Certainly off topic but perhaps worthy of a bit of response. Nothing wrong
with patriotism but jingoism is another story. And your post is not only
inappropiate in an international forum but is very much more jingoistic than
patriotic.
My current favorite 4th story is:
PART OF our family's Saturday morning routine is a visit to
the library where Dorothea, the English-born librarian,
always makes it a point to chat with our children. Last
summer my three-year-old son, Max, told her that he'd be
marching in the village's Fourth of July parade. "I'm going
to be Paul Revere," he said proudly. Dorothea leaned over
the counter, looked him in the eye and, in her rich British
accent, replied, "Tattletale!"
-- Contributed to Reader's Digest "Life In These United
States" by Thomas Kosman
On the other hand:
>
> "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal,
> and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that
> among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
>
are fine inspiring words but few, including the writer, believed them then.
And too few, in this country today, seem to live as though they believe them
now.
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