61% of Americans don't know words to National Anthem?

There's a prime example of the hatefulness--the most egregious and insulting straw man you could erect. I don't care if you do or don't consider that i have adequately explained myself--the hateful remarks and innuendo are plain for all to see.

Could I trouble you to point out which particular remark of mine you have concluded is "hateful." Is it the one where I ask whether liberals think patriotism is a good thing? It's a legitimate question .... just look at the liberal responses on this thread before my first post: D'artagnan thinks flag etiquette is not important; Letty seems to think the National Anthem is a good poem, nothing more; Montana thinks patriotism is overrated; Cyclops threw in a comment he obviously intended to be disparaging toward the national anthem.

I don't understand Conservatives.

They Violate the Constitution using war as a shield.

They constantly attack the First Amendment and other Constitutional protections. Ignoring the very things that make our nation great.

They insist that Christianity is the "religion of the nation" in spite of direct constitutional and historical facts to the contrary.

They regret the civil rights for which Americans fought so hard .

They attack dissent as "un-patriotic" when, since the beginning of our nation Americans recognized the importance of, and protect the rights of dissenters.

You want to make the flag a meaningless symbol by attacking all that it stands for... then you want to bludgeon people into making sure they curtsy correctly when it passes by.

Liberals are far more patriotic than conservatives because we fight for what our flag and our nation truly stand for-- liberty and justice for all.

Conservatives are all about style with no substance.

Like Orwellian pigs, they are trying to make the United States just like the Authoritarian nations they claim to be opposing.

I challenge. Please provide a shred or two of support for your enumerated assertions, because I doubt their veracity.

Because you leftists think it's patriotic to want the US to lose the war in Iraq .. you obviously can't be trusted to determine who is patriotic for yourselves.

Probably because Tico is so obviously correct in his, and my, opinion.

Have you listened to Air America? These people are so out of it they can't even get a full station of real talk show hosts, they have to get musicians, actors and comedians to headline their main shows. These are people who get paid millions of dollars a year to lie for a living. They are in the perfect medium for it when it comes to liberal talk radio. You should really listen to it some time, it really makes me laugh.

I tried to call into the Randi Rhodes show and she cut me off and hung up on me when I made a point she didn't agree with. The other half of her show when she isn't talking over people she doesn't agree with is letting people kiss her butt.

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED APRIL 27, 2005 09:01:25 ET XXXXX

AIR AMERICA RADIO INVESTIGATED AFTER BUSH 'GUNSHOTS'

**Exclusive**

The red-hot rhetoric over Social Security on liberal talkradio network AIR AMERICA has caught the attention of the Secret Service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Government officials are reviewing a skit which aired on the network Monday evening -- a skit featuring an apparent gunshot warning to the president!

The announcer: "A spoiled child is telling us our Social Security isn't safe anymore, so he is going to fix it for us. Well, here's your answer, you ungrateful whelp: [audio sound of 4 gunshots being fired.] Just try it, you little bastard. [audio of gun being cocked]."

The audio production at the center of the controversy aired during opening minutes of The Randi Rhodes Show.

"What is with all the killing?" Rhodes said, laughing, after the clip aired.

"Even joking about shooting the president is a crime, let alone doing it on national radio... we are taking this very seriously," a government source explained.

[A Randi Rhodes Fan site is offering an mp3 clip of the broadcast.]