{"id":239,"date":"2008-06-20T14:18:30","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/?p=239"},"modified":"2008-06-20T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T19:18:30","slug":"a-new-but-old-brand-of-patriotism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/20\/a-new-but-old-brand-of-patriotism\/","title":{"rendered":"A New, But Old, Brand of Patriotism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lynne Keisling at Knowledge Problem<\/a> pointed to an article<\/a> in The New York Times<\/em> that reported that the $4 plus gas has led to a move from gas guzzling SUVs to fuel efficient compact cars.\u00a0 While I am happy that consumers are going green, I think it’s sad that it had to take high gas prices to convince them.\u00a0 Wasn’t it enough to know that they were wasting precious resources?\u00a0 Were they really so self-centered that until it was about them and their wallet, they couldn’t understand why someone might choose to drive a smaller car?<\/p>\n

We need a new brand of patriotism in this country, one with its roots in World War II, the kind of patriotism that encourages people to give to the community all the time, not just when it is in their economic interests.\u00a0 Rather than quibbling over lapel pins, let’s really be patriotic.\u00a0 For a start, encourage people to both buy fuel efficient cars AND drive less.\u00a0 Maybe give employers who implement tele-commuting a tax break.\u00a0 Gas rationing during WW II was seen as a patriotic thing to do; let’s bring back that sense of pride.\u00a0 Second, how about getting people to grow victory gardens<\/a> again?\u00a0 With the price of food rising and the scare over salmonella, having people grow some of their own fruits and vegetables would certainly be a patriotic thing to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lynne Keisling at Knowledge Problem pointed to an article in The New York Times that reported that the $4 plus gas has led to a move from gas guzzling SUVs to fuel efficient compact cars.\u00a0 While I am happy that consumers are going green, I think it’s sad that it \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[22,15,21],"tags":[31,29,30],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31UVs-3R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplykaren.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}