Patriotism

Imagine this scenario: you are watching the news and they go to a protest rally in China. Students are protesting for women's rights and start burning the flag. Immediatly armed military men come into the scene and grab the protestors. The reporter then says that this was done because such protest is illegal in China. What would you think of that? Nothing good, right?

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Open letter To Agaric
Some good, hard working, freedom loving Americans feel that we should support our president, in any matter, and that to support our troops is to support our president.
Agaric is one such good American. He responded in a thread to one of my posts, critical of the administration's conduct of the war in Iraq. What follows is my open letter to Agaric:

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[b] Subject: Denzel Washington, and

Brooks Army Medical Center

Don't know whether you heard about this

but Denzel Washington and his family visited

the troops at Brook Army Medical Center , in

San Antonio , Texas (BAMC) the other day. This

is where soldiers who have been evacuated from

Germany come to be hospitalized in the United

States, especially burn victims. There are some

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Today’s the fourth of July
Another June has gone by
And when they light up our town I just think
What a waste of gunpowder and sky
- "4th Of July," Aimee Mann

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Tonight is the official night for the exploding of fireworks all across our great nation....and I am cringing with the knowledge that no one in my house will get any sleep because of it.

All week several of the people on my street have been blowing up these things until late into the night waking us all up with pseudo heart attacks and leaving my cats in a complete state of panic. And last night was particularly bad, as I swear that illegal M-80's were being detonated yards from my home. I can only imagine what tonight will be like.

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Liberty’s Gown
c. 2002 jennifer k. hilsinger

Her purity and innocence
Are signified by white
Vigilance and justice
Are the blue of shadowed night
Fearlessness and valor
Painted red her vivid gown
And for this She’ll never fade,
Or run, or be worn down
For everyone, she proudly wears
Pure white and midnight blue
But defenders of her home
She wears the red for you

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About a year ago, I took my kids to visit their grandma. Grandma lives pretty far away, but this is our tradition. Every year, since they were born, they go to her house to spend time with her, since they don't get to see her often throughout the year. It wasn't supposed to be like this. They were supposed to see my parents very little and her often, but the day I found out I was pregnant with my oldest is the same day we decided to move here for career opportunities. It's funny where life takes you sometimes.

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Last week I did an entry about the start of the World Baseball Classic. In that blog I asked would the games be good to watch and if the whole thing would be worth it or not.

Well the classic is now in its second week. For the most part the games have been pretty entertaining. The Dominicans beat the Venezuelans to start the whole thing. The Canadians blew out the eighty million dollar US team. Even yesterday there was a little controversy when the US manager argued to get a run taken away from the Japanese team which lead to the US winning by one run.

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An image of the George Washington Bridge was inserted on the Home Page of my website,because it seems appropriate to help redirect my current feelings of animosity back to the hopes and aspirations of our Founding Fathers.

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