"It is a curious fact of history that the home of liberty, has always been found in the mountains. The rising words 'Make way for Liberty!' could never have been spoken if it were not for a mountain pass." -W.G. Steele
@shagbark_hick Might be moving to eastern oregon. Total emptiness. County seat is 400 people. Big mountains, big sky. It's gods country. I'm lucky to have been born and lived my whole life here in Oregon
@_CoryBowen I decided to name myself Donald Trump, but people don't seem to take my presidency seriously. They must know I am the president, but they don't want to admit it
@lackofanoun@RepLaLota And the protestant cross doesn't?! The cross as a symbol is less specific than a crucifix. And it doesn't matter if some catholics don't want it the whole point is to give Catholics the damn choice you moron.
@pnwguerrilla It's pretty straightforward: the Gregorian calendar is far more accurate to the earths orbit. The orbit is what makes a year a year. A year on earth has nothing to do with the moon
I think this is the thrust of it all for me.
I just very firmly believe that you don't turn your back on where you're from. If it's dying or blighted in some way, you try to fix it. Only after you've tried fixing it does leaving make sense.
Even then, even if you do find that you've got to leave for elsewhere, always speak well of where you came from. I instinctively distrust those who heap scorn upon their own place of origin.
And -- remember that it's all America. Includes tough ghettos in Chicago and Baltimore, trailer parks in WV and NE, little ghost towns in ND, depressed paper mill towns in Maine, Lower Manhattan, LA, Nantucket, whatever. From Sea to Shining Sea, I love it and defend all those who try to make it great.
It's all America, and if you're a patriot you should naturally want to see every inch of this land thrive, and should naturally show respect to anyone who tries his damnedest to make his own home town or home state better.
I remain deeply skeptical of those self-styled "patriots" who speak otherwise.