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1st December 2007

This is Not My Country: Last one of the Year

December 1, 2007: No, this is not the Christmas edition. There won’t be a Christmas edition. This is ‘Hell’s Handmaiden’ not ‘Celebrating Jesus’ Birthday on the Wrong Day’. It is a large edition, though, and it is full of Christmas Cheer. And on that note…

Annual Rerun: Why We Skip The Holidays Altogether from Wenchypoo at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.

From Scholars & Rogues, Real heroes refuse to shut up and sing. Amen. I’ve had this fight myself, but it is a good one. There really is nothing more un-American than ‘America: Love it of Leave it’.

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1st November 2007

Not My Country. Not My Country. Not My Country.

It used to be my country. At least, I used to think that it was country. As a child I had fantasies about honor, and freedom, and dignity. I imagined that the country in general respected freedom and human rights. I was always kinda proud that my dad fought at Iwa Jima, and elsewhere in the Pacific, to preserve those things. I think maybe I was wrong.

I’m kicking off the carnival with a few posts that really catch the spirit of the thing. These are what I imagine the carnival the be. The get a privileged position.

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1st October 2007

this is not my country - October 1, 2007

Welcome to the September 1, 2007 edition of the “this is not my country” carnival.

War:

Ian Welsh, of The Agonist, asks Is the US Determined to Have War With Iran?. “It would be military and economic insanity, but, after all, we are talking about the administration that brought us Iraq, messed up Katrina, and tortures people for no particularly good reason.”

The War at Home:

Blue Dog presents Will China Show the Department of Homeland Security the Way? posted at Blue Dog Thoughts. “Look at the increase of federally funded videotaping and other forms of monitoring by the US government.”

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31st August 2007

This I Not My Country: September

Submissions for this carnival were near overwhelming– definitely not a bad thing. Strangely enough, most of them were relevant as well, which is a bit of a miracle. Thank you all for submitting. Largely due to the volume of submissions, I’ve adopted a very streamlined presentation this go-round and I’ve resisted the urge to comment on individual posts. I’ve also resisted the urge the flag my favorites.

Enjoy.

The State of the Nation:

David Hayes presents The Politics of Good Enough posted at Frozen Toothpaste.

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1st August 2007

August 1: This is not my country

Welcome to another fine edition of this is not my country. A lot of people seem to be unhappy with the state of the nation, though not always for the same reasons.

Terrorism:

Jon Swift presents Do We Need Another Terrorist Attack? posted at Jon Swift, saying, “many conservatives are coming to the reluctant conclusion that, regretfully, another terrorist attack may be just what we need right now to wake the country up.”

Healthcare:

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