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{ Monthly Archives } April 2009

Deep Thought

I’ve seen more people at protests against the Church of Scientology that at these tea bagging parties.

Phony patriotism is jingoism

(Oh hell, we have a blog? We should use that thing more often.)
There’s this notion going around, largely unchallenged, that serving in the military equals patriotism. This is a problem.
The forwards case is probably true; risking your life in the name of your country sounds like patriotism to me. Non-combat roles in the military count, [...]