ferris209 said:Damn C3PX, that was probably the oddest post I've ever seen from you.
LOL, and we all know I have typed up some pretty odd stuff in my day... Hopefully my point didn't get lost in all the nonsense.
As for what you said about Colmes, yeah, I like the guy. He seems smart, and honorably brave consider the his role on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes. I just don't trust him as a liberal, being in the pay of the Fox News and all. And how much would it suck to have your job simply be to lose arguments to Hannity all day. For that I can't take him too seriously.
Rob said:
You just need a stern talking to... Finally take a good look at America's real history instead of the feeling you get when you look at the flag... I can just here you thinking "But it's the best country in the world!"
Stern talking to has never worked. Especially not this time (not sure how to tell you this ol' buddy, but you suck as a stern talker).
The America's real history doesn't really bother me either.
And about the feeling I get when I look at the flag, I'd consider myself a bit of a patriot, but the feeling I get when I look at the flag isn't so much pride as it is something to hold onto (its complicated, don't feel like explaining at the moment).
I haven't said the pledge of alligance to our star spangled banner since I was in the 5th grade, since then anytime I have been in a pledging situation I have left my hands at my side and remained silent while those around me put there hands on their hearts and spoke those words (again, its a bit complicated). Yet, I would die in a second for my country and the freedom of its people.
As for "best country in the world!", yes for me it is the best country in the world. But I do not consider it to be a universal truth, and it is something that took me a very long time to figure out. I have lived in other countries, and in each one for a time I decided they were much better than America for many silly little reasons, I grabbed onto their customs and culture and began to consider them home. Eventually I realized I would always be a fish out of water in these other places. When I first returned to the US, I didn't like it at all and could't wait to pack up and leave again. After time I realized that no matter how long I lived overseas, I would always just be an American pretending to be something different. Now everytime I go abroad, sooner or later I really begin missing my country. So, for me, America is the best country in the world, but for most people it is just another place on a map.
On a final note, this line cracked me up. "You need to be edjucated like nobody's business."