“Land of the free, home of the brave”

FAMOUS PATRIOTIC QUOTE: “Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?”        Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)        The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)

CAUTIONARY COUNTERQUOTE: “This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”        Elmer Davis (1890-1958)        CBS journalist who bravely opposed Joe McCarthy’s Communist witch hunts        But We Were Born Free (1954)

KOOKY QUOTE #1: “Land of the greed and home of the slave.”        Rev. Jeremiah Wright (b. 1941)        Referring to America in a videotaped speech, at an event commemorating        the 60th anniversary of the socialist journal, National Guardian, Sept. 17 2009

KOOKY QUOTE #2: “Land of the greed and home of the slave? President Obama IS Jeremiah Wright. Jeremiah Wright IS President Obama: happy to be called a socialist.”        Rush Limbaugh        Commenting on Rev. Wright’s quote on his radio show, Nov. 3, 2009

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