7.04.2004

People and things that I am proud of as an American

Not an exhaustive list, by any means, but here we go.

Johnny Cash, New York City, the Constitution.
Apple Computer, pulled pork, Muhammad Ali.
Boston, Los Angeles, Austin TX.
Run-DMC, Jimi Hendrix, Flaming Lips.
Mike Judge, FDR, the Red Cross.
The Velvet Underground, Chicago (the city, not the band), Baseball.
Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Sr.
Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald.
Elvis, Bugs Bunny, pumpkin pie.
William Carlos Williams, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Simpsons.
John Coltrane, Scrabble, Kermit the Frog.
The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
Cameron Crowe, Bill Murray, the electric guitar.
Jimmy Carter, The Wright Brothers, George Washington Carver.
Iggy Pop, Godfather I and II, air conditioning.
Pavement, Levi's, Harry Crews.
Chris Ware, Woody Guthrie, Martin Luther King Jr.
Cake, Memphis TN, Prince.
The Replacements, Atari, Jackie Robinson.
Chief Joseph, Wilco, and the freedom to make this list.

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