[MamaTexan]

He also said that our loyalty to our country as citizens of the United States should override any regional loyalties such as those to state or locality.

ROFLMAO! NS, nowhere did Washington use the phrase 'citizens of the United States' as you claimed he did.

He was talking about our nation, which we should remain loyal too.

But our country is one thing and our government is another.

I feel very sorry for you since you obviously can't make the distinction.

[Non-Sequitur]

ROFLMAO! NS, nowhere did Washington use the phrase 'citizens of the United States' as you claimed he did.

No, he used the term 'citizens of a common country' and I think we both know he wasn't referring to France.

But our country is one thing and our government is another. I feel very sorry for you since you obviously can't make the distinction.

Please don't waste any pity on me as I'm not wasting any on you. But can we at least agree that Washington, too, was talking about country rather than government in his farewell address? And that clearly he believed that pride and devotion to country should exceed that of state or locality? That country had the first demand on your loyalty over any other? Regardless of what you would have us believe?