Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Play It, Chet!

Sometimes the flag-waving gets a bit tedious. As a matter of fact, I'm sick of it. I'd much rather we have a spirited debate of ideas than a shouting match arguing who is and who is not waving the flag.

True patriots who REALLY love this country are those who stand up and demand accountability and integrity from our public officials. True patriots stand up for what is right; waving a flag and putting a "We support our troops" bumper sticker on the old Honda may SEEM "right"; but it is more like an empty gesture; a surrender to platitudes and shallow thinking.

True patriots invite scrutiny of their views in the market place of ideas as opposed to a bandwagon jingoism where those who don't jump on the wagon and start in with the singing of the march tunes are branded as unpatriotic.

With that being said. Let's enjoy this ass-kicking bit of musical patriotism by a true American artist.

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