Posted on 12/26/2001 4:44:39 AM PST by PJ-Comix
Friday night on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman, ABC's Peter Jennings exhibited hints of leftist concerns as he twice fretted about the difference between "nationalism" and "patriotism," pleading for people to "respect the differences that exist in the country...especially...on the issue of patriotism," asserted that "campaigning against terrorism around the world" is "just too simple" since "there are a lot of root causes for dissatisfaction around the world," maintained global leadership is "not just American business or selling American culture around the world," and bemoaned how "Americans are pretty insular people for the most part."
Appearing on the December 21 show to promote the New Year's Eve coverage planned by ABC News in prime time, Jennings recalled:
"I spent a Saturday night in a high school in Boulder, Colorado filming, for a new series we're doing on the country, a high school production of Hair. Very white, suburban neighborhood, mostly Republican kids, I thought. I was immensely struck about their attitudes toward patriotism and their attitudes about nationalism and they helped me listen and look for it in other places and you do find it. You know, there are many definitions of patriotism, there's confusion between patriotism and nationalism. So yes, I think the country in the wake of September has looked very closely at itself, tried hard to understand ourselves. I think some of the public leaders have just been awesome. I know you've heard this a hundred times on his program, I think the Mayor and the President just had the right tone for so long."
Letterman soon wondered if it's important for leaders to ask for sacrifice in order to provide the "notion we are all in this together?" Jennings lectured Americans:
"I also think it's very important for us to respect the differences that exist in the country. I think that's especially true on the issue of patriotism. I think next year's going to be very challenging. The Middle East is going to be a huge challenge. What happens in the Southern Philippines in terms of terrorism. What's going to happen between India and Pakistan. I mean, I sometimes think India and Pakistan can hardly wait to attack each other. They both have nuclear weapons. And it isn't just about campaigning against terrorism around the world. That's just too simple. There are a lot of root causes for dissatisfaction around the world and I think for the country to exercise real global leadership, when globalization in itself is kind of complicated, it's not just American business or selling American culture around the world. I think it's a very big challenge for a leader to get us all engaged in that because, you know, Americans are pretty insular people for the most part."
But unlike Jennings, who is still a Canadian citizen, we are Americans.
PJ -
That could be a thread unto itself!
Some ideas:
1. More Fun with Dick and Jane
2. The Art of Hair Gel
3. The Communist Manifesto
Any other ideas?
-CD
That would be Asnan Haswari(sp) who is interviewed as a palestinian spokesperson all the time on tv.
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Isn't Boulder very liberal and filled with liberal Yuppies? My understanding is that Boulder is similar in many ways to Marin County, CA. Once again this proves how STUPID Peter Jennings is if he considers Boulder to be some sort of bastion of Republicanism.
LOL! He needs to read that one if he thinks Hanan Ashrawi is a hot babe!
Until you try to express a conservative opinion and they raise their voices and cut you off, drown you out, won't even let you finish what you're saying. I've also noticed that they are more than ready to hold forth about their own views and will do so, with very little encouragement, for hours. But they will never even ask you what you think. If you manage to indicate you even have an opinion that differs from them, they make it very clear that they don't want to hear it, and moreover, you shouldn't be allowed to say it to anyone else either. For the public good, you know.
Once again proving what a complete MORON Peter Jennings is if he considers Boulder to be a bastion of Republicanism. What next, Peter? Will you report that Broward County, FL is a Republican stronghold? You better go back to Canada, Peter, since your political analysis of the USA is completely erroneous.
However, when I think of Nationalism, I think of the safety and well-being of our NATION, as in NATIONAL security. How anybody could confuse supporting our NATION with PATRIOTIC fervor with Nazi Germany is just plain loco... or, perhaps they have an agenda... as in to paint USA patriotism as Nazi-esque, therefore demeaning and defusing our vital national defense.
The Jungle, (socialist propoganda extraordinaire).
Boulder's reputation precedes it. Long before you crest State 36 and glimpse this city set against the angular walls of the Flatiron Range, you know you are heading for a haven of fitness and liberal politics. As one popular comment has it, Boulder is "20 square miles surrounded by reality."
This is also a good description of Peter's brain: "20 square centimeters surrounded by reality."
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