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Look, I understand that all these talks of "the Republic is dead, burn the flag" is just the stress of that unconceivable reelection talking.You are not the kind of people that goes around burning American flags—the other side does. When you do protest, on the contrary, you fly the Stars and Stripes high and proud.
Still, I get the feeling. You're rightfully upset, and you are looking for ways to make it clear that you oppose whatever the wolf in sheep's clothes that will sit in the White House for another four years is prepared to unleash on you.
Rather than rejecting the flag though, maybe you should claim or reclaim it—not relinquish it to the maggots who voted for the European Way over the American Dream. Rather than burning it, maybe you could fly it upside down, say, for the next 4 years:
"Under the conditions normally set for the military at sea, if you fly your flag upside down on a ship, it means you're in distress... I think this country is in distress"—Philip HoezelConsidering the number of regular citizens who fly the flag on their front porch, in their yard or on their car—always an awesome sight for the foreign observer, no matter where they stand on the issue—this could make quite a powerful and permanent statement.
And the great thing is that you could do it both offline and online. Here's a few ones to get you started on the virtual side of life:
Use and abuse as you wish. If you need different dimensions, drop me a line. Best practice is to grab the pictures and host or upload them on your own web server, Fb or twitter account, etc, rather than hotlinking. You don't have to give credit whenever using this, but feel free to direct others to this page, or have the graphics link here—again, if you need any help with that, drop me a line.
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4815 - Teri Pittman
Teri Pittman
thanks for the great article! I'll share it on some of the conservative sites. We need a good pep talk right now. I live in Washington state, where the Democrats always win. There are conservatives in the rural areas, but not enough votes to win. We did vote to legalize marijuana this time, so I guess we won't care as much about the new
4827 - JihadGene
JihadGene North Korea, Central California
4829 - 2hotel9
2hotel9 Western Pennsylvania
Hey, Froggy!!!!! Hola. Sorry I didn't see you were back in the ether sooner, been busy here in western PA.
You think the wailing&gnashing of teeth in the blogshere is bad?!? You should be over here in it! My colors remain at full mast, as always, 24/7/365, and yet, I burned 3 flags on Sunday with full honors. Life continues on, grief and anger are just SSDD. The fight goes on, blocking Barri and all the other America haters infesting our government is the same job after 11/6/12 as it was before.
4830 - SAHMmy
SAHMmy
4833 - Mike H.
Mike H. Spokane, Wa
SAHMmy, I have 24 years total in the armed forces, 2 active during Vietnam in the Navy, 8 active during Vietnam Era in the Marine Corps, and a stint in the WA Air National Guard and USMC reserve. I knew immediately what the symbol meant and was not...not offended by it.
People view the upside down flag differently but if the flag could be flown upside down during Vietnam by the left, then they had better not say anyting about it now. I'm getting sick of their attempts at PC by whatever channel available.
4835 - Dave
Dave
Don't fly the flag upside down; that's like dialing 911 when there's no emergency. The Stars and Stripes should be neatly folded and put away until such time as the United States is not a socialist country. In the meantime, I recommend the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag.
4836 - 2hotel9
2hotel9 Western Pennsylvania
So, dave? Your solution is surrender. Okeydokey, then, you do that.
4837 - 2hotel9
2hotel9 Western Pennsylvania
SAHm, you don't back down, back up or surrender. You throw it in the enemy's face, and then you piss on them. Anyone who is "upset" about you excersizing your Constitutional Rights is the enemy. F*ck them.
4838 - Mike H.
Mike H. Spokane, Wa
2hotel9, Uh-Rah.
4873 - floridasuzie
floridasuzie Florida
Oh, it was horrible. The first time he ran for president and I watched the election results on TV that night, I cried like a baby when he won and threw things at the TV. So I tried to brace myself a little better this time. I think it was even worse though. I was so depressed for a week I shuffled around and grumbled. Then I got mad. It gets worse everyday. But even more depressing than him being president is the fact that enough Americans (maybe? I guess that's debatable) voted this embarrassment of a representative to our country in office.