the other end of the line

[goblinmouse]

For a few weeks now I've been making phone calls for MoveOn.org, calling progressive voters across the country who vote infrequently and basically encouraging them to vote on Tuesday. There are ups and downs to it. Some people hate being called, of course. And I can relate to it and feel weird about doing it. But it's also known to be effective...

Comments

[parlyne]

Your mother's wrong about this one. True patriotism is the kind of quiet love that doesn't require any declaration, but lets your actions speak for it. It's voting in every election. It's standing up and speaking out about what we're doing wrong as well as right. It's working to keep from wasting the lives of our servicemen and women on wars we shouldn't be fighting. It's holding out a hand to people affected or displaced by natural disaster. And, most of all, it's protecting the fundamental principles this country was founded on - the one's enumerated in the bill of rights and the declaration of independence.

I agree. We can't let the conservatives own so fundamental a word. Whose idea was it that only the reactionary can love their country?