Tag: Patriotism
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Now, This is Satire!
Satire has to have an element of truth to it, I told a friend a couple of days ago in my argument with people over why the New Yorker magazine cover did not work as satire. I found this piece at Huffingtonpost.com talking about the same subject and using a political cartoon trying to puncture…
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Eloquence in service of ideals
Obama’s Speech in Independence, Mo. Transcript The following is a transcript of Senator Barack Obama’s speech about patriotism in Independence, Mo., as provided by CQ Transcriptions. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA: Thank you so much. Well, it is good to be in Independence, Missouri. And I want to begin by expressing my deep gratitude to Vince Gunther…