Keeferman Once Again Shoulders the Burden of Defense Against the Dark Arts
Unfortunately there are alotta people out there who've heard someone talking about something somewhere and then passed it along sometime later without giving it the cautious skepticism that "bold and fresh" statements require. There're buzzwords in that hearsay -and I daresay we've heard them all. I presume you yourself are smart enough not to believe the hype, but alotta your teabagging friends might not be. It is because of Them that I'm reminded of the following quip: "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Atlas Shrugged'. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
Our pseudo-intellectual friends (the ones who quote Ayn Rand or refer to Objectivism) are trying to lead us astray. They haVe to trick us into a number of false assumptions in order to then make their sweeping final point. The false assumptions include: "charity is for suckers", "government regulation is communism", and (most insidiously) "America is a nation of quitters".
Anyone who tells you America is a nation of quitters is probably not a sports fan and is probably not very patriotic either. Most of us know better than that. Americans aren't quitters, patriotism is a team sport, and talk is cheap.
The real world requires a government, a responsible populace, and balls. i prefer baseballs, but footballs are mighty fine too. If you hear any of your intellectually lazy friends sounding unpatriotic (or unsportsmanlike), you might direct them to any/all of the following reading material for a refresher course on What It Is to Persevere for No Other Reason Than It's the Right Thing to Do.
"The American Crisis" by Thomas Paine
"A Patriot's Handbook" by Caroline Kennedy
"The Bible"/"The Koran" by some old old dudes
"Invincible" by Vince Papale
"The Natural" By Bernard Malamud (of course this movie's based on a real life story too)
This though, is what happens when you hand beatmachines and microphones to overreaching Ivy Leaguers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkeZ2P4SiY8