tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179849163470795736.post7873384407786520847..comments2023-05-04T04:00:28.239-07:00Comments on My Blog: U.S. Pride: Where has it gone?MAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09899777819104001151noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179849163470795736.post-69584179534270470292008-05-06T14:22:00.000-07:002008-05-06T14:22:00.000-07:00We do need to become better citizens; people care ...We do need to become better citizens; people care about themselves, but not the country as a whole. The original post described going to New York City and the site of 9/11. That experience galvanized us as a people against terrorism. For a while. But that situation has become complicated, since the terrorists who attacked us were in Afghanistan, and Iraq has drained our troops away from the fight there and the search for Osama Bin Laden. Recently, I was in New Orleans, the site of another attack, this by natural forces. Our fellow Americans' lives were devastated, still are devastated, by Katrina, and you would think that our pride as Americans would not allow us to sit by and let people be homeless because of a natural disaster that happened over two years ago. I hope that the next adminstration acts, puts our taxes and our National Guard to work in the right places, and gives us something to be proud about again. The rebirth of New Orleans, with jobs and houses, would give us all something to take pride in as Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179849163470795736.post-13180118063006752302008-04-23T08:37:00.000-07:002008-04-23T08:37:00.000-07:00i like where you're at because I am a huge patriot...i like where you're at because I am a huge patriot, and love no other country but america. You need to be a little more open-minded though because you are indeed blogging to a world-wide audience. I know I'm being hypocritical, but our upcoming final paper is about being a good writer, and being a good writer means you must be open-minded. You have nearly all the other assets a good writer must show in this paper but the fact of the open-mindedness. Of course you and I can have our beliefs that theres no other way than the US of A , but we are trying to be writers, so we have to be able to respect the views of others and be open-minded.Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11148558599547294269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179849163470795736.post-82295166810187189362008-04-01T21:25:00.000-07:002008-04-01T21:25:00.000-07:00I completely agree with you. 9/11 made us strong ...I completely agree with you. 9/11 made us strong as a people by uniting us with a tragedy. We were proud to be American, we had American flags on our cars, we had posters in our lawns. Our pride made us stronger as a people against the evils of terrorism. But now we are in a war and people are getting restless. I am not going to state my opinion on the war either, but because terrorism is gonna take more than a couple days to root out of the entire world, people are getting annoyed and forget the emotions felt that day. Where are our flags now? Where is the insane pride we felt for months about our country? The saddest thing about it all is that it takes a national tragedy to bring out these feelings. We're in a war right now and we need to still have these same feelings of pride. How can these soldiers feel good about fighting for us while we as Americans do not support them or this country fully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com