What is Patriotism - “Blind, unceasing, narcissistic pride.”

Muppet Patriotism - Nothing blind or narcissistic here.

Speechwriter leaves out rather important part of Jefferson quote - You’ve probably seen this already, as it was getting passed around quite a bit over the weekend. Still, can you imagine an elected official today uttering the phrase “monkish ignorance and superstition?” No, I can’t either.

Nacheezmo - Wow, this stuff does not look like it would qualify as a health food. But I bet it’s tasty.

And speaking of food…

18 Course Meal and the Global Food Crisis - That pretty much says it all.

And finally, not from a blog, but from my random YouTube searching…

Oh Canada - Let’s face it, the American national anthem is a total piece of crap. Our neighbors to the north, though, have what is arguably the best national anthem ever written. I guess that’s a yin and yang kind of thing for our continent. Anyway, in honor of the recently passed Canada Day, I give you this. Take a full orchestral arrangement of an already good song, throw in some African drumming(?), add some brilliant editing of majestic images of animals, vistas and people, and you get this video clip which makes me want to move to Canada right now.