[Jim Noble]

Believe it or not, many Americans actually seethe in simmering rage at the sight of overt flag displays. It offends their personal politics, as if it were a direct insult. And don't you DARE call these flag haters unpatriotic! They see themselves as merely exercising their constitutional right to criticize the White House. They are progressive. To them, blind patriotism is worse than socialism. Truth is, the two sides of this cultural struggle are heading in opposite directions.

It's coming to a fight-maybe sooner than later.

The good news is that history shows us that while many are willing to kill for socialism, few are willing to die for it.

Keep your powder dry.

[risk]

In one way I fear immediate threats of violence much less than the "village" incrementalism that will continue unabated with a Kerry administration. I worry far more about the division sewed in this land by power-hungry Fabians than I fear al Qaeda's access to WMD, because one leads to the other. If we were unified, the world would respect us. As we aren't, they think we're weak. Proliferation is encouraged by this very fact. We could agree to disagree about many things, but public expression of emnity to the degree heard at the Democratic convention and much worse beforehand is a serious danger to us all.

[Travis McGee]

I think the anger on the left is so intense, and their detachment from reality so wide, that in the event of a Bush victory they will claim cheating, and move to violence.