I Found This on One of My Now-Defunct Blogs, and It's Too Good Not To Share
(if I do say so myself) Sunday, July 3, 2016 Happy Birthday I'm a sap for patriotism. It may be a generational thing. I was too young in the sixties to "protest" anything. I'm too old now to worry about not being cool. I guess it's not cool anymore to love your country. You are supposed to point out its wrongs; its faults; its failings. Some of our political "leaders" are quick to proclaim that the US is no better than any other country, and how dare anyone say it is? What hubris! Too bad. Too bad for them. For people who've reaped the rewards of this country more than almost anyone, too bad they're too arrogant to acknowledge the opportunities they could only find here. Me? Life hasn't been a breeze. I'm from the working class -- we don't get the breaks, the kudos for a job well done. We just do our jobs. We packed our kids' lunch boxes every morning with peanut butter sandw...
