America: Love It or Leave It

A veneer is exactly what it is, and a very thin one. I want to run from church to church on Sundays, and ask what will it take to get these [mostly] good people to wake up and compare Mr Bush’s works, against what he professes.

They forgot one important thing:

America - Love it, leave it, or be an active part of it and change it.

Now that’s a slogan we can live with. :)
Tim J.

Chris! What do you mean “Not just due to Bush”. That’s President Bush to you Mr. Pirillo. -=grin=-
As a retired 20 year veteran, I fought for the freedoms of all Americans. However, it makes me a little upset when a celebrity stands up and starts spewing political garb that is untrue. And then they claim to support the troops, but not the war on terrorism. Or when someone publicly burns the flag. I believe most Americans can see through these types opinions. Let’s remember, they’re entertainers. There’s far more intelligent people in higher positions who are looking out for us in the United States. And I’m not going put much stock in what a celebrity says as opposed to our government.
I don’t agree with President Bush on many topics, but he is our president. And I support the president, regardless of who he or she is. I didn’t vote for President Clinton, but I stood behind him during my time in the military. And if Senator Clinton becomes president, I will have to stand behind her. Why? Because if she were the president, she would become well informed on the secrets, and intelligence regarding the security of our country. She will have to make decisions that may not be very popular. But I will stand behind her even though I disagree with her political views.

Oh..I forgot to mention that I like Rudy for 2008. :^)

American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips is a pretty interesting read. I am in the Army, about to retire, and the way this administration runs things makes me sick. And those in Congress who give them what they want. I am really glad we already have the 22nd Amendment. Doubt is a pretty good thing, and so is calling out when something isn’t right. And there is a whole lot right now that isn’t right.

One of the most glaring examples about “getting in step” with public opinion was the remark made by the Dixie Chicks. Having worked at a group of radio stations that took the easy way out by banning them from air play…myself & others pointed out what they said may have “hurt” those without the conscience or intelligence to extend the freedom of speech to those they disagreed with. Of course…the station owners only saw the dollar signs they worshiped…rather than doing the right thing by telling to the simpletons to take a flying leap.

Of course…people didn’t enjoy my comment that if you want safety above your rights…Nazi Germany…Fascist Italy & the former Soviet bloc would be the places you would enjoy living. People tend to forget that you have a greater chance of getting hit by lightening over & over than being killed by a terrorist.

You make very valid points and they need to be widely read.

“Love it or leave it” is a mindset. It indicates that your mind is set not to allow critical thinking to interfere with it. It’s also a convenient technique used by many administrations to stem legitimate dissent.

When our Founding Fathers were met with that phrase, they took up arms.

As for theocracy, you need to look further up the chain to figure out what’s going on in the world. The Rabidly Religious are but one smokescreen.

Keep up the critical thinking!

-lefty

Dear Outsider,

I suspect that you and I feel the same way about our America, but see the threats to it from totally opposite sides. I may be reading too much into you nom de plume. But I do understand how a thinking, rational citizen could utter a phrase such as “America, love it or leave it,” driven by the frustration we see every day. Although never a tru democracy, we were very successful as a republic for the majority of our history. But we are now an oligarchy ruled over by activist judges who legislate more than Congress and the most venal crowd of paid politicians in this country’s history, who defy the will of the majority of the people at every turn.

The Founders, Madison, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Washington, and the Adams’ all saw a country with strong English and Judeo-Christian influence. It seems so naive today to read the Federalist Papers and see how far astray we have come. Congress was seen as a body of men who had benefited from this country’s liberties to the point that they would feel the compunction to give back in terms of service (at their own expense) in Congress. And, the fact that their God-given moral conscience as well as the fact that they would have to return to their communities when their service is done and live under the laws they had passed along with their neighbors. Just over 70% of the people in this country want illegal immigration to stop and the laws we have on the books enforced; if that means a wall or troops, so be it, that’s what they want. But our Congessionsl elite has turned into a professions class of office seekers, often without ever having had a real job and feathering their nests with perks that might make Louis XIV of France hang his head in shame.

The ultra liberal network news organizations along with the limosine liberals and so called Hollywood “stars” have polarized this country to degree from which it may never return. Everyone in fly-over country is deemed to be too ignorant to know what is good for the country they love as much as anyone, but too ofter referred to as too ignorant to know what is “good” for them. And so, the Oligarchy will be only too happy to tell them that environmentalism should be their religion and global warming their hell. Your charities through your churches, Kiwanis Clubs, Temple or whatever are not global enough, so we will take some more of your rapidly dwindly discretionary income through tax increases and distribute it to our charities.

If someone does say to you that criticizing the government is akin to hating the troops, that is indeed wrong. But the hypocrisy of the Oligarchy about how much they love the troops but then vote for timetable to help and embolden their enemy and cut funding to pay for everything from food to shelter, ammunition, hospital supplies, and every form of body protection because they don’t like the decisions of the Commnder in Chief are as shameless as the man who kills his whole famaily and throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan. As Jay Leno said recently, we have become a nation of spoled brats. 99.9% of Americans today have more than all the people who have had to endure the harships of life on earth in terms of our material needs and our freedom from arbitrary authority over us, but still the Oligarchy whines on. Want to know how bad it is? I typed this sentence into Google: “Bush is a Nazi, and got 15,200 hits. I then typed in, “Hitler is a Nazi,’ and got 15,700 hits. The Oligarchy is getting sicker and more viscious for the closeness of those figures, especially since Hitler was in fact a Nazi and had a 70 to 90 year head start on Bush.

And so, even to the worst of the bellowing haters, Rosie O’Donnell, I wouldn’t say, “America, love it or leave it,” because I sense she is incabable of loving anything other than her pampered butt and the sound of her own voice. And, the longer she stays, the more she drive people to the opposite corner to just get away from her shrillness. I doubt there will be any photo ops with Rosie by the more liberal cut and run crowd who think as she does, but know a vote turner when they see one. Gee, I wonder what Hilary would look like in a doo-rag on stage with Rosie. So, the phrase that has annoyed you for over 40 years is back! So what; you can at least attribute it to unthinking yahoos. The phrases that have botherd me for 40 years are being uttered by presidential candidates. None of those Hollywood stars who vowed to more to Canada or Austalia or any othe part of the globe if Bush had won the ‘04 election really did do so did they? I guess they like the land of 99.9% after all. Respectively submitted
Bob Hallas

Jeesh…thanks for censoring my post.