[risk]

The fact that I defend America while remaining wary of the folks in our government still makes me, in their eyes, a "unthinking flag-waver".

Recognizing the requirement that the most powerful human organization on earth requires strict civic restraints makes you a patriot of the first order. Our founding fathers would welcome you into their midst and thank you for upholding their ideals to people from so many places, as well.

[Joe Brower]

Gosh, risk, thanks. That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all week. $;-)

Honestly, these goobers cannot mentally seperate the two ideas. As I remind them, such a black-and-white worldview is the earmark of the fanatic...