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HMFindlay Posted 20 years ago
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God bless America(?)

0Why not God blesses America(?)?02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Think of it as 01font00(May) *** bless America.02font02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0 It's a disguised imperative.02br
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00 Bless America! Bless America, please, ***. 02br
00 Oh ***? Are you there? Please bless America.02br
00 ***: Bless America.02br
00 ***, bless America.02br
00 *** bless America.02br
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00 From there it's a short step to02br
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0 So *** blesses America is totally different from *** bless America? Where the former shows that *** blesses America whereas the latter shows the entreat of the people of America begging the *** to bless their homeland? 0-
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00Yes. 02br
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