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The Public Intellectual
http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/
Patriotism is not achieved by putting the American flag on your pick up truck. "Supporting our troops" entails wanting them to come home in one piece NOW rather than in striped boxes LATER. The Public Intellectual practices "Patriotism 2.0" in its attempt to reclaim the founding fathers and American pride from those who are misrepresenting it (i.e., neo-conservatives and the "jesus Hates Fags" Right). It's been fun for awhile to win arguments against these "pseudo-patriots" but now it is time for a change. It's time for us dissenting bloggers to become the morally and intellectually superior human beings that our typing fingers have long proclaimed us to be. This blog aims to recover patriotism from its hijackers.
- Added on: Sep 14th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Frederick Voorhees
- Listed in: Politics Journalists
- Tags: politics news world usa elections patriotism
Recent Posts
Customer Dissatisfaction with BBVA Compass Bank
In the midst of writing a dissertation and fighting a frivolous lawsuit filed against me by a pet shooter, I must take a moment from my busy life to spread the word about a shady situation involving a truly shady bank: BBVA Compass. I moved to Florid...
Orlando Pet Shooter & Business Elite Chris Comins: Suing Bloggers into Silence
On May 19, 2008, a man named Christopher M. Comins shot two Siberian huskies in a field in Orange County, FL. Initially the prosecutor was hesitant to file even misdemeanor charges against this well-connected businessman. Thanks in large part to ...
Swan Song for Idle White Discussion
About a month ago I went to post at one of the blogs I wrote for and found that I wrote for it no longer. Logging onto Jones Town, I learned that Fairlane had replaced his Barbie doll banner with an empty screen, and one last headline: “Everything ...
Obama’s Birth: Swift Boat II, or Photoshop Fraud?
Tomorrow’s Chicago Tribune will publish “An Open Letter to Barack Obama” by Robert L. Schulz, chairman of the Foundation for Constitutional Education. For several years, rumors swirled regarding Barack Obama’s birthplace, with partisans and ...
De-bookmarked: CNN’s Election Hangover & Influx of Non-News
Last night I was trying to find the latest news on Barack Obama’s cabinet appointments, when I ventured to the front page of the CNNPolitics.com, and was thoroughly annoyed at the fluffy headline they’d chosen to put atop all the others: “Is Ro...
Two Maps: The Effect of Graduating from Middle School on Voters’ Decisions
Below are two maps. The first shows the parts of the U.S. population most likely to have fewer than nine years of education. The second map, oddly comparable to the first, highlights which of our nation’s counties were more likely to vote R...
