Where does your first loyalty lie?

[leftofthedial]

After family and whatnot . . .

The United States of America

Israel

or

Planet Earth

[MonkeyFunk]

1. Bored?

[leftofthedial]

2. curious

[mike_c]

3. Earth First!....

Hmmm, that looks like a catchy name for a conservation organization. Oh, wait....

Seriously, until people begin to think globally we will be unable to solve many of today's global problems.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. The Constitution and its Amendments of the United States

[GodlessBiker]

5. Why isn't Sweden a choice?

[leftofthedial]

10. It would be if we had invaded, say, Finland.

[liberal N proud]

6. Famous Zogby questions

Planet Earth

[Donnachaidh]

7. Earth n/t

[Bright Eyes]

8. Earth

[jmg257]

9. U.S. of A.

[Orrex]

11. Define "whatnot"

?

[leftofthedial]

13. you know, other essential things that are central to your life

like American Idol or football or cheese grits


oh, or gawdjeezis or baal or whatever

[Orrex]

17. Oh. In that case

My serious answer is that (after the whatnot) I'm loyal to the individual over governments or corporations.

[wuushew]

12. Earth

n/t

[hwmnbn]

14. my conscience, first and foremost....

then it spreads outward.

[Behind the Aegis]

15. Why is Israel on the list?

There are only two Israelis who post here, to my knowledge, and a three with citizenships to both countries (and one poster, I seem tor emember, who was a citizen of Israel and France (?)). Of course, there are lots of Jews here...well, not lots...is that why it was added?

[leftofthedial]

18. because of US foreign policy

[Behind the Aegis]

19. Many countries affect US Foreign Policy.

So, where is Saudi Arabia on the list? Turkey? Great Britian?

[leftofthedial]

20. this isn't the only list there ever will be

given that this is the list in this thread, do you have an answer?

[Behind the Aegis]

21. Family.

Then, everything else is situational, but the guiding concept, hopefully, is logic, though not always possible.

[rockymountaindem]

28. Good question n/t

[genie_weenie]

16. J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

of course...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

22. Planet earth

without it, nations cease to exist.

[leftofthedial]

23. ...

:-)

[LanternWaste]

24. humanity as a whole...

After God, my priority then goes to humanity as a whole-- regarldess of which sides of the imaginary red and blue lines an individual is born on. Then it's Planet Earth, over which we have a tenuous stewardship (of which, I think we're failing miserably).

I've given thought to placing a priority on nationalism, but in the end I concluded that since during my own personal judgment day I'll be given neither credit nor debit for being from a particular nation, it becomes an irrelevant point-- otherwise, I'm left to conclude that helping a person born on "this" side of national border is somehow better (or worse) than helping a person on the other side of that same border, and I simply don't see how that could be possible.

A lot of people have told me with an implied absolute knowledge that religion (or, Religion) has killed more people than any other concept in the history of our planet. I disagree-- I think it's our obsession with those very same imaginary red and blue lines on a map which has resulted in the most death, the most distress, the most hunger, and the most poverty.

[AlCzervik]

25. my prison gang, they had my back and gave me mad tatts.

[sinkingfeeling]

26. The world. Not the planet, but all of the living creatures that are upon it as well.

[slackmaster]

27. My pets

Two cats, a desert tortoise, and an aquatic turtle.

[KG]

29. me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." - Thomas Paine

A sentiment that I embrace.