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Definitions of patriotism
http://jewishworldreview.com ^ | Mitch Albom

Posted on 07/04/2005 8:14:46 AM PDT by manny613

Her son was dead. He died serving our country.

At this point, you're thinking "Iraq." But this young man never wore a helmet. He never carried a gun. His name was Andrew Goodman. A white college student. Forty-one years ago, he went from New York City to Mississippi after hearing the Ku Klux Klan firebombed a church. He tried to help.

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1 posted on 07/04/2005 8:14:46 AM PDT by manny613
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Unitended I'm sure, but I like the implied comparison of fighting against the Democrat party to bring freedom to people of color in the South back then and fighting against the Democrat party to bring freedom to people of color in Afganistan & Iraq today.


2 posted on 07/04/2005 10:53:07 AM PDT by Casekirchen (If allah is just another name for the Judeo-Christian God, why do the islamics pray to a rock?)
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