I am in agreement with Frank about there not being much of a forum for political songs at the moment. It's ironical (perhaps deliberate on your part) that you mention "God Bless America" and "This Land is Your Land" in the same sentence. The former represents the sort of sacharine sentimentality which one would expect from Irving Berlin, whose other monstrosities included "White Christmas". Woody Guthrie intended "This Land is Your Land" as a cutting response. If you listen to the full version of his song you will get back to what I meant when I mentioned different sorts of patriotism in my earlier post. I can't fault OBU's arguments, but I think we have to realise that when we were younger we always knew better than the generation before us...