{"id":258,"date":"2001-11-14T10:11:26","date_gmt":"2001-11-15T02:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=258"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:48:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:48:23","slug":"pro-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/14\/pro-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16751,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.sfgate.com\\\/cgi-bin\\\/article.cgi?file=%2Fgate%2Farchive%2F2001%2F10%2F19%2Fnotes101901.DTL&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.sfgate.com\\\/cgi-bin\\\/article.cgi?file=\\\/gate\\\/archive\\\/2001\\\/10\\\/19\\\/notes101901.DTL&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16752,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.killoggs.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260121092658\\\/http:\\\/\\\/killoggs.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 13:59:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 17:31:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 23:01:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 23:01:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16753,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.underachievers.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250925163548\\\/https:\\\/\\\/underachievers.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 13:59:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 17:31:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 23:01:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 23:01:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8148,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.wilwheaton.net&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260228111742\\\/https:\\\/\\\/wilwheaton.net\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 05:00:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 12:04:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 04:58:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 17:31:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 08:28:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 08:28:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13746,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B00003CXIP\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260312132610\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B00003CXIP\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B00003CXIP\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 17:31:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 23:01:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 23:01:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16319,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.startrek.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260314062324\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.startrek.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 15:45:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 12:22:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 17:31:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 15:15:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 15:15:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Pro-America does not mean pro-war. Or pro-Bush. Or anti-Afghanistan. Or pro-little-flags-on-SUV-antennas.<\/p>\n<p>  It means thinking independently and getting better informed and filtering your news very carefully and realizing that just because one version of the American aggro attitude is currently being ramrodded down society&#8217;s throat doesn&#8217;t mean you have to swallow.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; Mark Morford<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, this quote comes originally from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=%2Fgate%2Farchive%2F2001%2F10%2F19%2Fnotes101901.DTL\" title=\"SFGate: Evil Evildoers Of Evil - How to feel calmly patriotic and yet not the slightest bit reassured by Bush &amp; Co.\">this article<\/a> at the SF Gate. It was then quoted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.killoggs.com\/\" title=\"Killoggs\">Killoggs<\/a>, was then quoted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.underachievers.com\/\" title=\"Underachievers\">Underachievers<\/a>, after which it was quoted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/\" title=\"Wil Wheaton Dot Net\">Wil Wheaton<\/a> in his weblog, where I found it. And yes &#8212; the real Wil Wheaton. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00003CXIP\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Amazon: Stand By Me\">Stand By Me<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startrek.com\/\" title=\"Star Trek\">Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/a> Wil Wheaton. Who just happens to be one of the coolest and funniest guys I&#8217;ve read stuff from in a long time. Set aside a few hours, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/\" title=\"Wil Wheaton Dot Net\">poke around his website<\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s well worth the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-America does not mean pro-war. Or pro-Bush. Or anti-Afghanistan. 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