by JLAGRAYFOX
"The Man Without A Country", a short story, written by Edward Everett Hale, in 1863, as the Civil War was raging It is about an Army officer that has committed treason during the Revolutionary War, and has shouted out, before sentencing after being convicted, that he wishes, no longer, to hear any mention of the United States of America.
He gets his wish as the judge sentences him to life in prison to be served aboard only USA, navy ships that never touch the shores of the USA. He comes to love the USA...but no one will talk to him about her. On his death bed many years later, he invites a navy sailor into his jail room, who finds the American Flag draped around a photo of George Washington and a painting of an American Eagle with a lightening bolt flashing over its head. A friend comes to his room and sits on the bed telling him the stories and progress of his now, beloved USA!!! Every NFL, NBA, MLB "America Hater> should read this magnificent short story...that motivated the UNION cause of ending slavery and keeping the USA united. and...these fools should also read over & over again....Lincoln's magnificent, Gettysburg Address.
Today....the NFL, the NBA and the MLB are all men without a country, IMHO...shame on everyone of them!!! Pathetic, Hateful, Obamabot/Clintonite Human Beings. God forgive them, for I certainly won't!!!
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