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Piece of cloth day? OK, you obviously have strong feelings about flag day, but I’m guessing it’s about what the flag represents to YOU and not about some cotton woven together in a nice pattern.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Here comes the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For the Flag That Makes You Free!
‘Tis a Grand Old Flag. And the Republic for which it stands.
It is also the day I was hatched 🙂
Religionistas: One nation, under God, indivisible…
Warmistas: One nation, under Gore, indivisible…
Sensible folk: One nation, indivisible…
The flag used to mean more, perhaps because so much of politics, especially unpopular wars have been wrapped in it. During the Vietnam War, if you were against it you were called “commie” and such.
As an American who was not born so, I proudly fly the flag of my adopted country.
Yippeee Flag Day !
Mine is flying proudly over my home in my adopted country today.
People who have never lived anywhere else in the world have no idea what a special and wonderful place the USA is. If you have lived in a downtrodden Socialist Paradise as I have the freedom and upward mobility enjoyed by people in this country is breathtaking. I love this place.
You often see bumper stickers that say “feedom is not free”. I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment. That’s one of the things that spurs me in my minor role to oppose the untruth that is AGW and the madness of the solutions that are being prescribed to supposedly overcome it. Left unchecked their is no area of life that won’t be impacted negatively in some way by the morally misguided zealots on the fringes of the AGW movement.
Also I would like to take an opportunity to tip my hat to the citizens of the Republic of Ireland. They voted down the introduction of a new EU constitution this week. The new constitution would have taken the very undemocratic EU several steps down the line towards an even more undemocratic United States of Europe or as I prefer EUSSR.
Those in power in the EU already have the Supreme Court and the Central Bank in their hands. The new constitution would mean a Non elected President, Embassies overseas and the genesis of a Pan European Armed Service. Nation states would also sign over their rights to set their own Social Policies to the EU.
Two years ago an identical constitution was voted down by the citizens of France and Holland. This time to avoid the need for a vote an almost identical document was brought back as an amendement to an exisiting treaty. That being the case the parliaments of 26 out of 27 nations said that it didn’t need a plebiscite merely the approval of their elected representatives.
That didn’t wash in Ireland who’s constitution demands that amendments to their constitution, and this is a BIG one, must be approved by a referendum.
That no other EU member country out of 27 allowed their citizens to vote on the new constitution and instead chose simply to impose it speaks volumes about the aims and intentions of the Commissars of the EUSSR.
God Bless America and all who defend Her freedoms !
Confederists : one nation thru much gore
F the republic (government). For some of us, the flag stands for Liberty, not the force of government.
Wow! nanny. I am surprised your comment got through. It must be the power of your noble sentiment. Keep the faith.
coolio
Currently we’re on Mark III of the pledge.
Version 1.0 is as follows:
I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
During the Vietnam War, if you were against it you were called “commie” and such.
Where I come from, during the latter part of the Vietnam War they wore it on the ass of their jeans. That’s when they weren’t spitting on it or burning it. When I was a kid, you could buy a flag at a newsstand. By1968 the flag had simply vanished Then in 1980 (during the Hostage Crisis) I saw a flag for sale in a kiosk for the first time in years. Then during the Reagan years, it came back into fashion (somewhat).
Nowadays you can usually get a flag bandanna (one of which I used to tie back my hair until a year ago, at which point it was over a foot long). Note that according to NYC culture the flag-as-bandanna is a sign of patriotism (if not protocol), whereas the bluejeans flag-used-to-patch-the-ass version is considered a rejection.
Evan, you pot smoking VW bus driving, ecstasy loving hippie, get off of my lawn!
I was just lookin’ for another place to put the garbage . . .
Pablo, I so hear you.
Yes, I am “soft” on immigration (including the illegal sort). Yes, illegal immigrants are in violation and they are crashing the line, I know that. I agree with all the pro-border, rule-of-law arguments. But, heck, most of them are doing all that because they so badly want to live in America and I just can’t get away from that.
Anyone who has seen a new citizen who has just taken the oath, clutching a flag and saying God Bless America, with the tears running down, knows that immigrants make the very best citizens of all, better than I ever could be.
I’m beginning to understand the problem.
I want to make a joke about the lack of moderation in some commenters driving the need for moderation.
But all I seem to be able to do is weep.
But it has been a proud day here–took my aching feet to the store and bought a new flag and mount–the trees have grown up around the old ole so nobody but me can see it and know it is there.
Near sunset here on the Great Plains, time to observe Retreat. ‘Bout the only time “Retreat” seems like a good idea.
The pledge has always bothered me:
See above…
Only since Lincoln fought an unjustified war on Americans, killing 600,000 of them to make it so. Might does not make right, IMHO.
Unless, of course, you want your state to peacefully secede from the union, as it peacefully entered. Then there’s no liberty and no justice.
Re: “Illegal” Immigration. The Federal government has no authority to stop immigrants from coming to the USA. See the US Constitution. All immigration is legal.
Sorry for all the venting. Have a great Liberty day.
Nanny, The Pledge was written around 1890 for the purpose of indoctrinating people into the idea of “THE United States” instead of the original concept of “THESE United States”. With regards to Lincoln:
The harms of Lincoln’s war
were many then and many now.
And will they ever end?
Not till we suspend
the worship
of that sacred cow.
With regards to slavery, I detest it, so please spare me the insults.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Here comes the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For the Flag That Makes You Free!
So we sang this chorus from Atlanta to the Sea
As we was marchin’ through Georgia!
I fear, My Dear PSam, that on this one we must, perforce march to a different drummer.
Evan,
I’m sorry we disagree.
But someone waved that flag;
I think it was Anthony.
As for Sherman,
he might be learning
that compared to hell
war is swell.
I wish Sherman well
not burning in hell.
Not just for his sake,
but for He who did make.
There is hope the intellect will hold against the wall of war that is the Cold War. The Cold War wall came down. The attack to Liberty never subsided. A brief pause by total-control-power is now within our house we call Liberty. 9 Men wearing black cloth have removed the safe guard of intellect that was protected by Constitutional Amendments arduous labor requirements.
But, heck, most of them are doing all that because they so badly want to live in America . (no, for money, gold coin. An acquaintance immigrant required 11 years of buearacatic bull to gain legal citizenship.There is something bad wrong)
to oppose the untruth that is AGW (values of intellect have become political. Or maybe they always have been)
If you have lived in a downtrodden Socialist Paradise as I have the freedom and upward mobility enjoyed by people in this country is breathtaking (Each must share in your personal experience to feel liberty, our 1st and 2nd Amendments are the keys to individual pursuit of anything)
undemocratic EU several steps down the line towards an even more
undemocratic United States of Europe or as I prefer EUSSR. ( this is down right scary. Perhaps the biggest threat is from the U.N. and International Law)
in Ireland who’s constitution demands that amendments to their constitution, and this is a BIG one, must be approved by a referendum. (An American once had this belief in Constitutional safe guards, called Due Process)
nanny_govt_sucks:
A Republic is not a government, but a confederation of States. That was the genius of the Founders. Read the Federalst Papers. They feared the tyranny of a strong central authority (we had just fought a war to escape one). Would that our current leaders and aspirants understood this.
“All immigration is legal” ? Where does the Constitution say that? If someone wants to come here legally, obey the law, work hard, pay taxes (like the rest of us), I say “Welcome”.
When al-Gore tells me how I can or cannot live, I say something else.