tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post5922897566268523688..comments2024-03-26T18:09:17.682-07:00Comments on unbrainwashed: Rebumblicans Bumble AgainLew Scannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788033661013005904noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-68552668473917277162008-03-01T17:27:00.000-08:002008-03-01T17:27:00.000-08:00Peacechick Mary is back????Peacechick Mary is back????John Goodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362896971987049810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-8162702183884315542008-02-26T07:59:00.000-08:002008-02-26T07:59:00.000-08:00I usually stand, shuffle my feet, hope that they p...I usually stand, shuffle my feet, hope that they play it quickly and that it is over with soon, look around to see what people are doing, and whisper to whoever I am with about something or other (if we're at a ballgame, I whisper stuff like, "They always sing this too slowly.") My hands are...I have no idea where my hands are. Sometimes I scratch my ass and sometimes I just put them in my pockets. It isn't that I don't have any regard for my country, I just don't know what "country" means in any real sense, or why whatever feeling I have about it requires a public display of fealty. I stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance when I was ten years old and would just stand with the other kids and not say anything. I had said it before, you see, and I reasoned that, having promised that I would be a loyal American, I didn't have to promise it again, every single day, because I keep my promises. Once I make a promise, that's enough. The anthem business is nonsense. Public displays of loyalty are useful to a country that is trying to enforce a fascistic way of life, but the United States is not supposed to be a fascist country. Anyone with a sense of history and who is familiar with the Founding Fathers knows that they would be appalled by the flag crap and the pledges and the loyalty displays. I forget which Federalist Paper it was, but one of the Founding Fathers wrote about this as a big country where, if you didn't like the US, you could get away from it and make your own way in the world. Vice President Aaron Burr tried to go off and form his own country while he was still Vice President. The anthem and flag facing stuff is utter bullshit, meant to reinforce the Us v Them mentality. Still if you want to stand at attention with your hand over your heart and pretend that this makes you better at something or other, or more suited to be the president while you enrich your buddies and help them steal from the taxpayers, go right ahead. Not nearly enough of us see through the game, but some of us do.DBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182965443810437028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-88824135132841790712008-02-25T14:20:00.000-08:002008-02-25T14:20:00.000-08:00They can't attack the man on anything significant,...They can't attack the man on anything significant, so they have to look for stupid, non-significant stuff. Obama should be asking them why they allowed themselves to be led into a war based on lies.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-61090874351493775432008-02-24T16:21:00.000-08:002008-02-24T16:21:00.000-08:00republicans are the biggest statists.republicans are the biggest statists.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230080850680753260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-56238467668238528042008-02-24T14:40:00.000-08:002008-02-24T14:40:00.000-08:00The whole political landscape, from left to right,...The whole political landscape, from left to right, is imploding.Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796513694478927710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-77009187212742048462008-02-24T08:40:00.000-08:002008-02-24T08:40:00.000-08:00Why have they all turnt their backs to the flag?Why have they all turnt their backs to the flag?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-75249135011753204472008-02-24T07:15:00.000-08:002008-02-24T07:15:00.000-08:00http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/36/301.htmlhttp://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/36/301.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-84702251816273242592008-02-23T22:16:00.000-08:002008-02-23T22:16:00.000-08:00Exactly right! Like all of their desperate moves, ...Exactly right! Like all of their desperate moves, this one will backfire too. It's fun to watch, in a <BR/>train wreck sort of way.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520811677683114077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-26457794385117612072008-02-23T19:53:00.000-08:002008-02-23T19:53:00.000-08:00I think the GOP is imploding.I think the GOP is imploding.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12881172.post-51802599087322483402008-02-23T15:17:00.000-08:002008-02-23T15:17:00.000-08:00Right on! I keep wanting to comment and for awhil...Right on! I keep wanting to comment and for awhile it wouldn't let me, but maybe today. All of your posts are superb.Peacechick Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808832340636218022noreply@blogger.com