QotD: Homer Loves America

Posts from This Journal “patriotism” Tag

• How We Can Save America

  I'm writing elsewhere but I care passionately about this topic. Here is what I had to say this morning:…

• QotD: Pandemic Patriotism

  When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. --Isaac Asimov, quoted in TheBulwark.com

• QotD: Korea got the short end of the stick 1945

  Following the Axis surrender, Korea's fate, like that of Central Europe, was still to be worked out. Officially, the victorious Allies were committed…

• QotD: I Pledge Alliegance

  My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one…

• What is Fascism

  From a poster seen in the holocaust museum: Early Warning Signs of Fascism Powerful and Continuing Nationalism Disdain For Human Rights…

• QotD: Stranger than Orwell

  Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the…

• QotD: Tea Party vs Occupy Wall Street in the Media

  So, rage against duly elected government is patriotic -- quintessentially American -- whereas rage against multi-national shareholder-accountable…

• QotD: Dissent and a Dream in which Obama does the Splits

  Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. --Howard Zinn Just saw Social Network and if you are reading this you probably should see it. Obama…

• Joe Stack Crashes His Plane into IRS office building

  Here's his manifesto. Sounds pretty familiar. He was a good writer. He wants to wake up Americans. Maybe if enough people read this, they will…