Showing posts with label patriotism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patriotism. Show all posts
Monday, October 27, 2025

Always a good time to read Maya Angelou's Still I Rise

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I look to poetry to ease the pain I feel at the ransacking of my country's democratic principles -- and the destruction of our White Hou...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

"This Land is Your Land" -- almost all the lyrics

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This is from the official Woody Guthrie web site. I wanted the whole thing due to an ignorance in some quarters as to what the song is about...
Friday, October 20, 2023

On rewatching "Band of Brothers" and viewing "The Pacific" for the first time

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Here’s how I used to think about World War 2. It was our father’s and mother’s war. My father joined up early in ’42 and served as a radioma...
Friday, December 31, 2021

An email from President Joe Biden

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Received a nice letter from President Joe Biden. It really was an e-mail in letter format with the White House logo as a header and Joe Bide...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

"Meet John Doe" -- a 79-year-old movie has something to say about 2020

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I watched Frank Capra's "Meet John Doe" Friday night on Turner Classic Movies. I've seen it before but not in the Trump er...
Tuesday, July 02, 2019

The Fourth of July bash at the National Mall will feature lots and lots of Trump and big tanks -- don't forget the tanks!

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In February, when Trump announced plans for his grandiose Fourth of July celebration, conservative commentator Bill Kristol responded on Twi...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Americanism trumps Conservatism this week in JeffCo schools

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Kudos to those Jefferson County, Colorado, students who staged a walkout this week to protest to new conservative school board's attempt...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Question for Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso: Why did you vote to block jobs bill for military veterans?

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Wyoming Sen./Dr. John Barrasso, running for re-election, voted today to block a jobs bill for military veterans. He was joined in the naysay...
Monday, November 07, 2011

Teach-in at library Nov. 9: "How the 1% stole the American dream"

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Breaking newas: Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis will not be there, although she could tell us first-hand what it's like to be one of the 1...
Friday, October 07, 2011

"Occupy Casper" at noon Saturday across from the Dick Cheney Federal Building

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Pamela RW Kandt announces Occupy Casper on Saturday, Oct. 8, noon-1 p.m., in Pioneer Park, Center & B streets, across from the Dick Che...
Monday, July 04, 2011

Fourth of July made for brats and beers and blogging progressively

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Happy Fourth of July to everyone, especially the progressive bloggers you see linked in the right sidebar. Fighting the good fight against t...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

ACLU-Wyoming's handy guide to one of the strangest legislative sessions ever

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ACLU-Wyoming has released a handy guide to some of the kookier bills and amendments proposed by Republicans during the most recent legislati...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

WI patriots and their impromptu late-night rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

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From a story by Dan Simmons in the Wisconsin State Journal : Shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, the drummers and other musicians on the rotunda...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Teachers, get out your yardsticks to see if classroom flags measure up

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Culled from this week's legislative report from the Wyoming Democrats : Patriotism in the classroom (HB 204):   Rep. Gerald Gay (R-Casp...