Whoa! Where has this guy been? More importantly, where is headed?
=> -----Original Message-----
=> From: profox-bounces (at) leafe .D.O.T com
=> [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe
=> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 17:20
=> To: ProFox Mailing List
=> Subject: [OT] Who are the Patriots?
=>
=> Great speech by Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson of Salt
=> Lake City.
=>
=> <http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,645197552,00.html>
=>
=> ( -or- http://tinyurl.com/ppyrt )
=> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
=> - - - - - A patriot does not tell people who are intensely
=> concerned about their country to just sit down and be quiet;
=> to refrain from speaking out in the name of politeness or
=> for the sake of being a good host; to show slavish, blind
=> obedience and deference to a dishonest, war- mongering,
=> human-rights-violating president.
=>
=> That is not a patriot. Rather, that person is a sycophant.
=> That person is a member of a frightening culture of
=> obedience - a culture where falling in line with authority
=> is more important than choosing what is right, even if it is
=> not easy, safe, or popular. And, I suspect, that person is
=> afraid -afraid we are right, afraid of the truth (even to
=> the point of denying it), afraid he or she has put in with
=> an oppressive, inhumane, regime that does not respect the
=> laws and traditions of our country, and that history will
=> rank as the worst presidency our nation has ever had to endure.
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=>
=> -- Ed Leafe
©2006 Hal Kaplan |
