  This article has been created largely because I have an insatiable urge to write something under this name.
I'm actually wondering about American Patriotism - It seems to me that all Americans, other than the hippies and flagburners, are fierce patriots - this opinion rises from having watched American documentaries and Sitcoms. I don't watch many sitcoms - in fact, I spend all my time reading and writing these articles, but from what I have watched I already know the pledge of alliegence off by heart.
I'm now starting to wonder if this widespread Anti-Americanism, along with the views that are presented to us on the Americans are stage-managed views impressed upon us by the mass media. This is the point at which I realise the extent of control the mass media has over our lives. Consider, if the mass media suddenly decides to portray the italians as the bad guys, they could start a war. Clever use of language could achieve what took thousands of lives to do 60 years ago - conquer a country (This is with one exception, and that is the conquest of france. Let's face it, the french army couldn't beat a girl's hockey team, for all they have a good resistance movement).
It's incredible, the extent to which media controls our lives. Of course, this could all be a load of dog's bollox, and Americans could really be simple, patriotic lunatics, or it could be a fiendish ploy by the media to impersonate me and fool you into thinking it's trying to fool you into thinking it's trying to change your alliegences, and to confuse you to throw off your suspicions... 
