Raise those flags!

Oh, goody. Another opinion.

are you just trying to be disruptive with the personal remark completely ignoring anything that was written?

It's amazing that you can read so much into four words...

Every day I drive past a certain flag that has been at half mast since reagan's death. I am reminded of the great respect that I have for him and what he has done for our country. 30 days is NOT too long to reflect on what a president has meant for our country. Now, if presidents were dying every other week I might understand these foolish ideas that a president isn't worth mourning, but as we have only had 43 presidents throughout the entire history of our country, you will have to just deal with those of us that actually have respect for our leaders.

I don't particularly mind the half-staff business, but what does bug me is this: The politician standing in front of dozens of U.S. flags when he makes a speech. The politician is probably Bush or Cheney, more often than not, but, in all fairness, I can imagine Kerry there, too.

Smacks of a fascist esthetic, if you ask me...Wouldn't a single flag suffice to assure the audience of the speaker's allegiance?

It's amazing that you can read so much into four words...

D'artagnan wrote:

I don't particularly mind the half-staff business, but what does bug me is this: The politician standing in front of dozens of U.S. flags when he makes a speech. The politician is probably Bush or Cheney, more often than not, but, in all fairness, I can imagine Kerry there, too.

Smacks of a fascist esthetic, if you ask me...Wouldn't a single flag suffice to assure the audience of the speaker's allegiance?

So, the fact that they represent the USA to the world has nothing to do with it, Huh?

That's just tasteless crap, IMHO, but all the flags creep me out...

McGentrix wrote:

D'artagnan wrote:

I don't particularly mind the half-staff business, but what does bug me is this: The politician standing in front of dozens of U.S. flags when he makes a speech. The politician is probably Bush or Cheney, more often than not, but, in all fairness, I can imagine Kerry there, too.

Smacks of a fascist esthetic, if you ask me...Wouldn't a single flag suffice to assure the audience of the speaker's allegiance?

So, the fact that they represent the USA to the world has nothing to do with it, Huh?

What do dozens of flags have to do with anything? Are you so literal-minded that you need that obvious a reminder of who those guys are?

I am patriotic, and I don't question the patriotism of others just because the way they express it doesn't match the way I do. And that, apparently, is a way we differ.

Patriotism means more than wrapping oneself in the flag...

That's marketing, McG, not patriotism...

Gosh, finn, not sure I can fit any more. There's yourself and foxfire nestled under my left wing and an unnatural growth I really should have checked over on the right. My ex-wife clings to my tail feathers while Humility rides high on my shoulders (which are broad). This leaves only my soft underbelly, and that's reserved for Fifi (whom you'll meet shortly).