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lAIvl A TIRED AMERICAN By Alrn Mclotoch Publisher, Thc Rocl C-ounty Henld, llvcrne, Mino. I am a tircd Amcrican. I'm tircd of bcing callcd the ugly American. I'm tircd of having thc world panhandlers use my country a sct impossible yardsticks for thc United Stat6, but who nevcr apply the same standards to the French, the British, thc Rusas sians, the Chinese. whipping boy 365 days a ycar. I am a tircd Amcrican - rxcary of having American embassies and information centcrs stoncd, burned, and sacked by mobs opcrating undcr orders from dictators who preach pcace and I am a tired American -- who resents thc pimply-faccd beatniks who try to represent Americans as the "bad guys on the black horses." brccdconlict. . . I am a tircd Amcrican - choked up to here on this busincss of trying to intimidate our Government by placard, picket line, and sit-ins by thc hordes of- dirty unwashed who rush to man the barric6des against thc forccs oflaw, order, and decency. I am a tircd Amcrican -- wcary of the beatniks who say they should havc the right to determine what laws of thc land thcy arc willing to obey. ers who, for shock purposes, scream four-ietter words in church meetings. I am a tired American - sickened by the slack-jawed bigots who wrap themselves in bedsheets in the dead ofnight and roam the countryside looking [or innocent victims. I am a tired American -- who dislikes clergymen who have made a career out of integration causes, yct send their own children to private schools. I am a tired American -- who resents those who try to pcddle the belief in schools and collegcs that capitalism is a dirty I am a tircd Amcrican - who is wcary of some Negro lcad- I am a tircd American fcd up with thc mobs of scabbyfaccd, Iong-haired youths and short-haired girls who claim they rcprescnt thc "ncw wave" of America and who sneer at the - old-fashioncd virtucs of honesty, integrity, and morality on which Amciica grew to greatness. I am a tired Amcrican -- weary unto dcath of having my tax dollars go to dictators who play both sides against the middle vith threats of what will happen if we cut off the golden stream word and that free enterprise and private initiative are only synonyms for greed. They say they hate capitalism, but they are always right at the head of the line demanding their share of the American way of life. I am a tired American -- who gets morc than a little bit ofdollars. I am a tircd American -- nauseated by the lazy-do-nothings who wouldn't take a job if you drovc them to and from work in a Rolls Royce. . I am a tired American -- who is getting madder by the minute at the filth peddlcrs who have launched Americans in an obscenity race, who try to foist on us the belief that filth is an integral part of culturc. I am a tired American -- lvcary of the bearded bums who tramp the picket lincs and the sit-ins - who prcfer Chinese Communism to capitalism -- who see no evil in Castro, but sneer at President Johnson as a threat to pcace. I am a tired American -- who has lost all patiencc with that civil rights group which is showing propaganda moves on collcge campuscs from coast to coast -- movies denouncing the I am a tired American who is angcred by the selfright' cous breastbcatcr critics of Amcrica, at home and abroad, who United States, movies made in Communist China. weary of the clique in our State Department which chooses to regard a policy of timidity as prudent - the same group which subscribes to a "no-win" policy in Vietnam. I am a tired American -- real tired of those who are trying to sell me the belief that America is not the greatest nation in all the world -- a generous-hearted nation -- a nation dedicated to the policy of trying to hclp the "have nots" achievc some of the good things that our system of fre enterprise brought about. I am an American -- who gts a lump in his throat whcn he hears the "Star Spangled Banner" and who holds back tears when he hears those chilling high notes of the brassy trumpt when Old Glory reaches the top of the flag pole. I am a tired American -- who wants to start snapping at those phony "high priests" who want us to bow down and wor. ship their false idols and who seck to destroy the bclief that America is the land of thc frec and the home of the brave . I am a tired American -- who thanks a merciful Lord that he was lucky to be born an Amcrican citizcn -- a nation undcr God, with truly mcrcy and justice for all. -