We the victims
I hope you appreciate the risks Glenn Beck took to restore your honor. Hitchens nails this new breed of self-pitying patriots: In a rather curious and confused way, some white [...]
Category Archives: patriotism
Twain du jour
Mark Twain, as relevant as ever: Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
You can’t have a conservative movement without a crappy anthem
Now there’s one opposing the Ground Zero mosque. It’s truly godawful. Listen if you dare. Glenn Beck’s radio show has a similarly craptastic anthem. And who could forget this “patriotic” [...]
apparently arrogance is a family value
For the record, I agree with those who think America is the greatest country on Earth. I also agree with those who think most Americans are stupid (Tori Spelling “wrote” [...]
pricks in your ears
Presenting some of the worst renditions of the National Anthem: And one of the best, salvaged by then-Portland Trailblazers coach Maurice Cheeks, epitomizing class:
what stirs your patriotism?
The Olympics inspired Blog for Democracy to ask: What makes you proud? Not the Olympics, sponsored by everything except patriotism. Seeing the men’s basketball team (professionals) blow out amateurs from [...]
rooting against the americans
Interesting bit of channel-flipping after work last night. On one, I watched a report on the plight of Buddha’s noble, peaceful warriors. In Tibet, and less directly, in Burma, the [...]
songs about america i can stomach
Marietta bans flags on July 4th
