Saturday, July 05, 2008

Fourth of July Fallout

Want to know what’s wrong with America? Read this typical lib-chick who’s got a regular gig in the Metro section of the Dallas Morning Fishwrap. She writes the usual human-interest drivel and occasionally even makes a bit of sense from a sheltered, white-chick-in-the-suburbs point of view. But, on the Fourth she demonstrated such typical modern American thinking that I felt an overwhelming urge to save her column for floor lining in my new puppy’s kennel. Then I figured it would be unjust to subject the impressionable pup to such a load of self-serving crap.

She Doesn't Get It

She’s so weary of people talking about patriotism and love of country. That’s so old school, isn’t it? She wonders why it is so important to so many folks. She apparently didn’t notice that we’ve recently seen a very prominent minister in a very affluent black church in Chicago make headlines with his pronouncements on “God damn America” and his beliefs that his government is responsible for introducing AIDS as a mechanism of genocide in our country. And the congregation applauded! It doesn’t have to be linked to a presidential candidate to make it worthy of our attention. It is symptomatic of a problem in the country. No patriotism on display there.

Ms Floyd apparently wasn’t surprised or stunned that a wealthy, prominent, African-American, Ivy League educated, female attorney announced in a speech that only when people voted for her husband could she, for the first time in her adult life, be proud of her country. No connection to the presidency needed here. It is appalling on its own. I wonder if Ms Floyd identifies with that pronouncement.

Maybe Ms Floyd doesn’t read her own liberal news-rag and hasn’t become aware that more than half of our United States Congress has been very embarrassed by our nation’s efforts to rid the world of terrorists, establish a nascent democracy in the Middle East, and open free markets for trade around the world. How modern of them. They don’t take much pride in their country, apparently, either. And how well it fits Jacquielynn’s world view.

And, she overlooks that we’ve got a long history of defending other people’s freedoms at great cost to ourselves and when we’ve been victorious we haven’t slipped into conquest and empire. She doesn’t like those patriotic flags on display and those aging vets with their American Legion and VFW hats and she is probably really upset by those tacky rows of white crosses that always seem to be pictured on days like the Fourth, and Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day. Those jingoistic displays of pride when standing for the national anthem, particularly if it isn’t convoluted by some alternative choice or scat inspired howling at the end, are really pathetic aren’t they, Jacquie?

No, her concern is that we stop flogging our pride in our nation. That isn’t important anymore. She wants us to get to work solving “problems” for her. And, to her that means more government largesse. She wants hand-outs, welfare, guarantees and bail-outs. Oh yeah, and bring the troops home, because she cares about them. Maybe a full Christmas stocking would once again instill a bit of pride in her country.

I’d like to sit her down to discuss views on patriotism with some of the former POWs. No need to bring presidential elections into the mix. Or, maybe some combat veterans—guys who’ve been downtown and seen the elephant. They could offer her some insights into love of country. Or maybe these guys:

Like a Nickel on the Grass

But, she probably will never get it. Until some Taliban thug rapes her on the streets of Plano for not wearing her hajib.

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