{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"America! How Great Thou Art &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EjvjDyeBIP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/america-great-thou-art\/\">America! How Great Thou Art<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/america-great-thou-art\/embed\/#?secret=EjvjDyeBIP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;America! How Great Thou Art&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"EjvjDyeBIP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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How Great Thou Art With the gift of 20\/20 hindsight and age that sometimes gives one total recall, I realize that growing up in Corbin, KY in the 1930\u2019s and 40\u2019s was like growing up in a safe cocoon. The word \u201cethnic\u201d or \u201cethnicity\u201d was never in our vocabulary and we didn\u2019t know what it meant. Politics was mostly local and republican. I remember Daddy voted once for a democrat and that was Jimmy Carter. Daddy thought he was a good man. Our world consisted of small close-knit neighborhoods where people really cared about one another. Our primary concerns were closer home. I have written about Elsie Freeman\u2019s grocery store and how she carried over the bills of some of her customers beyond payday because they couldn\u2019t pay up at the end of the week. This was a true act of humanity and pretty much defined the feeling of the neighborhood&#8230;.. \u201cDo Unto Others.\u201d And I vaguely remember how the neighbors pitched in to help a grieving family who had lost a loved one; the women providing food and washing and dressing the corpse for burial and sitting up with the family. And the memory of my father making caskets for the deceased. No charge. Very different from today when funeral homes take care of all that. And I recall when mothers and their all-seeing-eyes were the watchdogs of every child up and down the street as well as their own, setting them straight when they messed up. Or doctoring a scraped elbow or bruised knee. It was a place where I felt protected, where hatred did not exist. And in my own home the unspoken rule was \u201csee no evil, hear no evil, do no evil.\u201d Our borders were very narrow, extending to the city limits, or reading about the rest of the world in The Louisville Courier Journal or The Louisville Times. Moving from place to place for a good part of my life, my view of other people broadened. Hey, many of them were different from me. They didn\u2019t think like me or look like me. It opened my eyes to many things I had been blind to. And it gave me a wider perspective. And acceptance. I was never prouder than when I was traveling in a foreign country several years ago and saw the American flag flying in the breeze, or seeing a statue of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. In one country a bronze memorial saluting American soldiers who had died in combat during WW2 brought tears to my eyes. Reminding me of home was the picture of Colonel Sanders emblazoned on a sign over a fast food place. \u201cFinger Lickin\u2019 Good\u201d had crossed the ocean! In closing let me say that meeting people of other cultures, although I respected them, only solidified my love for my own country even more. And to those who say \u201cMake America Great Again,\u201d I say, America Is Great!\u201d Not perfect, maybe, but we\u2019re working on it. GARLICKY SHRIMP CASSEROLE For my last meal on earth I want shrimp scampi from Red Lobster..\u00a0 This recipe may be a substitute. Ingredients 1 \u00bd pounds raw shrimp, peeled and de-veined 6 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 3 tablespoons white wine salt and freshly-ground black pepper \u00bc cup (4 tablespoons) melted butter \u00bd cup bread crumbs 1-2 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice 2 tablespoons fresh Italian-leaf parsley, chopped Directions Preheat oven to 425\u00b0F. In a medium mixing bowl, add the shrimp, garlic, and white wine and toss to combine.\u00a0 Transfer the shrimp mixture to a 9 x 13-inch baking dish, and spread the shrimp out in an even layer.\u00a0 Season with with salt and pepper. Rinse out the mixing bowl, then add the melted butter and bread crumbs, and use a fork to stir everything together until it\u2019s evenly combined. With your fingers, sprinkle the mixture evenly in the baking dish over the shrimp. Transfer dish to oven and bake for about 7 minutes, or until the shrimp are just turning pink.\u00a0 Switch the oven over to the \u201chigh\u201d broiler setting. Then broil the shrimp for 2-3 more minutes or until they are totally pink and cooked through, and the bread crumbs start to toast and turn slightly golden. Remove and drizzle the lemon juice evenly over the shrimp, and sprinkle on the parsley.\u00a0 Serve immediately."}