Patriotism

Over the past few days I have been impressed with the amount of patriotism that I have seen in this country. Not from all, but again from the silent majority. They are starting to speak up, and it’s fantastic. In Alaska’s native villages, the majority of the people who stay there are extremely poor, and live in some of the most extreme terrain this nation has to offer. Venezuelan President Chavez

under the Citgo label has been offering the people of these villages oil for heating. After his comments referring to President Bush as ‘The Devil’ and a ‘Terrorist’ the people of Alaska said they would rather freeze than take his handouts... Alaskan Villagers Refuse Oil... I personally think it’s a shame that we don’t we have some sort of system in place for these people… I mean we are talking about a couple hundred living in these villages, and there is literally millions of barrels of oil pumping out right next door, yet they pay anywhere from five to eight dollars per gallon. Now rather than take the charity, which is really just an underhanded way of Chavez trying to undermine the government of the U.S., they instead choose to turn on their furnaces for only a couple of hours in the morning and night. Temps in that region reach -15 degrees F with 20-25 mph winds. Now that’s patriotism.
In Boston, a city councilor wants to take down the famous Citgo sign in Kenmore Square which looms over Fenway Park...

Boston Takes Aim at Citgo Sign... He proposed replacing it with an American Flag. Nothing wrong with that!
Okay, going back to a previous post, telling entertainers to shut up! Entertain us. On Tuesday...

Barbara Streisand, while performing a concert in NYC decided to do a Bush bashing bit. New Yorkers weren’t having it. Bab’s started receiving boos and heckles to get on with the show. As classy as she is, she told the New York hecklers to, and I quote, “SHUT THE F**K UP…SHUT UP IF YOU CAN’T TAKE A JOKE!” Apparently they weren’t laughing. Whether you’re a republican or a democrat, we are all getting tired of the bashing. Just because the camera or spotlight is on you, it does not give you the right to ‘shove’ your views on the rest of us. Entertainers seem to forget that more than half the country voted for Mr. Bush. So while some of his views may not be popular, there is a good chance that half of your audience voted for him. The only one I’ve seen get it right so far was...

Lewis Black. He made a joke about Bush and there was a ‘boo’ from the audience, he said in his own way, ‘a Clinton lover, don’t worry, I’ll get to him too.' And, he did. There are two things that I tell most people when dealing with people they don't know that well; workmates; acquaintances; etc… keep your political and religious views quiet. Usually it only causes trouble.