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Knee-jerk Patriots and Scoundrels
As for all of those so-called patriots who think that wearing a flag on one's lapel or belting out the national anthem at a ball game or believing that everything our government does is sacred, and that those of us who disagree or dissent should be accused of high treason, I offer a quote from Dr. Samuel Johnson, a wise gentleman if there ever was one. Speaking of knee-jerk patriots he said, " Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Apparently, from the sorry state of affairs, the scoundrels have been in charge for far too long. Down with knee-jerk patriots and up with Barack Obama, a genuine American patriot whose brilliance and integrity are a rarity in today's political scene !