Get the feed#WhyILoveAmerica: A Twitter essay
Tuesday, Jul 05th 2011
Why do you love America? Keep the conversation going on Twitter with the hashtag #WhyILoveAmerica!
On July 4th, I made it my mission to tweet reasons why I love our country, 140 characters or less at a time. I used the hashtag #WhyILoveAmerica.
I also wanted to use the hastags #CynicismMoratorium and #PatriotAndProud.
What do you love about America? Here’s my list:
Fireflies. #WhyILoveAmerica
Saving the world in both World Wars. #WhyILoveAmerica
Our politicians don’t have to wear goofy wigs. #WhyILoveAmerica
Movies with giant robots and lots of explosions. #WhyILoveAmerica
Seal Team 7. Boom. #WhyILoveAmerica
Because Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. #WhyILoveAmerica
Yosemite. #WhyILoveAmerica
The Space Shuttle. Seriously cool. #WhyILoveAmerica
I can speak my mind. #WhyILoveAmerica
I’m a woman and I can drive a car. (Or a semi. Or a Harley. Or a tank.) #WhyILoveAmerica
Taco Bell. #WhyILoveAmerica
Omaha Beach. #WhyILoveAmerica
Convertible Ford Mustang. Yowza! #WhyILoveAmerica
Free to worship Jesus, Allah, nothing, or the fourth bump from the left on an old log. #WhyILoveAmerica
iPods. iPads. Twitter. FaceBook. Still leading the innovation in the world. #WhyILoveAmerica
Comic-con. Especially the steam punks. #WhyILoveAmerica
Ok. Not perfect, but I love we arrest a powerful world leader on the word of a hotel maid. #WhyILoveAmerica
Also love that when the maid's story falls apart, we admit we're wrong. Imperfect justice but still on the side of justice. #WhyILoveAmerica
Cowboys and cowgirls. #WhyILoveAmerica
@juddapatow . Love his movies. #WhyILoveAmerica
Giant sequoias. Truly awe-inspiring. #WhyILoveAmerica
Ordinary Americans fighting back on Flight 93. Never underestimate ordinary Americans. #WhyILoveAmerica
The automobile. You're welcome, world. #WhyILoveAmerica
We put ketchup on everything...even in France. Goofy but harmless. #WhyILoveAmerica
All the generations who came here for a better life and found it. #WhyILoveAmerica
Roadside farmers' stands selling sweet watermelon and fresh corn. #WhyILoveAmerica
The "As Seen on TV" store. #WhyILoveAmerica
I get to vote for political leaders. Still not a right in so much of the world. #WhyILoveAmerica
We fight our battles on TV, on the radio, and at the ballot box, not in the streets. #WhyILoveAmerica
When we go abroad, we're goofy, smiley, and friendly...the golden retrievers of the world. #WhyILoveAmerica
Journalists can tell the truth, protected by law. And Jon Stewart can make funny #$#& up. #WhyILoveAmerica
Small town parades. #WhyILoveAmerica
Chicago. #WhyILoveAmerica
The US Marines serving at Dwyer, Leatherneck, and FOB Delaram in Afghanistan. God Bless you. #WhyILoveAmerica
The Rockies, especially Denver. #WhyILoveAmerica
Memphis barbeque. #WhyILoveAmerica
Dressing up the dog in red, white and blue. #WhyILoveAmerica
Flags on freeway overpasses. #WhyILoveAmerica
Eating palak paneer made by a black chef and served by a waiter from El Salvador. #WhyILoveAmerica
Free refills. <------- my son's #WhyILoveAmerica
Marching bands. Especially Ballou High's rocking band in SE Washington DC. #WhyILoveAmerica
Pixar. #WhyILoveAmerica
I've driven across the country four times, coast to coast. It's stunningly vast, physically and metaphorically. #WhyILoveAmerica
Ronald Reagan. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." #WhyILoveAmerica
My glock. #WhyILoveAmerica
Motown. #WhyILoveAmerica
From Jersey Shore to NPR. Something for everyone. #WhyILoveAmerica
Potlucks. Which is what I'm off to now. #WhyILoveAmerica
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Why do you love America? Keep the conversation going on Twitter with the hashtag #WhyILoveAmerica!
by Daniel Ibn Zayd #
Destroying the world to save capitalism in both World Wars. #WhyIHateAmerica
Our politicians don’t have to have an IQ above 5. #WhyIHateAmerica
Movies with evil brown and black people. #WhyIHateAmerica
Forgetting the USS Liberty. #WhyIHateAmerica
Because Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered. #WhyIHateAmerica
Mountain mining. #WhyIHateAmerica
Killer drones. Seriously sick. #WhyIHateAmerica
I can speak my mind (as long as it is what everyone thinks). #WhyIHateAmerica
Only 10% women in Congress. #WhyIHateAmerica
Taco Bell. #WhyIHateAmerica
Omaha Beach. #WhyIHateAmerica
Stretch limousines. #WhyIHateAmerica
Free to worship Jesus ONLY. #WhyIHateAmerica
Cluster bombs. #WhyIHateAmerica
The Republican National Convention. #WhyIHateAmerica
Calling a hotel maid a "whore" to not convict a criminal. #WhyIHateAmerica
Never justice for the poor. #WhyIHateAmerica
Cowboys and cowgirls. #WhyIHateAmerica
@juddapatow . Love his movies. #WhyIHateAmerica
Despoiled nature. #WhyIHateAmerica
Ordinary Americans kicking Arabs off of planes. #WhyIHateAmerica
No public transportation of any kind. #WhyIHateAmerica
Overconsumption. #WhyIHateAmerica
All the generations who came here because we destroyed their country. #WhyIHateAmerica
Farmers put out of business by agri-industry. #WhyIHateAmerica
Television. #WhyIHateAmerica
Less than 50% of people voting. #WhyIHateAmerica
We kill black kids in the subway. #WhyIHateAmerica
When we go abroad, we're dumb and obnoxious. #WhyIHateAmerica
Journalists can tell the truth, as long as it sells something. #WhyIHateAmerica
Small town parades. #WhyIHateAmerica
Los Angeles. #WhyIHateAmerica
The US Marines only being made up of the poor. #WhyIHateAmerica
The destroyed Everglades. #WhyIHateAmerica
Kool-Aid. #WhyIHateAmerica
Dressing up the dog. #WhyIHateAmerica
Flags on freeway overpasses. #WhyIHateAmerica
Forcing people of color to serve those with means. #WhyIHateAmerica
Free refills. #WhyIHateAmerica
Marching bands. #WhyIHateAmerica
Pixar. #WhyIHateAmerica
The murder of indigenous peoples coast to coast. #WhyIHateAmerica
Ronald Reagan. #WhyIHateAmerica
My glock. #WhyIHateAmerica
White rappers. #WhyIHateAmerica
Television programming: Something to offend everyone. #WhyIHateAmerica
People living on the street with no food. #WhyIHateAmerica