Showing posts with label Patriotism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patriotism. Show all posts

Thursday, July 21, 2011

"U.S. Flag 'Primes' Voters Toward Republican Viewpoints"

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Just a glimpse at the American flag can sway voters, even Democrats, toward more Republican voting behavior, attitudes and beliefs, a new two-year study says.

The authors, from the University of Chicago, Cornell University and Hebrew University, say the research proves the American flag has a powerful effect on voters.

"A single exposure to an American flag resulted in a significant increase in participants' Republican voting intentions, voting behavior, political beliefs, and implicit and explicit attitudes, with some effects lasting eight months," reads the study titled, "Long-Term Effects of U.S. Flag Exposure on Republicanism."


Can't say for certain that it's true, but it never hurts to display the symbol of our great country on every suitable occasion.

I've placed a small flag at the top of the sidebar. Let's turn the Internet red white and blue between now and 2012.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Patriot Guard Shields Family of Fallen Marine

Over at Common Cents, there was this great video, too good not to share, about a group of bikers putting themselves between nutball activists who protest at funerals and the loved ones of the deceased.

Monday, November 15, 2010

"Flag Boy" Gets Motorcycle Escort to School

 


Just saw this on the news. This was amazing! An impromptu Fourth of July like parade to the Denair Middle School this AM!

More at
Fox 40 KXTL


Cross posted at LCR, Say Anything, Lady Cincinnatus.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Lt. Col Allen West's Stem Winding Speech



This is what they used to call a "stem winder". This speech should get you all wound up! We need men like Lt. Col. West in our Congress. STAT!

via The Other McCain
Cross posted at Left Coast Rebel, Lady Cincinnatus

Saturday, June 5, 2010

The Last Verse of The Star Spangled Banner- Acapella

Smitty over at The Other McCain had this amazing piece of video posted:


O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


Cross posted at Lady Cincinnatus

And if you recognize Herman Cain, it might be from here.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Taps for Veterans

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Chris Wallace interviewed Tom Day, the founder of Bugles Across America on Fox News Sunday today. Believing that having a live human being play Taps to show respect at the grave of the fallen, as opposed to a recording, Tom Day has made it his mission to make this happen.

From their website:
Bugles Across America, NFP was founded in 2000 by Tom Day, when Congress passed legislation stating Veterans had a right to at least 2 uniformed military people to fold the flag and play taps on a CD player. Bugles Across America was begun to take this a step further, and in recognition of the service these Veterans provided their country, we felt that every Veteran deserved a live rendition of taps played by a live Bugler. To this end, we are actively seeking volunteers to provide this valuable service to Veterans and their families.


According to his interview with Mike Wallace, Bugles Across America, even with all the contributions they receive, still falls short about $10,000 annually, which Tom Day makes up out of his own pocket.

Tom Day saw a need and sought to fill it.

http://buglesacrossamerica.org/

Cross posted at Left Coast Rebel, Say Anything

Mourn for the Fallen

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Mourning usually consists of sorrow over our own losses. Memorial Day is the mourning over the loss of others, and our national loss of men of valor who laid down their lives for others.
And it is fitting for us to do so.

Picture via Woman Honor Thyself

Saturday, May 15, 2010

"That's What We Do. We're Americans"

A heart warming, yet sobering bit of video via Flopping Aces.
It could be the best five minutes you spend all day...

Saturday, May 8, 2010

The Flag of the Obama Nation, Now With Pledge

Last October, in the The Flag of the Obama Nation Redux, we took a look at what one Obamanite was flying over his house:
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I was thinking of this in regards to the small furor of some boys being sent home from high school for having the audacity to wear t-shirts with American flags on them to school. Did I mention that they did so on that most sacred of American holidays: Cinco de Mayo?

Now aside from the fact that CdM is a bigger holiday north of the border than south (CdM is to Corona and Dos Equis what Mother's Day is to Hallmark!), shouldn't Americans have the right to express their patriotism 356 days a year? (366 on leap years?)

Cinco de Mayo is not an official holiday, nor is it an American holiday. It's a little like St. Patrick's Day, you celebrate it if you feel like it. Even Columbus day is a recognized American holiday, though it is fast falling out of favor because of "political correctness". All three have an ethnic and cultural aspect to them. I would be equally offended if someone asked me not to wear a representation of the American flag on any of those occasions.

I guess to many liberals, patriotism is to be celebrated once a year, on the Fourth of July, and then, only grudgingly. They quote from the Flag Code copiously when it comes to boys in patriotic t-shirts, but can't find it in themselves to criticize Obama's picture on the flag.

Since some of his followers have replaced the fifty stars representing our fifty (not fifty seven) states with the One True Star, Obama, I have rewritten the Pledge just for them:

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United State of Obama
and to the republic, which no longer stands.
One nation, over taxed, divided among racial, ethnic and economic quotas
With health care and government cheese for all.


(The proper way to give the new Pledge, incidentally, is with one's hand over one's crotch.)

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Sunday, April 25, 2010

"Remember November"

Stacy McCain posts a powerful piece of video as well! It starts with the wisdom of Lincoln and ends with the folly of Obama.

"Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor"

A stirring bit of video, with a bit of (understandable) PG-13 language at the end.



Another way is to say we dedicate our time, our talent and our treasure to the fight!

H/T Moonbattery