Who still makes you proud to be an American?

[undeterred]

[CarlVK]

1. Dean, Murtha, Conyers, Chomsky

There are more, but they are on top of the list.

[John Gauger]

3. Amen

to all.

[Monkeyman]

13. Yep

[John Gauger]

2. Greg Palast

Michael Moore, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Keith Olbermann, Jim Hightower, Molly Ivins. Jack Murtha, John Conyers, Jr. Cindy Sheehan. And those are just the living.

On edit, Bob Dylan, System of a Down

[Booster]

4. Jimmy Carter, Molly Ivins and Keith Olbermann right now.

[rubberducky]

5. People like Rockey Anderson!!!!!!!!!

The Big Dog, Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Howard Dean, Rosa Parks, Hillary

[Homer Wells]

6. PRESIDENT Gore n/t

[Just-plain-Kathy]

7. Murtha...Carter...My Dad

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Jcrowley]

8. Truth

Americans Who Tell the Truth

Walt Whitman


This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone who asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown.” (Preface to the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass)

Sojourner Truth


Sojourner Truth Biography
Abolitionist, evangelist, and feminist, 1797?—1883

"Now I hears talkin about de Constitution and de rights of man. I comes up and I takes hold of dis Constitution. It looks mighty big, and I feels for my rights, but der aint any dare. Den I says, God, what ails dis Constitution? He says to me, “Sojourner, dere is a little weasel in it.”

http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Walt_Whitman.html

Anyone who speaks truth to power no matter what soil they were born on.

[1620rock]

11. Niel Armstrong and all of the Apollo lunar astronauts.

[Justice]

9. my parents, my spouse, Wes Clark, rank and file service men and women,

rank and file union members

[geomon666]

10. Hacksaw Jim Duggan

[Chimichurri]

Feingold, Olberman, Malloy, Hartmann and of course Stewart

oh and Randi, Colbert and Jack Cafferty!

[John Gauger]

22. Oooooooooooh

Forgot Steward and Colbert. Definitely proud to be associated with them.

[globalvillage]

12. John Kerry

[John Gauger]

21. You show us a picture of your hero

giving his concession speech? Not very heroic. I'd probably have had one of him saving that guy or something. Not to judge. Heroism is subjective.

[globalvillage]

30. This pic is from this past Saturday.

I took it at Faneuil Hall last weekend.

edit welcome to DU.

[babylonsister]

14. President Kerry, no doubt! nt

[driver8]

15. The people of DU make me proud...

and I am proud to be part of this wonderful group!! :toast:

[Monkeyman]

16. Yep

And my Brothers on the wall

[undeterred]

33. Me too!

[rurallib]

17. Cindy Sheehan, John Edwards, Russ Feingold.

Yes Jimmy Carter of course

[Sal Minella]

18. Dan Schorr. (on Nixon's Enemies List back in the day).

[John Gauger]

24. If you're on that list, you must have done something right

Then again, Joe Namith was on that list. Nixon was batshit crazy.

[RagAss]

19. KO

[Alacrat]

20. Firefighters

They are the true heroes of America,who make me proud, they give and risk their lives for others, without regard to political affiliation, race, gender, income, with absolutely no discrimination what so ever, and certainly not for the money. They are always doing charitable work. They remember 9/11 for what it was, (A tragic loss of life, and an awesome display of heroism, that brought out the best in so many, while they were hurting so bad ) without making it a political event for either side. They fly the American flag on their trucks, because they are true patriots, and epitomize what Americans should strive to be. I know there are firefighters all over the world, and they are all special, but our's are the greatest, and I admire them all. Other than complaints about communication on the fire ground during 9/11, have you heard any of the blaming anyone else for what happened to so many of them? They will give their all, including their lives, for all of us, there isn't a politician, and very few people who are so selfless.

[BuyingThyme]

23. Librarians.

[Ilsa]

25. Those who choose to help vs line their pockets with "gold";

Carter, Wes Clark, Bill Clinton, Al Gore (he made a HUGE sacrifice in 2000 to keep the nation together), Keith Olbermann, Chomsky, others willing to speak out.

[Phredicles]

26. The US Women's soccer team

I like what their success says about our country.

Plus, of course, all the people all y'all named! :)

[lonestarnot]

27. You guys have them covered.

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. These people....

And my darling best friend and fellow DUer, PassingFair.

[no_hypocrisy]

29. Paul Wellstone (RIP), Rocky Anderson, Jimmy Carter.

[beam me up scottie]

31. ...

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

32. FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Joseph Welch, Bobby Kennedy,

Dr. Martin Luther King, Lyndon Johnson (I'll probably get flamed for that but I really don't care), Thurgood Marshall, Muhammed Ali, Jimmy Carter, John Glenn and my late father. He made me the Democrat I am and always will be.

[WA98296]

34. Keith Olbermann and Thom Hartmann