Show f. f I II I j I 11 I 1 am a tired American I Tm Im tired of being c called ailed the ugly Amerman American I I Im tired of having the world panhandlers use my country as a whipping boy days a year I II I am a American weary American weary of having American embassies and information centers stoned burned and sacked by mobs operating operating oper oper- under orders from dictators who preach peace and breed con con- I am a tired American wearied wear wear- led of being lectured b by Gen Caen De- De dalle who never won Ja a battle vho Who poses as a second second Jehovah ah and T I am a a tired American weary of Nasser and all the leeches who bleed Uncle bleed Uncle Sam white and who kick him on the shins and and yank his beard if I the falters an a tired red American weary of the beatniks who say they should have the right to Jo deter deter- what laws of the land they are willing to obey t am a tired American weary unto death of having my my tax dollars dol dol- lars go to to dictators who play both sides against the middle with threats of will happen If ewe cut off the golden stream of is isI dollars I am a tired American fed up with the mobs of scabby faced I I j I I I longhaired youths and hal short hell r rad r ed ad girls who claim they represent t the new wave of America and who sneer at the old fashioned virtues of honesty integrity and morality on which America grew to greatness I X am a tired American who Is IsI I 1 tired of supporting families who haven't known any other source of Income other than government relief checks for three gener generations gener- gener I I am a tired American who is getting madder by the minute at atthe atthe the filth peddlers who have launched launched launched laun laun- ched Americans In Ili an obscenity race race who try to w foist on us the belief that filth Is an integral part of culture In the the arts th the movies literature the state I X am a tired American weary I of the bearded bums who tramp the picket lines and the sit ins who prefer Chinese communism to capitalism who see no evil In Castro but sneer at President Johnson as a threat to fo peace I X am a tired American who has lost all patience with that i civil rights group which Is showIng showIng show show- Ing propaganda movies on college campuses from coast to coast Movies denouncing denouncing- the United 1 j I I States Movies made In Communist Communist Communist China I I am a tired American who Is angered ered by the self self righteous breast beater critics of America home and abroad who set Impossible Impossible impossible sible yard sticks for the United ed States but never apply the same same 1 to the French the BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish the Russians and Chinese 1 I 1 am a tired American sicken sicken- sicken sicken-j hC rl d h hv 1 he slack-jawed slack bigots j who I wip wp themselves In In w hr dead of night and roam the countryside looking for innocent Oct ims I I II I am a tired American Who clergymen who have have I lade ade a care career rr out ut of Integration r reuses yet send their their own chil- chil I chil-I 1 Oren ren to private I am a tired American who resents those who try ry io to peddle I II the belief bellet in In sch schools ls and colleges S that capitalism Is is a dirty word od odI and that free enterprise and pr private I vate vete initiative are only ms ms 1 1 for Cor greed I They say they hate hate capitalism but they are are- are always always right In 11 the tte e head of the line demanding I share share of the American Way pI f I life ute i I am a tired American real tired of ot those who are trying trying t to sell me me the b belief belief that America is not the greatest nation In all the world a generous h hearted arte i nation a nation dedicated to the policy of trying to help the have v nots achieve some of the good things that our system of fr frI free I enterprise brought about I am an American w who o gets a lump in his throat when he lie e hears hears the Star Spangled Banner and who holds back tears when h he hears those chilling high notes of the brassy brasy trumpets w when en Old I Glory Glory reaches the top of the flag flagpole pole I am a tired American who thanks a merciful Lord that he was so so I lucky u c k Y to be born an American citizen a nation un under er God d with truly mercy and J justice tor for r all By By Alan C. C McIntosh Publisher Rock County Star Her ald Luverne Minn |