Other than the European theatre of World War II, can you name any MAJOR examples

[Ken Burch]

96. I don't have to prove my love of the country to you.

If you live in this country, that is a sign, in and of itself, that you love the place. And what I say, even critically, is said out of love...it is love of country to speak honestly about what the leaders of the country do.

And being critical of the direction of this country isn't "hostile"-it's not an attack on you, since you have little or no say(like the rest of us)as to that direction. I have no negative feelings about you, or any feelings about you, other than that you personalize the debate when it should never BE personalized.

And you're not obligated to say a certain amount of "positive" things to get the privilege of speaking honestly.

I'll say some positive things about the country right now, to put that to rest(though you can probably find many such things in my posts if you research them).

It's positive that the LGBT rights movement seems to be winning. It's positive that Obama was re-elected. It's positive that we aren't in a shooting war with Iran(at least not yet). That's for a start.

And for the record, I'm in a job where I can't actually run for office, at least until I retire, so don't keep throwing that one out at me. There are other ways to speak out without being a candidate for something...especially since, as a candidate, you're usually given the instruction to say as little as possible about anything.

We could have the foreign policy of Sweden or Canada...that would give us as much if not more influence in the world, without being seen as would-be Romans.