Burning flag bad

[Fengzi]

I, on the other hand, am a total, card-carrying, bracelet-wearing, money-donating, bleeding-heart liberal.

And you still love me????

We all have our own little faults birdgirl, I won't hold it against you

[eg420ne]

Burning Bush:thumbsup:

[beachguy in thongs]

Burning MeXas.

[Fengzi]

Burning Weed.

Something we can ALL agree on

[graymatter]

While I find flying the flag in front of the current White House nearly as much a desecration as buring it, the flag represents much more than a corrupt admistration. It represents a great country, what we stand for, and what we should be. It will be here long after ol' Dubya is gone. If you want to burn something, burn an effigy of Bush instead.

I'm having a hard time with a couple points in this thread... I'd love to wave the flag and say that we stand for great things and that we should expect great things, but all I see is polorizing rants and posts from the NPR/PBS and TalkRadio/FoxNews crowds.

I respect--actually, I'll defend to the death--the right to free speech, but I also want to know more about "what the fuck" is eating someone that burns it... Maybe I'll want to smack them when I hear why they're burning it and maybe I won't. I've never bought this "my country right or wrong" crap.

Isn't that how we went from 9/11 to the Axis of Evil speach? Some goober (Bush speaking through Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz) takes a horrible event and decides it's us against the world and goes out and creates enemies.

[graymatter]

I, on the other hand, am a total, card-carrying, bracelet-wearing, money-donating, bleeding-heart liberal.

And you still love me????

I love ya, sista!

[iamapatient]

I'm having a hard time with a couple points in this thread... I'd love to wave the flag and say that we stand for great things and that we should expect great things, but all I see is polorizing rants and posts from the NPR/PBS and TalkRadio/FoxNews crowds.

I respect--actually, I'll defend to the death--the right to free speech, but I also want to know more about "what the fuck" is eating someone that burns it... Maybe I'll want to smack them when I hear why they're burning it and maybe I won't. I've never bought this "my country right or wrong" crap.

Isn't that how we went from 9/11 to the Axis of Evil speach? Some goober (Bush speaking through Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz) takes a horrible event and decides it's us against the world and goes out and creates enemies.

How is polarizing rants new here?

I'm a disabled vet, I served, knowing I could die, to defend our rights as did my father, his father, and his father's father before him and so on. While, at ths time it is considered expression there are many vets, like myself, that are greatly offended by such an action and feel that it should be banned, or, as somebody else said, I should be free to "kick his ass" for it, which I may choose to do anyway, regardless of the law, to be honest.

Funny, the left railed againt Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech too yet he was proven right by history and is considered one of our greatest Presidents. It's one reason Americans wont trust democrats with national security, for the most part, they've been on the wrong side of history for nearly a century. No matter how much the left lies about Iraq, the WOT, President Bush or anything else, history will show the truth. Which is why the left is so bitter and jealous.

[birdgirl73]

I love ya, sista!

I know you do, sweetie, and I feel the same about you. You, too, have a way of getting to the heart of things and cutting through the baloney in the same way Fengzi does.

If I ever run away from home, I may either have to come to the northeast where you are or go be adopted by Fengzi and his wife in California. Actually, with the way this summer is going down here in Texas, some of us down here may actually end up having to flee. We're running out of water here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area because of too much drought and heat! It's scary.

[graymatter]

How is polarizing rants new here?
I'm a disabled vet, I served, knowing I could die, to defend our rights as did my father, his father, and his father's father before him and so on. While, at ths time it is considered expression there are many vets, like myself, that are greatly offended by such an action and feel that it should be banned, or, as somebody else said, I should be free to "kick his ass" for it, which I may choose to do anyway, regardless of the law, to be honest.

Iam, you served to defend our rights, and at a great price, but you're willing to break away from your defence because you have some notion that the LEFT is going to send flag burning, gay, bible bashing, tin foil hat wearing sorts of low-life to suck away all of your core values and make you join Greenpeace...

If we met face-to-face we'd conclude that we both have some things in common, and if that didn't work out we'd duel with pistols, or lawn darts at 20 paces... Peace!

[graymatter]

I know you do, sweetie, and I feel the same about you. You, too, have a way of getting to the heart of things and cutting through the baloney in the same way Fengzi does.

If I ever run away from home, I may either have to come to the northeast where you are or go be adopted by Fengzi and his wife in California. Actually, with the way this summer is going down here in Texas, some of us down here may actually end up having to flee. We're running out of water here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area because of too much drought and heat! It's scary.

Wow, you're going on two years of that drought? Visit me and my girlfriend, we have way too much water and more in the forecast! Peace, baby!