Take a look at this picture I saw on Facebook yesterday. Let me describe it to you. This self-proclaimed patriot, Dave Southern, ostensibly says he takes issue with flag burning. He’s crouching in front of an American flag, an AR-15 cradled in his lap. He’s wearing a tactical vest, sunglasses, a baseball cap, and appears to […]
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What a Binary Biker is Not
April 23, 2012 
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I was riding through Ormond Beach, Florida yesterday when a fellow biker pulled up next to me and asked for directions to St. Augustine. Of course I assisted, but as he rode away I noticed the stickers on his helmet and his saddle bags. His helmet had a picture of a hand giving the finger, […]
Continue reading The Terrorists Have Won
September 12, 2011 2 Comments
I didn’t watch any of the memorial services yesterday. I didn’t tune into the radio and listen to the 9/11 commentary, ten years later. When I was on the elliptical machine at the gym last night, I kept my headphones in my MP3 player instead of watching the solemn and respectful services. I didn’t […]
Continue reading My Patriotism Isn’t Defined by a T-Shirt
June 25, 2011 2 Comments
…. or a bumper sticker. Or a coffee mug. Or a pen. Or any other article of clothing, business utensil, or chachkie. I noticed, shortly after 09/11, that more and more “patriotic” gear started turning up. It was everywhere I looked – and still is. It makes sense, right? America is coming together, despite our ideological […]
Continue readingBlind Patriotism Is Rampant
March 7, 2010 6 Comments
Patriotism is defined, by dictionary.com, as “devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.” That’s it; that’s all there is to the definition of patriotism. There is no sub-clause in that definition stating that a patriot must support the troops in the exact same fashion as the vocal majority or minority. There is […]
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The Binary Biker 