Well Slatts, I'll tell ya what. I'm just about fed up with all of these labels we seem to hafta wear now.
Am I a patriot? I reckon I am. Do other people think so? I don't give a s**t.
I'm a Texan/American, heterosexual, white male who busts his ass for his family, and others. I believe there are 2 g****rs, and marriage is between one man, and one woman. Eh.........not gonna rant off on ya here......hang on a sec.....gotta pee.....alright, I'm back, where was I? Oh yeah, the Patriot thing.
According to the writer of this article, I am, because I've carried mail throughout this whole s**tshow without missing a day. I've done it day, night, and through all of the gawdawful weather.

Rain, sleet, snow, wind, dark of night, dog attacks, dumbasses, management, these couriers.......well, however that thing goes.
Sounds nobel, and all, but whoever wrote that crap needs to be dug up, and re-k**led!

There's my half cent!!

Have a good evening Slat!👍

By columnist John C. Morgan...October 6, 2021 .

The words “my country, right or wrong” are used often to express allegiance to a nation no matter what it does. It was first proposed as a toast but later amended by Carl Schurz in an 1872 U.S. Senate speech: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right, and if wrong, to be set right.”

Patriotism means supporting the country when it lives up to the values expressed in its reason for being but also helping to set it right when it violates the principles expressed in its Constitution and Bill of Rights.

I honor the patriots who serve others. Remembering the events of Sept. 11, 2001, I recall those first responders who rushed into the burning towers to rescue others or those 40 passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93 who sought to thwart a planned attack on our capital.

In many ways and places there are patriots who sacrifice their own comfort to serve others. I think of the many health care workers who serve victims of C****-** in hospitals. I recall teachers who remain in classrooms to teach children. I think of politicians who (should) put the country before their re-e******ns. And I think of countless others who day by day help us — from mail carriers to store clerks.

George Orwell, an English journalist and author of the novel, 1984, wrote: “By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”

Patriotism depends on unity of purpose, people of quite different political or religious views who pledge allegiance to “one nation, with liberty and justice for all.” True patriots see their responsibility not only to their own needs but the community needs as well.

President George Washington in his farewell address warned us about party politics: “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension … is itself a frightful despotism … In governments purely elective, a spirit of party is not to be encouraged … a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.”

Speaking at a Flight 93 memorial service September 11, President George W. Bush recalled the unity of purpose most felt after the tragedy but also issued this warning about the present time in our national history from those within our country with a “disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols…”

I think the words of President John F. Kennedy at his 1961 inauguration address might help heal our wounds and draw out our better angels: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”.

I believe we are at a (long past) point in our history when we need to think and act about what is best for our country, adherence to our constitutional norms, not sacrificing them to enhance our desires.

By columnist John C. Morgan...October 6, 2021 .

The words “my country, right or wrong” are used often to express allegiance to a nation no matter what it does. It was first proposed as a toast but later amended by Carl Schurz in an 1872 U.S. Senate speech: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right, and if wrong, to be set right.”

Patriotism means supporting the country when it lives up to the values expressed in its reason for being but also helping to set it right when it violates the principles expressed in its Constitution and Bill of Rights.

I honor the patriots who serve others. Remembering the events of Sept. 11, 2001, I recall those first responders who rushed into the burning towers to rescue others or those 40 passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93 who sought to thwart a planned attack on our capital.

In many ways and places there are patriots who sacrifice their own comfort to serve others. I think of the many health care workers who serve victims of C****-** in hospitals. I recall teachers who remain in classrooms to teach children. I think of politicians who (should) put the country before their re-e******ns. And I think of countless others who day by day help us — from mail carriers to store clerks.

George Orwell, an English journalist and author of the novel, 1984, wrote: “By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”

Patriotism depends on unity of purpose, people of quite different political or religious views who pledge allegiance to “one nation, with liberty and justice for all.” True patriots see their responsibility not only to their own needs but the community needs as well.

President George Washington in his farewell address warned us about party politics: “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension … is itself a frightful despotism … In governments purely elective, a spirit of party is not to be encouraged … a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.”

Speaking at a Flight 93 memorial service September 11, President George W. Bush recalled the unity of purpose most felt after the tragedy but also issued this warning about the present time in our national history from those within our country with a “disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols…”

I think the words of President John F. Kennedy at his 1961 inauguration address might help heal our wounds and draw out our better angels: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”.

I believe we are at a (long past) point in our history when we need to think and act about what is best for our country, adherence to our constitutional norms, not sacrificing them to enhance our desires.

By columnist John C. Morgan...October 6, 2021 .

The words “my country, right or wrong” are used often to express allegiance to a nation no matter what it does. It was first proposed as a toast but later amended by Carl Schurz in an 1872 U.S. Senate speech: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right, and if wrong, to be set right.”

Patriotism means supporting the country when it lives up to the values expressed in its reason for being but also helping to set it right when it violates the principles expressed in its Constitution and Bill of Rights.

I honor the patriots who serve others. Remembering the events of Sept. 11, 2001, I recall those first responders who rushed into the burning towers to rescue others or those 40 passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93 who sought to thwart a planned attack on our capital.

In many ways and places there are patriots who sacrifice their own comfort to serve others. I think of the many health care workers who serve victims of C****-** in hospitals. I recall teachers who remain in classrooms to teach children. I think of politicians who (should) put the country before their re-e******ns. And I think of countless others who day by day help us — from mail carriers to store clerks.

George Orwell, an English journalist and author of the novel, 1984, wrote: “By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”

Patriotism depends on unity of purpose, people of quite different political or religious views who pledge allegiance to “one nation, with liberty and justice for all.” True patriots see their responsibility not only to their own needs but the community needs as well.

President George Washington in his farewell address warned us about party politics: “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension … is itself a frightful despotism … In governments purely elective, a spirit of party is not to be encouraged … a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.”

Speaking at a Flight 93 memorial service September 11, President George W. Bush recalled the unity of purpose most felt after the tragedy but also issued this warning about the present time in our national history from those within our country with a “disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols…”

I think the words of President John F. Kennedy at his 1961 inauguration address might help heal our wounds and draw out our better angels: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”.

I believe we are at a (long past) point in our history when we need to think and act about what is best for our country, adherence to our constitutional norms, not sacrificing them to enhance our desires.

By columnist John C. Morgan...October 6, 2021 .

The words “my country, right or wrong” are used often to express allegiance to a nation no matter what it does. It was first proposed as a toast but later amended by Carl Schurz in an 1872 U.S. Senate speech: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right, and if wrong, to be set right.”

Patriotism means supporting the country when it lives up to the values expressed in its reason for being but also helping to set it right when it violates the principles expressed in its Constitution and Bill of Rights.

I honor the patriots who serve others. Remembering the events of Sept. 11, 2001, I recall those first responders who rushed into the burning towers to rescue others or those 40 passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93 who sought to thwart a planned attack on our capital.

In many ways and places there are patriots who sacrifice their own comfort to serve others. I think of the many health care workers who serve victims of C****-** in hospitals. I recall teachers who remain in classrooms to teach children. I think of politicians who (should) put the country before their re-e******ns. And I think of countless others who day by day help us — from mail carriers to store clerks.

George Orwell, an English journalist and author of the novel, 1984, wrote: “By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”

Patriotism depends on unity of purpose, people of quite different political or religious views who pledge allegiance to “one nation, with liberty and justice for all.” True patriots see their responsibility not only to their own needs but the community needs as well.

President George Washington in his farewell address warned us about party politics: “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension … is itself a frightful despotism … In governments purely elective, a spirit of party is not to be encouraged … a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.”

Speaking at a Flight 93 memorial service September 11, President George W. Bush recalled the unity of purpose most felt after the tragedy but also issued this warning about the present time in our national history from those within our country with a “disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols…”

I think the words of President John F. Kennedy at his 1961 inauguration address might help heal our wounds and draw out our better angels: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”.

I believe we are at a (long past) point in our history when we need to think and act about what is best for our country, adherence to our constitutional norms, not sacrificing them to enhance our desires.