From a European perspective, this stuff is deeply disturbing. I'm not entirely sure what the blogger's stance is, but I have some hope left that he's going for irony here.
They and you weren't taught it, and therefore without some research you're not going to be able to comprehend what's going on over here, what this latest Great Awakening labeled the Tea Parties is all about, etc.
Although if you think about what America did and didn't do in WWII and afterwords in Europe you might get a few clues (e.g. compare our "Empire" to any other in history).
Dependence on big government saps those virtues from those governed.