Comments on: Every Day is the 4th of July http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/07/03/every-day-is-the-4th-of-july/ Just another Tucson Citizen weblog Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:12:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: united states pass port http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/07/03/every-day-is-the-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-786 united states pass port Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:12:32 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/?p=23#comment-786 <strong>united states pass port...</strong> Be sure to read Webmaster Book ( http://www.webmasterbook.net/ ) before writing your own comments!... united states pass port…

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]]> By: Mike Brewer http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/07/03/every-day-is-the-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Mike Brewer Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:27:03 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/?p=23#comment-241 For eons folks  have departed  each other company on this wonderful holiday with the salutation,  Happy Fourth!  Last night just before completing my shift as a Conductor on the Old Pueblo Trolley, a rider stepped off the Trolley and turned and said "enjoy your independence." I like that.  It is full of daily gratitude, which really supplants patriotism, and a reminder of the core meaning. Gratitude and loyalty are my ballyhoo for this weekend.  Semper Fi.  Mike/USMC   For eons folks  have departed  each other company on this wonderful holiday with the salutation,  Happy Fourth!  Last night just before completing my shift as a Conductor on the Old Pueblo Trolley, a rider stepped off the Trolley and turned and said “enjoy your independence.” I like that.  It is full of daily gratitude, which really supplants patriotism, and a reminder of the core meaning.
Gratitude and loyalty are my ballyhoo for this weekend.  Semper Fi.  Mike/USMC
 

]]> By: blogbits http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/07/03/every-day-is-the-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-239 blogbits Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:59:20 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/?p=23#comment-239 I agree nationalism is a dogma all its own, but love of country, and equal rights, should extend to all the people who make up this country. Our diversity of thought, culture, ideas and all the rest of it is what has allowed us to become who we are. I agree nationalism is a dogma all its own, but love of country, and equal rights, should extend to all the people who make up this country. Our diversity of thought, culture, ideas and all the rest of it is what has allowed us to become who we are.

]]> By: leftfield http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/07/03/every-day-is-the-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-238 leftfield Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:20:01 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/?p=23#comment-238 Yes, American independence as a nation has been very, very good to many of us.  Some continue to struggle for what should have been guaranteed them long ago; the LGBT community, for example.  Let's celebrate independence and love of country, but not patriotism.  Whenever patriotism swells in this country it leads to nationalism.  And then people start dying. Yes, American independence as a nation has been very, very good to many of us.  Some continue to struggle for what should have been guaranteed them long ago; the LGBT community, for example. 

Let’s celebrate independence and love of country, but not patriotism.  Whenever patriotism swells in this country it leads to nationalism.  And then people start dying.

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