Hear Hear.....

On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 11:41 -0600, Kevin Mac Donnell wrote:
> Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country,
> under his 
> own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps multitudinous
> uniformed 
> assassins on hand at heavy expense to grab slices of other people's 
> countries, and keep them from grabbing slices of his. And in the
> intervals 
> between campaigns he washes the blood of his hands and works for
> "the 
> universal brotherhood of man"- with his mouth.
> - "The Lowest Animal"
> 
> ...the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to
> the 
> Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
> - "The Czar's Soliloquy"
> 
> We despise all reverences and all the objects of reverence which are
> outside 
> the pale of our own list of sacred things. And yet, with strange 
> inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile
> the 
> things which are holy to us.
> - Following the Equator
> 
> I snipped these from Barb Schmidt's Twainquotes.com, and offer them
> without 
> further comment.
> 
> Kevin
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> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Warren Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 10:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Boycott by International scholars???
> 
> If people outside our country want a say in how we do things, they
> have a
> simple solution: Become an American citizen. Until/unless they do
> that,
> their opinions about America and/or about how we do things and/or
> what we
> do don't a damned thing to me. . .or, I'd bet, to any American who
> can
> think half-way logically. I suspect that what I'm saying here will
> offend
> any number of Hard-Left colleagues in this Forum. For the record, I
> didn't
> vote for Trump. I wouldn't be caught dead voting for Trump. But, like
> it or
> not, he's the POTUS now, and everyone wetting their pants and
> throwing
> hissy-fits just needs to grow up and get over it.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Folks, I thought some of you might like to see this, especially as
> > the
> > deadline for August's MT conference in Elmira looms.
> > 
> > Personally I would strongly encourage our beloved overseas scholars
> > to
> > submit and to come to Elmira in August.  I can tell you that for
> > me, 
> > having
> > our wonderful overseas guests come and participate means a lot, and
> > is
> > always one of the highlights of the conference.  The
> > "International" part
> > of the conference title is important to us all.  PLEASE COME, and
> > fear
> > not:
> > 
> > https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/31/protest-
> > trump-entry-ban-some-scholars-are-boycotting-us-based-
> > conferences?goal=0_1fcbc04421-0f5839dc04-197446313&mc_cid=
> > 0f5839dc04&mc_eid=58f0af41d7
> > 
> > We all can see these are strange times in America;  but PLEASE
> > COME, and
> > fear not:
> > 
> > -hb
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Prof. Harold K. Bush
> > Professor of English
> > 3800 Lindell
> > Saint Louis University
> > St. Louis, MO  63108
> > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
> > 
> 
> 
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