Tag: patriotism

  • The “Patriotic Pugnacity” Platform

    The most striking anomaly in the recent election, to my eyes, was the strong Red countermovement among Appalachians and Okies: These areas swung even harder right this year, while almost every other part of the country went left (excepting McCain’s home state). Steve Sailer (he of the quite convincing “affordable family formation” thesis), explains this…

  • I’m Patriotic: I Pay Taxes

    Don Pedro says it better than anyone else I’ve heard, with this woulda-coulda-said-it response for Biden: “Governor Palin, if paying taxes is not considered patriotic in your neighborhood, who is going to pay for the body armor that will protect your son in Iraq? Who is going to pay for the bailout you endorsed? If…