The music and video for the barn raising scene in "Witness"
may be the most beautiful exemplification of Americans working together to
create something better.
The movies do this quite well. As far back as the 30s you had
the end scene from the movie "San
Francisco" that inspired hopefor a city destroyed by an earthquake.
Jeanette McDonald walked among the rubble as she and other San Franciscans
sang "Nearer my God to Thee."
The first time I ever had a positive feeling for Mitt Romney
came a few days ago. Among a group of followers he said the last and frequently
unheard verse of America the Beautiful.
It goes like this: "oh beautiful for patriots dreams
that see beyond the years.
Thy alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears."
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