Look Who's Waving the Flag Now

The Weekly Standard ^ | 10/15/2001 | Noemie Emery

[maranatha]

Remember the funny lists on FR of Ten ways to Annoy your Liberal Neighbor? Of the ten items #1 was to fly the flag and I believe #10 was also.

[summer]

From article:

A healthy skepticism about the uses of power is always in order, but a smartass contempt for one's country and one's fellow citizens is something quite different. Most Democrats now get this;...

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Every Dem voter I know is now flying a flag or wearing a flag pin or doing something as visible to show their support for their country.

And, meanwhile, some Dim Dem leaders and their mouthpieces in the press have no clue what their base feels like. They are out of touch with their own voters, as usual.

[lavaroise]

The left sulkling? I think they are terrorists by asking the US to shield its people with the bodies of live babies instead of fighting. They fear risking collateral damage when their methods insures collateral damage so that they can make love. Put those sick a$$es in jail

[sneakypete]

"As any New Yorker knows, New York isn't really American.

I've been saying this all along.

It is, as well, of course, the world's greatest Jewish city--

I think Miami is now giving NYC a run for the money here,but so what? Being "the world's greatest Jewish city" can be true and irrelevant at the same time. What it primarily is amounts to a 3rd world cesspool where wealthy people come to work during the day,but leave to live at night.

[sneakypete]

What is someone calling himself a progessive?

A communist who doesn't want to admit it. Seriously. This isn't rhetoric. This is how the communists in the Socialists Workers Party of the USA used to describe themselves back in the 30's. They had to start calling themselves "liberals" to attract political power,since a liberal was seen as something positive back then. In fact,if they are "liberals",I'm the Flying Nun.