Happy 4th!
Happy Independence Day!
I’m about to head on down to the 4th on Broadway celebration, which is always a good time. Maybe I’ll run into some of my readers there.
Briefly, I want to talk about my idea of American patriotism. I believe that our strength as Americans comes from diversity: not just diversity among our physical appearances or cultural norms, but among our ideas. This strength is more-or-less unique in the world (it’s catching on, though!), and it represents the only facet of so-called “American Exceptionalism” that I can support.
American patriotism is more than fireworks and flagpins. American patriotism involves celebrating both our differences and our things-in-common.
Be safe and have a happy 4th!
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July 7th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I attended the 4th on Broadway and I “officially booed” Lubbock Republican Party float with Chris Winn and Carl Isett in Winn’s pickup. They didn’t even have small peanut packages for throwing to the crowd and I was only one “booing” the float. They knew it was me and they got a laugh as Clif “smaller government” Burnett booed “big government” float. It’s sad local democrats were not there to help me “boo” the republicans.
http://lubbockcountyregister.blogspot.com/2009/07/clif-burnett-boos-chris-winns.html
When you see your property tax bill you will know why I “booed” the republican float!