Here we go...

Ok.. apparently I made something erupt today.... so here is my side...

Patriotism has fallen and we all agree on that. Patriotism is like the economy, it ebbs and wanes, and history proves that. Has it dropped this much this fast, I don't know, I didn't live back then. We all have the same idea about patriotism though, and this is good news.

I will probably go on many tangents on this rant, however, stay with me if you can.

So what if we put a boot in someones ass. Tell me this, if someone did something to your sister (since we all have little sisters) tell me you would not want to kick the shit out of someone. Well, I see it this way, we can beet up a person and get away with it (most of the time) without going to jail. Countries do this on a larger scale. It is called war. War means death and that is like punching them on a large scale. We are not cavemen fighting with sticks and stones. We are barbaric in a way today, but we have more than just sticks and stones.

Reference back to being the only superpower. Everyone wants to kick our ass, but they can't unless they get a coalition of most of the countries in the world to work together. We have more assets on one base than the majority do in a country. Obviously there are countries that have a plethera of assets, but we kick the shit out of them when it comes to technology. Look at our retarded brethren to the north. You know most of them would rather we not be here but work side by side with us on a daily basis because we are there only defense. WE ARE A HUGE TARGET.

I would have loved to see the Dicks in Chicks say some shit like that in Texas. They would have straight been booed off the stage and the stadium would have been empty except for those 3 dudes that think since no one is there they have a chance with them. Another one of my opinions and I honestly believe this to be true... The south has more patriotism than the north does. Why do I believe this? Because I have lived in both areas. If they had said this in Washington state, they probably would have gotten the same reaction that they did in England. My opinion only, but yankees are fucked up that way...he he. We do have freedom of speach, this I know, but they learned the hard way that some shit should not be said. Good.

Profit for patriotism... hmmm... okay, so people made money from the twin towers/pentagon attack. Big deal! We are a nation that allows this and it is what our military fights for and dies for. I wish that people could hang on to something that only happens after a tragedy such as 9/11. However, they don't. I see nothing wrong with buying a flag to hang outside (when done properly) to show just a GLIMPSE of something that I hold dear to my heart everyday. If that is what it takes to get people to show there patriotism, so be it. Do I like it? Hell NO! Will we have to put up with it? Yes, because the US gives us that freedom.

Now for the Toby part... let me pull a quote from CBS:

"He wrote it to play for troops on USO tours – something he often volunteers to do. He never intended to release the song on a CD, but then, he played it for Pentagon brass in Washington.

“He [the Marine Corp commandant] said, 'You have to release it. You can serve your country in other ways besides suiting up in combat.' We will go kick their butts. But we survive on morale,” says Keith. “I mean, we live on the morale. That's what we travel on. And, he said I highly recommend you put that song out.”

He did it for the troops, that is why he released the song. This song could not have spread by just USO tours, which, by the way, he still does today.

On another note, if you really believe that the US does not have hit lists, you are either blind or naive. I am going with the blind on this part, because I don't want to call you naive. There are people that we don't want here and we would not have elite forces trained the way they are if we were not prepared to do something about it. I agree with ST on the kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out day. Freedom is not free.

My image of the US is a land where we are given more privilages than any other place on earth. Prosperity is part of that and patriotic type sales are part of that. Though I will never see that in a monetary sense, I see it other ways, my daughter, my family, my friends.

Retreat is playing right now... kinda ironic...

Y'all are my bro's. Dueces.