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gay marriage in the United States

was outlawed in every state.

- Yeah.

- Now law of the land.

It was like, wow, that was quick.

You know?

So, I'm just-- I've turned

into this kind of crazy optimist

that-- just name something

that seems impossible,

and this wall proves

that that could happen.

- Yeah.

- That, you know, suddenly--

first it's a wall,

now there's a hole in the wall,

and then soon

the wall comes down.

- Pretty cool.

- Yeah.

We discussed all the great things

I had taken from my invasions,

but I began to lament

that the American dream

seemed to be alive and well

everywhere but America.

It was then that Rod reminded me

that he and I and most of our generation

went to college

for practically free.

He reminded me

that the Finnish education chief

had said that their education ideas

were American ideas,

and that May Day didn't begin

in Moscow or Lisbon,

it began in Chicago in 1886.

That's where the fight

for the eight-hour day

and a vacation came from--

American unions.

The fight for the E.R.A.

began eight years

before Iceland elected

the first female president.

The same thing

with the Norwegian prison warden,

that the idea of no cruel or unusual

punishment was ours.

And it was our state,

Michigan,

that became the first English-speaking

government in the world

to eliminate the death penalty.

And the special prosecutor

in Iceland,

he based his whole investigation

and prosecution of the bankers

on our savings and loan scandal

back in the '80s.

Even hired an American

to help him with it.

These weren't European ideas.

These weren't new ideas.

These were our ideas.

We didn't need to invade

all these countries

to steal their ideas.

They were already ours.

We didn't need to invade.

We just needed to go

to the American lost and found.

Maybe that was the answer.

Oh, will you help me?

Can you help me?

You don't need to be helped

any longer.

You've always had the power

to go back to Kansas.

I have?

Yes, you have.

And so have we.

We've always had it.

Kansas, anyone?

What's your plan

for tomorrow?

Are you a leader

or will you follow?

Are you a fighter

or will you cower?

It's our time

to take back the power

We don't need

to run and hide

We won't be pushed

off to the side

What's your plan

for tomorrow?

Are you a leader

or will you follow?

Are you a fighter

or will you cower?

It's our time

to take back the power

What's your plan

for tomorrow?

Are you a leader

or will you follow?

Are you a fighter

or will you cower?

It's our time

to take back the power

What's your plan

for tomorrow?

Are you a leader

or will you follow?

Are you a fighter

or will you cower?

It's our time

to take back the power.

Anything you can do,

I can do better

I can do anything

better than you

- No, you can't

- Yes, I can

- No, you can't

- Yes, I can

- No, you can't

- Yes, I can, yes, I can

Anything you can be,

I can be greater

Sooner or later,

I'm greater than you

- No, you're not

- Yes, I am

- No, you're not

- Yes, I am

- No, you're not

- Yes, I am, yes, I am

Anything you can sing,

I can sing higher

I can sing anything

higher than you

- No, you can't

- Yes, I can

- No, you can't

- Yes, I can

- No, you can't

- Yes, I can

No, you can't

- Yes, I can.

- No, you can't.

- Ma'am. Ma'am.

- Ma'am, get off the pole.

- Ma'am.

- Ma'am!

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