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By Pages:   1    2    3    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American) (page 1/ 3) ------ performed by Toby Keith Fist v Feather | Reviewer: Đại Úy of Drawer 22 (CCN) | 8/3/09 In the rank of Special Forces Đại Úy (CPT), while serving 2 voluntary combat tours in the Vietnam Conflict, I was privileged to enjoy the friendship of a number of indigenous warriors. They and their families became the local cause for the brutality of my waging of war, supplementing the oath taken on my honor: Support those freedoms for which America stands. The liberties delineated are ideals toward which we, as a nation, strive. What freedoms we maintain are kept only by the threat and/or use of superior force. Make no mistake: Safety is not bought with slogans nor freedom paid for with flowers. The road toward liberties for which we strive is paved with the blood and lives of patriotic warriors who know that the ultimate objective of conflict is peace. Thank you, Mr Keith, for your contribution to the efforts of our personnel in the US Armed Forces, past and present. Sung here is a warning for the future: America will retaliate with overwhelming force against any agression, and we shall do so even to protect the rights of those Americans who wish to lie down for violent people who want the lives of peaceniks along with the rest of us who defend such ignorant innocents. pfc collins U.S. SOLDIER. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/27/07 to the people that say this is blind patriotism, and taht this embodys the symbol of useing 9/11 for our time still spent in iraq in my opinion your wrong.. no i dont think we should still be there, but the point of this song is that we will stand up for our country. we will fight for freedom and what american embodies as a nation. basic instincs ?, ok i'll go with you there, but thats MUCH better then beleaveing that we can do more by talking things out with terroriss from any nation, do u think saddam would have sat down for tea and discussed the situation logicaly? no i think he was much more content hateing our nation in his spider hole. Keith's song is ultimately a tribune to our most base and violent instincts. | Reviewer: Rick from PA | 12/22/07 Keith's lyric's represent raw emotion in search of literacy, rather than genuine patriotism -- anger over substance. To the misguided or simply ignorant, such sentiment seems endlessly appealing. Consider Alexandria's review (5/24/2007): "towelheads", "liberals" and "tree-huggers" "can die because this is the greatest song ever made." Does this reviewer reflect true patriotic fervor, or a pathetic narrow-minded rejection of all things outside her limited province. On November 12th my local paper, The Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, PA), reported that as the USS Harry Truman pulled out of the dock at Norfolk Naval Base "the loud speaker blasted out Toby Keith's 'Angry American" to the crowd gathered on the dock to bid her and her crew farewell, "not knowing where the ship was going and how long it will stay" but that it "is headed somewhere in support of the war effort." What war might that be? Certainly not the one against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The point is that the events of 9/11 have been, and continue to be, used to support the invasion of Iraq, an outrageously aggressive, imperialistic and patently immoral act, and perhaps the blackest stain ever on the escutcheon of the United States of America. Al-Qaeda, the once mighty global terrorist enterprise headed by Osama bin Laden and financed largely through our "friends" in Saudi Arabia, is deceptively and deliberately connated with "al-Qaeda in Iraq", the homegrown organization born out of the American invasion. Even the US Navy apparently has a vested interest in maintaining this fiction, repeated denials from the highest levels of government and its intelligence apparatus notwithstanding. It is a sad time to be a true patriotic American. My friends and family members have also fought and been wounded in America's wars -- WWII, Vietnam, and now Afghanistan and Iraq. Several of my friends fought in the first Gulf War; one died and another lost the use of his left hand after a Scud missile destroyed their barracks in Saudi Arabia. I too know the pain and worry we feel when our GI's are sent into war. Keith's song is ultimately a tribune to our most base and violent instincts, not to love of family, country or the freedom that our young republic bequeaths its citizens. Thank You | Reviewer: caralee | 11/29/07 Like Toby's dad, my dad also served in the military (USMC)for 20 years. Like evryone I remember where I was on that day in '01. To the gentleman in the service that thinks this songs shows blind patriotism!! Please think again. Everytime that I hear this song I thank my and every other solider for my freedom. It's because of them that you can say the things that you said aabout this song. And to Toby if your dad is still alive please tell him that I said a big Thank You for your service to our country blind patriotism | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/23/07 I agree. This song embodies blind patriotism. Open your eyes. Yes, I can speak, because I AM a soldier and right now I AM in Baghdad. Toby Keith can go to hell, until he fights in this "war." The people that listen to this song and feel a sense of pride are the same people that (1) voted for bush (2) support the war (3) don't know anything/give a damn about the current economic situation (the war costs $500,000 per MINUTE.. one days worth of the funds spend would provide a YEAR of healthcare to 4,000,000 children)... ok, I'll stop. Don't say anything, either, because I know all this first hand... I am a damn soldier in Baghdad! To hell with you, Toby Keith! Right on "jake the snake!" Jake The Snake sucks | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/18/07 Yeah, you're the only moron here, hippie. But what do I know, you're probably way more famous and smarter than Toby Keith, who according to you, is a third grader. One thing we all agree, he's way more successful and patriot than you'll ever be in your entire life. The only thing that is unpatriotic here is that we allow liberal fags like you to breathe free air here in America. Do yourself a favor, and move to Iraq, if you think that they're the victims. They'd probably cut your head off with a hacksaw, while you're bitching about the troops being violent. God bless America and the ones who fight to keep your sorry ass free and alive, you ungrateful little bastard. Support our troops and God bless Toby Keith. No go listen to your Dixie Chicks, you douche. Live | Reviewer: Dave | 10/10/07 I have been to alot of concerts over the years...and this was the best song I have ever heard live in my life.. Dumb | Reviewer: Jake the Snake | 10/5/07 These are the dumbest lyrics ever put to paper. Who wrote these, a third grader? Or maybe they were written FOR a third grader. My cat could write better than this, and he probably wouldn't use so much end-rhyme. It's unpatriotic to enjoy writing as bad as this. If you enjoy this song, you should enjoy a beating by the, uh, what do you call them, "towelheads"? God bless the U.S.A., morons. Thank you | Reviewer: Miss T | 9/18/07 This song, for me, embodies what it is to be an American. I love our troops and I love our country. GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing | Reviewer: A 14 yr old | 8/24/07 This is truely an invigorating song. Everytime I listen to it I feel empowered with patriotism. Some people say Toby Keith is a pirate using fear for his songs. I don't believe it and you should not either. Nothing gives me more pride in this country like patriots like Toby Keith. I say all this is an Oklahoman and more importantly as an American. To Toby Keith: Thanks Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3