>>Thats Ted's dream. Not what they refer to as the American dream.
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>From what I learned during my years there, the american dream is to take someone to court and get a big pile of money out of him. The american nightmare is that someone will take you to court and get a big pile of money out of you.

That isn't the way it is. I'm not saying that doesn't happen but it isn't the typical American experience. You must have missed something while you were our guest here.

"When you're runnin' down my country, man, you're walking on the fightin' side of me."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM

Merle was the essence of pure country music. He didn't wear a big hat or have pretty dentures. But he wrote and sang a lot of great songs.

What the heck, Merle had a lot more than the one good song. Here are a few more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFr5qOtbTHg (That song was covered by the Grateful Dead. It's hard to imagine two musical acts more different).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMxOMSy8hJo&list=PLA755B6D20A043673
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PEwBdCeINg&list=PLA755B6D20A043673

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard

Merle was one of my dad's favorites. I sent him a profile from The New Yorker. He read it and said I didn't know he was such a rough customer.

ZHAFmFsb9XM

oFr5qOtbTHg

CMxOMSy8hJo

5PEwBdCeINg