Patriotism

We Are Winning: An Interview With Battle In Seattle Director Stuart Townsend

Brad Listi | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

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Brad Listi

A lot of people feel like they've lost their voice during the last eight years. This movie is a clear illustration of the fact that you do count... Things can be different. If Obama runs the country like he's run his campaign, we're in good shape.

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America: Yours, Mine, and Ours (Part 1)

Terrance Heath | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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Terrance Heath

Part One: Yours, Mine... One of the things I hoped for when Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic convention, was that she would introduce people to ...

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RNC: "USA, USA"

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Patriotism, John McCain, Rnc, 2008 Presidential Race, Republican Convention, Al Qaeda, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

Patriotism and "Country First" have become the theme for John McCain's campaign. Several speakers, including the Republican nominee himself, John McCa...

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McCain's Macaca Moment

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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Larry Gellman

Seldom is there a seismic event that causes an otherwise competitive race to become a landslide overnight.

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Obama, McCain, and Our Veterans

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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Marcia G. Yerman

Many may not know that Obama's name was placed in nomination by a man who identified himself as "a life-long Republican and an Iraq war veteran." His name is Michael Wilson; he served as an Air Force medic.

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Con Games: Hi Jesus, It's Your Pal Sarah

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Religion and Politics, Patriotism, Christian Right, Spirituality, Sarah Palin John Mccain, Satire, Political Satire, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin and Christianity, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Michael Conniff

You see, Jesus, I never mentioned You during my speech until the last line, not once during the whole speech in Dayton while I thanked my husband, my children, my parents, John McCain...

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Politics on the Couch: Projection is Nine-Tenths of the Law, as Defined by McCaIn's "Hail Sarah" Pass

Justin Frank | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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Justin Frank

From this moment on, every accusation McCain makes must be regarded as a description of his own motives and character.

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Friday Talking Points [45] -- Lessons Democrats Should Learn From Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...

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Real Patriotism

Warren Goldstein | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Speech, Democratic Convention, Obama Patriotism, Patriotism, Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News
Warren Goldstein

Ok. I'm 57 years old and cast my first vote in 1972--proudly, I will add--for George McGovern, but in the intervening 36 years I have rarely felt pro...

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Don't Let Our Opponents Divide Us with Race

Richard Trumka | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

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Richard Trumka

The opponents of working people are trying to divide us by using Obama's race as an issue. Union members must lead the fight against such divisions and, instead, look at the bottom line.

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Bush's Worst Legacy -- The Desecration of "Patriotism"

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

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Larry Gellman

Before Bush, we could rightfully claim to be a moral country that refused to torture and demean people in the same ways as those countries we have criticized in the past. No more.

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A Speech For Obama To Give... In Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?

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Obama, Patriotism, and Enlightenment

Steve Posner | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

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Steve Posner

Why was Obama waxing patriotic during his foreign trip instead of touting a universal spirituality that removes the need to make cultural and political distinctions?

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In a Sense, Abroad

Steven Weber | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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Steven Weber

From England, the view of the states is much clearer than the one enjoyed by us -- our faces stuffed into Old Glory like hostages' noses pressed up against a chloroform-saturated hanky.

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Denver Singer's Black National Anthem Switcheroo Was a Risky Act for Obama, and Black Americans

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Patriotism, Star Spangled Banner, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Black National Antheme, Rose Marie, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Racism, George Bush, Democrats, African-Americans, John McCain, Republicans, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Heaven only knows what black Denver singer Rose Marie was thinking when she stood at the microphone and belted out the lyrics of the black national ...

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When in the course of human events: Read it!

Steve Anderson | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Declaration of Independence, 4th of July, Patriotism, Politics News
Steve Anderson

Compared to most politicians today, the guys who wrote this, which started our whole experiment in democracy, were fire-breathing radicals. Today, it...

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What Would Abbie Hoffman Have Thought Of The Flag Lapel Pin Debate?

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Flag lapel pins are all the rage these days, but the battle over wearing the flag is older than you may have thought.

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What So Proudly We Hail (video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media

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Tom Gregory

Times may change but he American Flag remains undaunted, ready to solicit a tear of joy, surge of pride, or a blast of an anthem at her spot-lit presence.

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Patriotism On This July 4th

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Patriotism, Barack Obama, General Wesley Clark, U.S. Sen. John McCain, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

How many column inches has been devoted to whether Obama is patriotic enough, if a war record is on or off limits, and what the love of country truly means. Is anyone in government today truly patriotic?

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A Just Democracy

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Call for Change, Change, Patriotism, Democracy, July 4th Patriotism, Manifesto, Historic Election, July 4th, Politics News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

I experienced a surge of hope after the most nationally inclusive race for president in US history. It was that hope that moved me to write a manifesto about how to invigorate our democracy.

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What is Patriotism?

Byron Williams | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Byron Williams

Patriotism has been reduced to wearing flag lapel pins and adorning bumper stickers that read: "I Support the Troops." Where is the courage that exemplifies the spirit of 1776?

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Fourth Of July Clips From HuffPost (VIDEOS)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment

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Happy 4th of July from HuffPost! Enjoy sitting at your computer indoors watching thematic videos if you're not outside spending the 4th of July weeken...

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Patriotism is not Synonymous with the Republican Party: It's Time They Stopped Using the "P" Word

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Military, Saddam Hussein, Michael Russnow, Unpatriotic, Terrorists, Patriotism, Armed Services, "P" Word, Lemmings, Politics News
Michael Russnow

Whatever you think about the war in Iraq or how we got there, suggesting that those who are in opposition are less than patriotic is irrational and undemocratic.

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The Far-Right's Patriotism Problem

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Il Duce, Nationalism, Patriotism, Propaganda, Jonah Goldberg, Barack Obama, Fascism, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

Jonah Goldberg continues to demonstrate how the right-wing is manipulating public discourse in order to confuse and conflate patriotism with rabid nationalism.

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Porn For Patriots

Taii K. Austin | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Patriotism, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Olympics, Olympics Patriotism, Entertainment News
Taii K. Austin

The kind of patriotism the Olympics brings out in us can be a healthy commercial break in the general mundanity of the average American lifestyle.

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