MeyerBros

howard zinn wrote an article in the progressive yesterday calling for an end to nationalism. nationalism is harmless, he says, in a country without power. pride is fine untill you mix in a nuclear arsenal and potential for global domination.

the article gives some history of our nation’s conception of unique-god-chosen-ness - and it’s affect on “outsiders” - from Indians to Mexicans to Filipinos, Afghanies and Iraqis.

nothing new, really, but always worth noting and remembering.

since he throws in a bit about the flag - i’ll add a scott adams note on recent flag developments. ironic - the heavy government restrictions on it’s “symbol of freedom”.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 at 9:31 am by eric and is filed under bush, political, peace and justice, church and state. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.