The wayone feels upon realization that the US court system may have put to death an innocent person.
Guy to his friend: "O man, this sucks."
Friend: "What happened?"
Guy: "Scientific evidence shows a man put to death in Texas in 2004 was really innocent."
Friend: "Wow dude, that makes me Not Proud to be an American."
a person who has realized that you do not have to agree with everything your president and governmentsay or do. this person is one of the few who actually use their right to freedom of speech instead of just going along with the masses.
Hey, Joe, do you actually see any proof that there is a need for this attack on Iraq?
No Bob, i don't, and that makes me not proud to be an american right now.
One who has strong opinions, and nothing more. Is very unhappy with the current administration, but probably didn't vote. Takes out his frustrations here at UrbanDictionary. Mostly harmless.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)