Don’t forget the national holiday

Happy Patriot Day!

“… whether it is a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship … the people can always be brought to do the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.” - Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials

“Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel.” - Mark Twain

And, for a special red, white and blue treat, here are some of my favorite patriotic art pieces:

This entry was written by JB, posted on September 11, 2005 at 12:00 am, filed under Blog Posts and tagged , .

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9 Comments

  1. JasonB
    Posted September 11, 2005 at 7:50 am | Permalink

    I love that artwork too.

    One of my favorite’s still: http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~klarola/revisions/spring02/flag.gif

  2. Nate
    Posted September 11, 2005 at 8:44 am | Permalink

    Yesterday was Software Freedom Day. http://softwarefreedomday.org/

  3. Nate
    Posted September 11, 2005 at 8:46 am | Permalink

    I guess that’s not a national holiday though.

  4. Nick
    Posted September 11, 2005 at 1:40 pm | Permalink

    After reading the Patriot Day article I am relieved to know that I took part in the moment of silence that took place at 5:46. Hopefully I wasn’t snoring.

  5. JB
    Posted September 11, 2005 at 2:15 pm | Permalink

    I wish I knew about Software Freedom Day ahead of time. That’s the kind of holiday that should be celebrated.

  6. nstryker
    Posted September 11, 2005 at 11:29 pm | Permalink

    …99% of all test subjects accepted the program,
    as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. …those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would
    constitute an escalating probablility of disaster.

    -the architect.

    when you fight the system, the system remains unthreatened.

  7. michel
    Posted September 12, 2005 at 9:34 am | Permalink

    Dang.

  8. JB
    Posted September 12, 2005 at 1:23 pm | Permalink

    I knew there was some redeeming value to the Matrix sequels, I just forgot what it was for a while, since overall they were so crappy.

  9. nstryker
    Posted September 12, 2005 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

    i could write a book on the architect’s monologue. it’s probably the greatest bit of dialog writen in the past twenty years of american cinema. although silent bob’s speech in chasing amy is pretty great too.

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