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 > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB > ************************* > You may browse our books at: > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > -----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> > > > > -- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. http://bscottholmes.com