I recalled the essence and was gonna rummage about for that delicious passage - must be from ~same time as the War Prayer zingers?
(Nobody reads that one anymore, either - it has just Too Much TRUTHINESS)

Then I thought ... Nahhhh.. pissin in the wind.

Just as.. "10 Christians == 10 Religions", where every single one has her Very-Own selection of the parts s/he Likes, (omitting the ugly Nasty-stuff that turns stomachs..) all censored from the Big Manual: it's ditto for patriotism, devalued now ~~ same way as Billy killed -off innovation, for at least a generation.

No listener can have the foggiest! about what memes are circulating in the sera of the user who hurls this shibboleth (any more than ya can ever get a 'Conservative' to hint roughly about W.T.F. s/he. wants. to. 'conserve'. Or to name the topics in the Bill of Rights.) Never mind that recent Ten-Commandments-All-Over yahoo - who could't quote One..)


I say - screw it.
(The dead-word -and- any pointless search for its arbitrary "Meaning"; this especially, as one reviews the actions of those who Use It A Lot?)
Like My Gramma.


I, Species-patriot