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Hello Mister America
Hello Mister America, you’re just in time for tea There’s no Kennedys or Rockefellors, so I guess it’s just you and me I’ve got soda crackers instead of crumpets, but I think you’ll agree We’ve got to watch the deficit … Continue reading
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Tagged America, dissent, history, nationalism, patriotism, personal history, pride
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What fools would try to wrest a nation’s fate
What fools would try to wrest a nation’s fate from tyranny imposed by those with wealth who presuppose as theirs the right to rule because none dare to meet them face-to-face, who in religion’s name defy what gods they claim … Continue reading
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Tagged America, democracy, founding fathers, governments, history, nationalism
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What is a Leader of the Free World?
Watching the joyous celebrations by the people of Iraq, and the continuing news broadcasts hinting that demonstrators on both sides of the war and anti-war campaign might now be more or less inclined to comment, I began thinking about something. … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged activism, America, domestic policy, international affairs, leadership, nationalism, politics
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Quote of the Day
“There is a class that controls a country that is stupid and does not realize anything and never can. That is why we have this war.” — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms Share This:
The Burning Times
It did not start with a single matchstrike, or bonfires blazing brightly in the night; it began with thinking they did not like the fact that they might not be in the right about everything; and so found kindling that … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, nationalism, paganism, The Burning Times, witchhunts
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