I could write volumes about patriotism this July 4th. How many column inches in the last few weeks has been devoted to whether or not Barack Obama is patriotic enough, if a war record is on or off limits, and what the love of country truly means. Is anyone in government today truly patriotic?
I'm not I suppose. I don't like the "Star Spangled Banner" as our national anthem. It's too violent and too hard to sing for anyone except Whitney or Barbra or... get the point? I think "America The Beautiful" is a far better national anthem. So, I'm unpatriotic.
I question everything. I agree whole-heartedly with Gen. Wesley Clark about Sen. John McGoo's war record and how just because you're a POW doesn't mean you'd make a good POTUS.
And I question our patriotism this July 4th. We, the People who should have seen this gas increase coming, who let a president bankrupt a nation once great, a failed war...Yes, I could rant and rave about that here for paragraphs and paragraphs. But I already have. Sometimes you have to hear it instead of read it. So, from the archives of KGO AM 810 San Francisco fully available to all online, here's an interesting conversation on patriotism in America today.
Being A Patriot Requires Sacrifice...What Are You Doing? And is Obama Patriotic?
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