"There was once great patriotism for ones native State but the Civil War ended that for the most part."

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"There was once great patriotism for ones native State but the Civil War ended that for the most part."

REB — 10/23/2006 8:13:57 PM (archived)

Hey! Speak for your own state. We Texans are obnoxiously patriotic about our state. But then, we are the only state that was once its own country. :)

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Conservatives: If we could do it all over again, would we still invade Iraq? - Buck Galaxy - 10/22/2006 6:05:26 AM
- re: Conservatives: If we could do it all over again, would we still invade Iraq? - gbaikie - 10/24/2006 2:01:59 AM
- re: Conservatives: If we could do it all over again, would we still invade Iraq? - REB - 10/23/2006 7:09:29 PM
  - Small point re: the UN - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2006 11:53:20 PM
    - PS - A real conspiracy for LindyJackEric et al - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/24/2006 12:08:48 AM
      - Like we are still itching for the Shah? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/24/2006 3:27:53 PM
      - Reveal away, Tecker - Lindy - 10/24/2006 3:05:09 AM
        
        Palmetto bugs - ER - 10/24/2006 1:11:55 PM
  - Another myth that needs addressing - TB - 10/23/2006 7:41:45 PM
    - re: Another myth that needs addressing - REB - 10/23/2006 7:45:56 PM
      - Local support - TB - 10/23/2006 8:27:33 PM
- Hindsight is always 20/20. - Scott Evil - 10/23/2006 1:43:50 PM
- Probably not - FrankC - 10/22/2006 10:18:40 PM
  - Not bad. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/22/2006 11:01:20 PM
  - Gawd that's heavy Frank..... - Lindy - 10/22/2006 10:54:53 PM
    - don't read too much into it - FrankC - 10/23/2006 12:17:25 AM
- The problem with conservatives.... - Donald - 10/22/2006 3:58:42 PM
  - their intellect is often too clouded by ideology to recognize when they're wrong about something. - FrankC - 10/22/2006 10:25:32 PM
- Yes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2006 3:51:20 PM
- Yes. - ER - 10/22/2006 12:30:26 PM
  - re: Yes. - gbaikie - 10/25/2006 2:31:27 AM
  - Yeap. - Scott Evil - 10/23/2006 1:47:53 PM
  - re: excellent, but you forgot one thing: - podrock - 10/23/2006 4:07:46 AM
  - That's pretty much how I see it. (n/t) - FrankC - 10/22/2006 10:22:49 PM
  - Here's where we differ - azstrummer - 10/22/2006 5:38:04 PM
    - "Secular Saddam" - TB - 10/23/2006 6:58:56 PM
      - re: "Secular Saddam" - azstrummer - 10/23/2006 10:12:14 PM
        
        What you're missing - TB - 10/24/2006 1:02:43 AM
        
        Mr. Hayes has many detractors - azstrummer - 10/24/2006 8:48:41 PM
        
        I dare say he does. - TB - 10/24/2006 10:04:51 PM
        
        re: I dare say he does. - azstrummer - 10/24/2006 11:21:55 PM
    - Thank you Art - Lindy - 10/22/2006 11:11:48 PM
      - re: Thank you Art - azstrummer - 10/23/2006 1:15:55 PM
    - necessary but not sufficient - ER - 10/22/2006 7:00:40 PM
      - Reverse engineering - Lindy - 10/22/2006 11:18:52 PM
  - re: The two next presidential contenders - Raoul - 10/22/2006 3:21:41 PM
    - The next President will not have to deal with the war in Iraq. - ER - 10/22/2006 4:38:09 PM
      - And a further point to consider is... - Publius - 10/23/2006 7:19:25 PM
      - re: And in november? - Raoul - 10/22/2006 6:43:50 PM
        
        re: And in november? - ER - 10/22/2006 7:11:47 PM
      - " The American people would never have supported an invasion of a foreign nation which posed no direct threat, simply for economic or geopolitical reasons. " - Laurie Street - 10/22/2006 6:34:55 PM
        
        your drinking cool-aid if you think it was for those reasons. - Scott Evil - 10/23/2006 2:01:39 PM
        
        re: " The American people would never have supported an invasion of a foreign nation which posed no direct threat, simply for economic or geopolitical reasons. " - ER - 10/22/2006 7:28:37 PM
        
        Lying or mistaken - TB - 10/23/2006 7:18:50 PM
        
        "if I ever find out he was lying, rather than just mistaken" - Lindy - 10/22/2006 11:37:01 PM
        
        We have no proof that's what happened... - ER - 10/23/2006 12:06:18 AM
        
        "That's exactly how these men think" - Lindy - 10/23/2006 12:43:09 AM
        
        Belief - Raoul - 10/22/2006 9:12:56 PM
        
        "After WW2 and the building of the EU, patriotism lost most of its appeal, over here." - TB - 10/23/2006 7:26:34 PM
        
        re: The claim of patriotism - Raoul - 10/23/2006 7:38:48 PM
        
        I can only guess... - FrankC - 10/23/2006 8:08:32 PM
        
        "There was once great patriotism for ones native State but the Civil War ended that for the most part." - REB - 10/23/2006 8:13:57 PM
        
        re: The claim of patriotism - TB - 10/23/2006 8:04:35 PM
        
        And that's the bottomline isn't it? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2006 11:39:20 PM
        
        C'est vrai (n/t) - ER - 10/22/2006 10:02:30 PM
- Loaded question. But yes. - TB - 10/22/2006 8:55:54 AM
  - re: What Saddam did in his country was NONE of any other country's business - Raoul - 10/22/2006 10:22:40 AM
    - re: What Saddam did in his country was NONE of any other country's business - REB - 10/23/2006 7:56:15 PM
    - Perhaps you can find this movie in your country? - Lindy - 10/23/2006 12:40:56 AM
      - TV Coverage in your country - Lindy - 10/23/2006 1:07:37 AM
        
        re: Thanks Lindy...but I don't have BeTV; I'll wait for another opportunity (n/t) - Raoul - 10/23/2006 5:35:33 AM

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