Any DUers flying an American Flag today?

[Bandit]

I literally forgot or I would have put mine out. I usually do for today and for the Fourth of July and maybe some special occasion. I forgot about it being Flag Day and have seen none out of the ordinary flying today. I believe in our symbol and fly it when appropriate. Anyone else here feel the same or has Bush* ruined this as well?

[Walt Starr]

1. Yup

not half staff, though.

[Lestat]

2. Yes...and it's upside down.

[graham67]

31. Distress Signal? n/t

[shraby]

3. No need to fly it since

Bush has wiped his feet on it.

[datasuspect]

4. nah . . .

too busy trying to figure out where i will hitchhike to once i get evicted

[Hunter_1253]

5. I flew a flag...

and put my new "Vote Kerry" sticker on my car today. I thought the neighbor was going to shit his pants.

[lovedems]

8. My uncle normally doesn't put bumper stickers on his car but he asked me

for a Kerry bumper sticker to put on his car because to him, "having a Kerry bumpersticker on my car is telling the other drivers on the road, 'I am smart'". He put it on with a huge smile last night!

[Bandit]

10. I like your uncle and He is Smart ~ tell him for me

:thumbsup:

[Richardo]

11. S-M-R-T! I saw another Kerry sticker in Houston this morning...

That's 4.

[lovedems]

18. I will!

He equates intelligence with party affiliation this year! :)

I guess alot of do! You would have to a dumbass to vote for the chimp!

:hi:

[mark414]

17. same here

i think bumper stickers make cars look terrible and tacky, but i've been proudly displaying my "anybody but bush '04" sticker for the last couple months now...

[elfwitch]

6. I wouldn't any other day...

today is no different. The flag has been co-opted and ruined by the neo-cons and Xtian Fundies. I don't want to be lumped in with them.

[Trajan]

38. Co-opt it back ....

Dont let them steal it ....

[elfwitch]

45. I was never THAT attached to it in the first place...

I think things like Flags and Nationalism just divide people. To be a bit cliche for a moment - We are citizens of the world. Patriotism just reekes for "school spirit". Our team is better than yours and all that sort of rubbish.

I didn't like it when I was in school. I don't like it at the national level.

[Richardo]

7. Me! But I did forget it was Flag Day...

I fly mine as a matter of course. Unless it's night or raining, in which case I know enough about flag etiquette to take it down.


(Unlike SO many of my "patriotic" conservative neightbors, who are flying sun-faded rags at all hours in all kinds of weather.) :eyes:

[Solly Mack]

13. You can fly the flag at night provided you have a spot-light on it

but it must be spot-lighted.

I live on an army post and I don't hesitate to call and report my republican neighbors for their lack of a spot-light.

I don't fly a flag. I do have one, nicely framed, inside my house....on the wall..upside down... with the words:

December 12, 2000
The day democracy died.

[Mick Knox]

27. Thanks for reminding me.

Mine was weather worn and I had bought a new one.. So i put up my nice new one replacing the old one.

[NMDemDist2]

9. i dont own one (donning flame proof suit) eom

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

15. Why would anyone flame you for that?

It's not a requirement to own a flag. Or an Old Navy flag t-shirt. But it seems to be getting that way.

By the way, I am going to be on a road trip during the Fourth of July and I am glad. The histrionics, bad country music (give me bluegrass), tears and talk of how WOOOOOONDERFUL this country is rubs me the wrong way a bit. So I am glad I won't have to endure it this year.

[NMDemDist2]

19. actually, since I walk my neighborhood for the Dems

(am the Precinct Committeeperson) I do own several "patriotic" t-shirts with stars and flags and such, that I bought at the thrift store specifically for canvassing. Wouldn't want my neighbors to think I'm a Jehovah's Witness or Mormon (not that there is anything wrong with those people)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

22. YOUROCK!!!!!

I am a voter registrar and election judge, too!

[NMDemDist2]

23. wish I had more time

but a JK staffer called today, they are opening an office here, I am soooo pumped!!

[info being]

20. Niether do I

I don't go near flags. They scare me.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

12. My husband, a US Army veteran

of many years (out now) said he'll put the flag back up when Chimpy has left the White House, and not a moment before.

He said if he puts it up before then, he'd have to put it up upside down to indicate distress/crisis.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. No.

I live in a 40 unit condo complex and on every patriotic holiday...everyone here flies the flag. It looked so cool to drive around the complex and see all those flags. I don't think anyone has a flag out today. :( I'm not in the mood to be patriotic.

[gratuitous]

16. Nope

And Dan West can tell you why.

:evilgrin:

THAT should be a suitably obscure reference. Heh, heh, heh.

[DebJ]

21. I fly the flag EVERY day at my house. To me it symbolizes

the people of this country, the values our documents are based on, what is the best of us.

[treefrogjohn]

24. Yes. I always do.

It helps remind me of the country this could be and the values I hold dear.

[bobd]

25. I DO NOT Under ANY Circumstances Fly the Republican Flag

and I feel very strongly about this. I also do not sing the flag song at games, nor do I put my hand over my heart. My heart belongs TO ME. My mind belongs TO ME. I WILL NOT give any part of who I am or what I feel or what I believe to the foul, evil repubs. They have co-opted the icons of this once great country and I will never, ever forgive them for it. I will go to my grave viewing the flag as a symbol and and icon for their shameful hypocrisy and anti-democratic ideals.

Fie on them and fie on flag day.

Grrrrr.

Bob D.

[Lefty48197]

26. It's a shame that it has come to this

I must say that I sympathize with all that you've said. I personally fly the flag every day, because I'll be damned if I'm going to let the Republicans steal MY flag, but I can understand why you'd feel that they've already stolen it. It's funny how the Republicans feel that the stars & bars belongs to them, especially since so many of them fly the confederate flag.

[Bandit]

30. Errr.... Aren't the Stars & Bars the Confederate Flag

Stars & Stripes the US Flag. And yes that is the flag that the GOP should officially have. It is a symbol of Treason and Traitors which fits the GOP to a TEE/

[Raskolnik]

41. They don't get to have them unless you let them...

Bullshit. Those symbols aren't Republican or Democrat or Green or Reform or whatever. They are all of ours. You just make their attempts at owning them a little easier by not making them fight for it.

[fishnfla]

28. Ours is up everyday

I love loooking at the US flag.

[dmr]

33. Same here

I have a beautiful large flag that flies each and every day.

[WilliamPitt]

29. Mine flies every day

upside down.

[proud patriot]

32. Yes ! !

[Lindacooks]

34. Yes

[Harrumph]

35. I don't own a flag, but,

when I got up this morning, took my shower I put on a pair of red, white and blue striped undies. I didn't know it was Flag Day, but now I feel it was appropriate.

:smoke:

[trof]

36. No. Not until * is gone.

[Raskolnik]

39. Why?

What does that matter?

That flag isn't W's, its the country's! Don't give it to them without a fight.

[BiggJawn]

46. Me neither.

I fly the Gadsden flag. And I don't wanna hear any shit about "Why? it's YOUR flag, TOO!". Lemme tell ya something, up in these parts, the ReTHUGlicans grabbed ahold of the flag and wrapped themselves tightly in it after 11 September, and the implication is that if you fly the stars and stripes, you love Shrub.

By flying the Gadsden flag, I show even the dullest of the dildo-heads that "thet boy don' luv George Bush, Ah think..."

When John Kerry takes the oath, I'll break out the Stars and Stripes again. Until that time.....

[Jose Diablo]

37. I flew the flag today, as always.

Edit: I love our country, just hate what the neocons are doing in our name.

[doni_georgia]

40. Pouring rain here, and unlike my Republican neighbors

I actually follow flag protocol.

[Wilber_Stool]

42. Flag Day?

My mother told me the flags were out because it was my birthday. Bummer.

[dumpster_baby]

43. Rational citizens reject manipulative calls to "patriotism"

Patriotism has long been how the ruling elite has manipulated the rest of the citizens.

As for myself, I see American citizens as owners of America, and the management (politicians, bureucrats) should be obliged to operate America so as to maximize my standard of living.

I fail to see where patriotism fits into this paradigm, and I reject patriotism as a manipulative scheme.

BTW, I am a decorated veteran (I was not always as rational and knowledgable as I am today).

[UrbScotty]

44. Unlike certain people, I believe in our symbol, too!

I fly it on special occasions, too. I also flew it after my grandpa (a World War II vet) passed away on April 29.

[ShaneGR]

47. I fly mine every day...

No one owns my flag.