Patriotic banality on the 4th !

               Conspicuous and delirious shows of " patriotism " can

    only embarrass a half-cultivated mind not untouched by " love of

    country ".  As some wise guy at the PROJO wrote : " the country is

    not a divine entity ".

                I do not find frenzied flag waving inspiring. It suggests

    a form of idolatry needing only an excuse to start bloody and stupid

    wars. I guess nothing succeeds like success : So successful has been

    our war against terrorism in Afghanistan - so free of blunder and

    miscalculation - that we announce to the world - without the world's

    consent - with complete contempt for the United Nations - the world's

    last great hope - that we soon plan to invade Iraq !

               With the help of God Almighty and loud rock music we'll GET

    Saddam just as we got that little bastard running Panama.

                 My prediction : George W. Bush will leave office as

    ignominiously as his father -  BOTH economy and war a fiasco !

                 It's no fun to find out too late that God or Allah was

    not on your side after all. In fact, HE never even gave a damm !

              " I pledge allegiance to the Pledge of Allegiance ... blah,

    blah, blah ."

         Thank God for SANE federal judges and heresy in high places !