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Happy Flag Day. Yes, that is the American Flag. Cira 1777. When the Original Flag Day was established.
Now you got this:
Or My Personal Favorite.. This
But I digress.
Patriotism: (As per Wikipedia):Patriotism or national pride is the ideology of love and devotion to a homeland, and a sense of alliance with other citizens who share the same values. This attachment can be a combination of many different features relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or historical aspects. It encompasses a set of concepts closely related to those of nationalism
Patriotic:
: inspired by patriotism stirring patriotic songs
patriotic organizations
patriotic feelings
2 : befitting or characteristic of a patriot
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Back in 1931 a gentleman by the name of James Hartzell (wikipedia) came up with a slogan:
"Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet"
But are these 4 REALLY American
Baseball: (origins)
The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century. Baseball and the other modern bat, ball and running games, cricket and rounders, were developed from folk games in early Britain and Continental Europe (such as France and Germany). Early forms of baseball had a number of names, including "base ball", "goal ball", "round ball", "fetch-catch", "stool ball", and, simply, "base". In at least one version of the game, teams pitched to themselves, runners went around the bases in the opposite direction of today's game, and players could be put out by being hit with the ball. Just as now, in some versions a batter was called out after three strikes
Hot Dog: (origins)
The word "frankfurter" comes from Frankfurt, Germany, where pork sausages similar to hot dogs originated.[9] These sausages, Frankfurter Würstchen, were known since the 13th century and given to the people on the event of imperial coronations, starting with the coronation of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor as King. "Wiener" refers to Vienna, Austria, whose German name is "Wien", home to a sausage made of a mixture of pork and beef
Apple Pie: (Orgins)
Apple pie was brought to the colonies by the British, Dutch, and Swedes during the 17th and 18th centuries. The apple pie had to wait for the planting of European varieties, brought across the Atlantic, to become fruit-bearing apple trees, to be selected for their cooking qualities as there were no native apples except crabapples, which yield very small and sour fruit.] In the meantime, the colonists were more likely to make their pies, or "pasties", from meat, calling them coffins (meaning basket] rather than fruit; and the main use for apples, once they were available, was in cider. However, there are American apple pie recipes, both manuscript and printed, from the 18th century, and it has since become a very popular dessert. Apple varieties are usually propagated by grafting, as clones, but in the New World, planting from seeds was more popular, which quickly led to the development of hundreds of new native varieties
Chevy:
On November 3, 1911, Swiss race car driver and automotive engineer Louis Chevrolet co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Company in Detroit with William C. Durant and investment partners William Little (maker of the Little automobile), former Buick owner James H. Whiting, Dr. Edwin R. Campbell (son-in-law of Durant) and in 1912 R. S. McLaughlin CEO of General Motors in Canada. BUT THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS WAS IN FLINT.
We tout, "MAKE IN AMERICA"
An American Flag.. Made in China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon%27s_1972_visit_to_China
Improved relations with the Soviet Union and the PRC are often cited as the most successful diplomatic achievements of Nixon's presidency.
After World War II, Americans saw relations between the United States and the Soviet Union deteriorating, the Soviets consolidating communist allies over much of Eastern Europe, and the potential victory of Communist forces in the Chinese Civil War. The American ruling class was concerned that communists might dominate schools or labor unions
In China, from the beginning of the Sino-Soviet Split in 1956, there was a perceived necessity for external allies to counterbalance the power of the USSR. While the split was originally motivated, in part, by Mao's view of the Soviets as too accommodating toward the USA, eventually he came to view the USSR as the greater threat to China's position.
So upon close examination, we did trade with China and imposed higher tariffs on them.
Which goes to beg the question. Are we patriotic to buy American. and with the Patriotism inside us know that we need to buy American, to show that we ARE American...
BUT...
WHO REALLY BUILT AMERICA AND ARE THEY AMERICANS ?
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