Boston Globe Columnist: U.S. Not Worthy of July 4th Celebrations ( James Carroll )

MRC ^ | July 7, 2005 | BrentBaker

[clearlight]

"Who is James Carroll and why do we give d@mn what he thinks? Esp. since he seems to be from the PRM that continually re-elects scum like Ted Kennedy?"

If there isn't a secession movement going on in MA, there should be. So many anti-American, self-hating liberals hail from that place, it would seem they should just declare the state a different country and be done with it.

[popdonnelly]

I thought most Americans enjoyed the 4th of July - until this prophet of doom started his handwringing.

[headsonpikes]

I went to the link.

Carroll's unguent assertions would gag a maggot on a gut-wagon. The smarmy interviewer is a towel-holder of the lowest type.

These people have no shame. None.

[WoodstockCat]

Anyone ever seen James Carroll and Ted Rall in same room together?

[Darkwolf377]

Blech! Jackson is beyond predictable: "A black person suffered, and white racism is responsible" should be his column's standing headline.

I usually don't read ANY Globe columnist to completion. Joan Vinnocchi I have once or twice, because her stupidity was SO over the top, I just hadda see how far she'd go with it. She's like one of those people who watches five minutes of one of those Capitol Gang type shows, and then goes to a party and spouts the opinion she heard like she thought of it on her own.

[Owl558]

"But the left, which worships the imaginary "childlike" innocence as being a folk song-singing outstretched hand holding "bread" or "comfort" can't get over these ridiculous myths."

Up until the islamic facsists put a bullet in their heads. Their abject stupidity and bankrupt philosophy renders them unable to understand.

[Loyalist]

James Carroll is a laicized priest who hates the Catholic Church almost as much as he hates America. For him, it is forever 1968.

[NC28203]

>>>Any music that requires cannons as percussion is OK with me.

How about AC/DC's, "For Those About to Rock" at the fireworks next year? 8^)

[Darkwolf377]

Living in Cambridge Massachusetts reminded me of comic Steve Sweeney's line about Harvard anti-nuke protests: (paraphrase) "We're against nuclear proliferation, so when the Russians nuke us, the radiation from their bombs won't kill us 'cuz they know we're on their side, right?"

[jec41]

The left is who we will have to fight in the future.

Freedom is neither a gift or right. It has to be fought for and will only last if maintained. You are correct.
All government grows oppressive with time. That is why the average life of a government is only about 270 years.

[An Old Marine]

You know if those of us that fight ever lose it will be the worthless scum like this terrorist sympathizer who the mullahs will come for first.

[MeanWestTexan]

Fitting, as AC/DC was blasted over huge speakers before our guys (4th ID?) went into some-town-or-the-other in Iraq.

[Eagles6]

"Bull. The clash is a war between civilization and barbarism, and anyone who fails to see that isn't fit to be included among the *civilized.*

Zactly.

[Physicist]

Speaking of the 1812 Overture, does anyone else think it odd that on the day on which we celebrate our independence from England one of the most played songs is an orchestral work by a Russian commemorating the victory of Russia in the Napoleonic Wars in 1812?

Considering that Napoleon's France was America's only ally at the time, it is very ironic. But then, we are a magnanimous people.

[Physicist]

That paranoid, Manichaean mindset has Europe in its grip in some very powerful ways, and now the United States has joined it. This 21st Century war against Islam is the issue. The war in Iraq is making America the enemy of Muslims. And radical Muslim movements are on the upswing because of us. Because of us, not because of the jihadists from Saudi Arabia.

Yeah, it's not like the Muslims ever attacked the U.S. We started this, right? :-b...

[chiefqc]

I'll donate money for his plane fare to Iran so he'll be happier.

[satchmodog9]

I will wiz on his grave when he dies. This will keep me alive a long time. At least long enough to outlive this turd.

[Pagey]

Is this written in Dan Rathers Pseudonym?

[loveliberty2]

Only utter ignorance of the history of civilization, of the oppressive tyrannies that have dominated that history, of the history of American liberty, of the millions upon millions who have fled other countries to partake of that liberty, and of the defense and rebuilding of nations done with the blood, sweat, and treasure of American citizens--only such complete ignorance could produce such a piece as Mr. Carroll's.

[jjmcgo]

"Today's date puts the question of how high-flown American ideals square with the quotidian reality of what the nation is becoming."

Funny, but I can go hours, maybe all day without using the word "quotidian." Perhaps, weeks and years. In fact, I doubt I've ever used the word. Yet, I've been getting paid weekly for 35 years to get my point across to readers.
How did I ever do it without saying or writing "quotidian?"
I mean, it's not an everyday word.
Then again, I've never knowingly deconstructed anything. I think it would just take too long to break that idea down into concepts.
I'll betcha a buck E.B. White never used either word. And, he always got his point across.