America is an "idea" now?
Is this what it has become? Some idealistic concept that we can take or leave if we should so decide?
This is what so many of our brave have died for, for so long?
Silly me, I thought it was actually a place of dreams fulfilled, a land of discovery, of purpose-- a shining example of what can be done with courage, determination,.hard work and FREEDOM. A place of hope. AND, a place with actual borders, and not just an abstraction.
Guess I'm just one of those overly emotional "reactionaries" who doesn't see the "broad picture" that those "progressive" internationalists see.
I do not wish them well in their quest for a diverse one-world government. There is no kind of misery more imaginable that what would result from this silly fantasy.
What the fools do not understand, is that all nations and cultures came about NATURALLY, from passion for and love of surrounding soil, to create their own identity, through art, costume, food, etc, and to have something to DIE for.
This is why Italians love things Italian, Greeks things that are Greek, etc. It is what all nations have nutured, enjoyed, and yes, FOUGHT for--for thousands of years. These are the things that give meaning to life for many.
liberals will never understand this. They foolishly believe they can put us under one common (will they need a flag?)govt that will force to just "get along" and don't be mean(or else). We would spend most of our time getting high and contemplating the universe. No more war because there will be nothing to defend. Peace will prevail.
What will happen of course, is that the more passionate among us will soon get bored and seek out adversity and identity again. Tribalism will rise and dominate and the not so passionate will be the first to go. THAT'S nature and it cannot be overruled by liberal child-thought.
And yes, war is a part of it.
Mr. Bush, tell us more about the "idea" of America again, if that is what you indeed think about.
Correction: NUTURED
"You're just a nattering nabob of neo-nativism...thank goodness we lost the election so we can win the surrender," said Tony Snow: The surrender, that is, to Mexico.