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`(b) PROCLAMATION- The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation calling on-- `(1) State and local governments and the people of the United States to observe Patriot Day with appropriate programs and activities; `(2) all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States and interested organizations and individuals to display the flag of the United States at halfstaff on Patriot Day in honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001; and `(3) the people of the United States to observe a moment of silence on Patriot Day in honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001.'. Hm. |
Yes, they take their Patriots Day seriously in Concord. On Patriots Day, troops of Minutemen assemble at dawn in Concord and surrounding towns to recreate the "line of march" to the Old North Bridge, Emerson's "rude bridge," where they face off in a gunbattle with a troop of Redcoats. |
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I don't know whether that makes me want to laugh or cry. |
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out of hand..... |
You betcha. |
day at Econofoods, every teusday. those were the good ol' days. In relation to this, I'm almost done reading Ted Rall's "To Afghanistan and Back" which is an account of his experience as a journalist in Afghanistan last winter. Eye-opening to say the least, and if we were real patriots, it would be required reading. It certainly demonstrated to me how supremely fucked up everything is that is connected to September 11, from falling towers in NYC to carpet bombing Afghan towns, to charging $1 an egg in a country where the monthly wage is a $1.40. |
Heck, I'll bet most of us will wake up on that morning and think for a moment for years to come, myself included. This country spends a lot of time making pointless legislature, like sending 90th birthday greetings to Ronald Reagen (search the Thomas site if you don't believe me). We already have Memorial Day, Veterans Day, etc...do we really need yet another excuse not to deliver the mail? |
i do it my way. to think i do it any less than you is bullshit. (i know you like to perceive me as unpatriotic.) this is simply bait for the monkeys. like you. eat it up. If we do get it, and the subsequent day off, you can bet i'll be spending it relaxing like a motherfucker. |
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