You found the author of the BIG BLOG THEORY. My name is Randy Carter, although some know me better as Fancy Feet or Mr. Wiggles. These are both nicknames I acquired through dancing. You will notice many of the posts here are either directly or indirectly related to the dance industry. It has played a major role in my life.
At any rate, I created this blog site as a form of expression and a way to go further into the depths of my psyche. These pages will not only be full of my personal discoveries, but those of others that are useful or worthwhile as well.
Rest assured there will be plenty of humor strewn throughout too. So be sure to check out my "Wanted" information before you check out.
The day before yesterday it was all about the nines. It was the 9th day of the 9th month of 2009 (09/09/09). Those types of days don't come around often. Sadly, days like today do happen, too often. Yes, it is now the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
With that in mind I wanted to share a story you have probably seen in your inbox as a forward. It is worth more than a quick read and delete. It is worth more than a quick read and forward too. So here it is posted for you to review whenever you're so inclined to be reminded as to who an American really is.
TO KILL AN AMERICAN
You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is. So they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)
'An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan.The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.
When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan. Americans welcome the best of everything... the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.
The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America.
Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
You found the author of the BIG BLOG THEORY. My name is Randy Carter, although some know me better as Fancy Feet or Mr. Wiggles. These are both nicknames I acquired through dancing. You will notice many of the posts here are either directly or indirectly related to the dance industry. It has played a major role in my life.
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