A new American patriotism?
I recently was walking along 4th Avenue in Brooklyn when I saw this graffiti on the plywood of a vacant storefront: "OBAMA: SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED." Just to the left, in the same white paint, was written, "God Bless America." I grew up just outside New York and can’t remember seeing a lot of stuff like ...
I recently was walking along 4th Avenue in Brooklyn when I saw this graffiti on the plywood of a vacant storefront: "OBAMA: SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED." Just to the left, in the same white paint, was written, "God Bless America." I grew up just outside New York and can't remember seeing a lot of stuff like that there in the '60s and '70s. It felt good.
I recently was walking along 4th Avenue in Brooklyn when I saw this graffiti on the plywood of a vacant storefront: "OBAMA: SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED." Just to the left, in the same white paint, was written, "God Bless America." I grew up just outside New York and can’t remember seeing a lot of stuff like that there in the ’60s and ’70s. It felt good.
On the downside, I have been worried by the tone of the some of the right-wing e-mail I get that raise the possibility of violently opposing the new administration. For example, "We are resisting, come join us. … It is so far peaceful, and hope it stays that way. … [But] We shall not peacefully give up our guns."
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