Comments on: American as Apple Pie? An Index of Things we used to feel Patriotic about

By: Shayne

Shayne — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:51:30 +0000

Actually, George Martin did not produce AMERICA’s “Hat Trick.” The relationship between Martin and AMERICA began with the following album, “Holiday.” Martin then went on to produce the next 6 LP’s for them.

The reason “Holiday” got its name was because in anticipation of their working with Martin, the band went into heavy rehearsals, in order to impress the legendary producer. Because of that, the album only took two weeks to finish. This led to Martin quipping, “If I’d known how quickly this would have taken, I’d have just taken a holiday to the states for a couple of weeks” (or something to that effect).

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:22:22 +0000

NO NO NO, if you from Canada, you are NOT American, you are Canadian. If you are from Brazil, you are Brazilian, not American. Just stop all that Leftist USA-hating stuff right away.

People from the Republic of France are not called Republicans, but French. We are from the USA, and calling ourselves Uniteds would be stupid. We are AMERICANS.

I hate you Lefties with your whole anti-USA mindset. Get over yourselves.

By: Dubdooba

Dubdooba — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:26:20 +0000

nutmeag, people from the United Arab Emirates call themselves “Emirati” :)

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:29:39 +0000

You forgot to mention that the band “America” also did the soundtrack for one of the all-time best children’s movies, ‘The Last Unicorn’. (Although, I could be biased.)

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:48:55 +0000

I still feel patriotic about the the flag of the United States of America.

*Hot Dogs are nasty, bad for my heart, and make me fat
*Apple Pie makes me fat and not great for my heart
*I knew the Liberty Bell was made in London…so that is out a long time ago.
*America the band SUCKS

So ya…I mostly agree lol

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:40:52 +0000

Things we *used to* feel proud about? Because something wasn’t originated here doesn’t mean we haven’t had anything to do with it’s current level of popularity.

As for the whole PG thing above, don’t you just love it when people whine & complain about things that their whining and complaining won’t change in the least?

Captcha is “Tenants George”; George has company?

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:35:24 +0000

The hotdog may not be American, but the hotdog bun is.

By: AMOJA

AMOJA — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:57:50 +0000

Ignoring the PG fiasco…

Ironically, the Austrians call their hot dog a “frankfurter” (or “one from Frankfurt”) and the Germans call their hot dog a “wiener” (or “one from Wien aka. Vienna”).

By: V

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:57:27 +0000

I am currently living in Argentina, and people here also refer to US citizens as “yankies” but pronounce it in such a way that for the first month I was here, I thought they were saying “junkies” and calling us drug addicts. ha ha! Someone here told me that people in South America resent the fact that we call ourselves “Americans” because we aren’t the only Americans…but I have yet to hear anyone refer to themselves using the continents and not their country… ah well.

I just usually say I’m from the United States. Ha, people can usually tell I’m a foreigner anyway, since I’ve got light hair and skin.

The times I lived in Europe, I typically avoided telling people i was from the states, because they either A) became uncomfortably interested in me, or B) laughed contemptuously and made some cutting remark about the idiocy of the US citizens for electing good ol’incompetent, war-mongering GW. Fun times! Ha!

By: soph

soph — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:38:15 +0000

“we are the world, we are the children, we are the…”

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