Debbie Schluessel joins me at 10:30am PT to discuss her blog post about “the proposed elimination of ‘America’ and ‘North American’ from Michigan public school curriculum (as detailed by Judge Michael Warren), a trend that is occurring nationwide.”
And why is this happening? Think about it–one of the goals of the Mexican Reconquistas is to obliterate the borders, eliminating U.S. sovereignty. One of the ways to help accomplish that is to change the language and eliminate words that infer any sort of nationalism or border framework. To argue that Mexico is also “America” rhetorically erases the border between the two countries.
Simply, this is obscene and unacceptable.
Tammy, I thought you were going to post the picture of the sweet pup saved from the jaws of the alligator!? I’ve been waiting. Hope you can put it up. Best to you.
The term “American”, was coined to refer to Euorpeans born in the New England colonies. Today, that term refers to United States citizens.
Trying to forget the origans of the term allows people to deny the very existance of an American culture or ethnicity.
When people want to do this to our children is to deny them their culture and pride in their identity. Do not believe for a second that the left does not have this goal as a primary objective.
Its time to see if the ghosts of Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott are still around.
Tammy,
I had this discussion a few years ago with a Canadian who kept telling me that he was an American, too.
I said, “Oh Really?! If you’re on an airliner that gets hijacked, and the hijackers demand that all Americans identify themselves, are you going to raise your hand?”
Shut HIM up.
Bill
Hey, did everybody hear it today when Tammy announced she was contemplating a new lifestyle? She said she was going to become a nudist! That’ll be something!
Oops, my mistake. I guess Tammy said she was thinking about becoming a Buddhist, not a nudist. Sorry!
But seriously, I dunno about that Buddhism thing. The issue I have with Buddhism (and please someone correct me if I’m misrepresenting the philosophy; I admit I know relatively little) is the goal of emotional transcendence. That is, the ultimate Buddhist is expected to accept the nature of the world, warts and all. If your brother dies, then you don’t get sad, but you acknowledge the ebb and tide of life. I understand that there may be some utility and even grace in this; we’re all stuck with a lot of awful stuff that we can’t do anything about, so maybe the wise path is acceptance. And it perhaps echoes against the Christian “ashes to ashes, dust to dust” lament. On the other hand, I think it’s part of our culture to get upset when bad stuff happens. We’ve got to get angry with the nasty stuff, so that we may fight it. This applies to all of our battles, be they against the Nazis or Polio virus. We are not a placid people, and I do not think the God of the Christians and Jews meant us to be. And Buddhism is especially not on the path of the woman whose professional job is to have her head explode in public.
Horse you made me laugh!
I nicknamed one of my cats “Budda Belly.”
I was also struck by your comment “we are not a placid people.” It reminded me of my favorite passage from “Great Lion of God” by Taylor Caldwell. It’s a historical novel about Paul. This is Stephen speaking to Joseph of Arimathaea (it’s one of my favorites):
“What He (Christ) has spoken of among us is not womanish nor resigned nor meek nor flaccid. It is a call to battle, as the prophets called, and Moses. Our faith is not a faith for the eccentric and timorous and unthinking and placid and shy. It is muscular and powerful; it calls for banners and trumpets and drums and battlements and all the strength a man can give it, and not soft words and hesitant manners and mild preachments. It is strong drink, not milk. While it is tender and merciful toward the weak and the unsheltered lambs and ewes, and for those oppressed by man and hopeless, it demands that even those must gird up their loins after their wounds are healed and stand fearlessly before enemies and lies and Godlessness. It demands and ‘Aye!’ to the face of God, regardless of persecution or death or exile, and a joyful noise before the Lord.”
I’m all for “the way”.