians and more. Does that really qualify as mindless flag waving nationalism? Me thinks not.

We've all had ancestors die at the hands of as#@&%es. I had relatives escape from Germany, and relatives that died in the Civil War, even one who died on Bataan Death March. Does that make me more American than you are? Me thinks not.