Patriotic Insanity in red state hell

[proud2BlibKansan]

My friend works in a clothing store and was sent to a balloon store yesterday to buy some mylar balloons to decorate the store. The choices, other than birthday, were pretty limited. There was a yellow smiley face, an American flag and another cutesie balloon (can't remember what it had on it). My friend really wanted solid color balloons but they had none.

So she told the clerk that she wanted several of the smiley and the other cutesie balloon. So the clerk said "No flag balloons?" And my friend said no.

The clerk then jumped on her and asked her "What is wrong with the flag? Why don't you want to honor the flag?"

My friend said it isn't what we want to decorate with today. The clerk said, "Well, what store is this you are decorating? Because you can be sure I won't shop there."

My friend said "Well that would be none of your business. And you can be assured I will not be shopping for balloons here anymore."

[bertha katzenengel]

1. *blank stare*

:wtf:

Faux patriotism run amok. :eyes:

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. That was my reaction too

We're talking BALLOONS. Those round things with helium in them.

I keep telling my friend the mindless patriotic fundies are coming out of the woodwork here. I think she believes me now.

[MuseRider]

2. LOL

:hi:

She could have also responded that there was nothing wrong with the flag but there was something wrong with the flag on a damned balloon to decorate for parties. I can see it for the 4th but for a party other that that? Frankly I don't give a damn about who does what with the flag, it is just a symbol for what I care about, but I like your friends response.

OK, I am being crotchety today but being your close neighbor I am too sick of this shit.

[LisaL]

7. I think she should have told the clerk that his/hers job is to

sell the darn balloons, not being the patriotic police.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. No these assholes surround us, Muse.

And they get mouthier every day. This is my friend I went to Nebraska with. I ate lunch with her while listening to Christian Karoake. We counted the SUVs and Hummers on the highway and were puking over all the Xtian and W bumper stickers in the Cornhusker state.

She used to roll her eyes at me when I talked politics. Now she is getting as pissed off as I am. I keep telling her she needs to come to our meetups. You guys would definitely hit it off.

BTW, we were in Topeka last night. Got a wild hair at 9:00 and drove up to the Prairie Band Casino. I waved at you from the road :hi:

[MuseRider]

21. Christian Karaoke.

Every time you tell me that I shudder in horror. I don't know why exactly, I mean Fundy Christians have to have fun too. Still, I just picture the old minister from the church I grew up in. Stern and scary and I imagine what he would have thought of that. Singa with us now ina four part harmony. Anda one anda two.........

[northzax]

42. hey, christian karaoke

isn't that what you do in church every weekend? you know, sing along to the words as someone else plays the music?

[deadparrot]

4. Good lord.

I would turn around and run the hell away.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Well she did say that if she knew of another nearby

balloon store, she would have walked out. But her boss was waiting for her and the balloons.

[belle]

5. "Ma'am, I know of a good Helium Huffers Anonymous group. Just FYI."

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. LOL

I am crying - that is too funny :rofl:

[ForrestGump]

6. Wonder where the balloons are made

My knee-jerk reaction would have been to ask if they had any Soviet flags...

What a flag-worshipping airhead.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. That is a good point

Hadn't thought of that :)

[hippiechick]

8. .. let me guess, the balloons are made in Taiwan ?

... wonder if she'd still hawk them so hard if she knew how truly "patriotic" (as in, supporting the country in actions not just gestures) her company may actually be ...


:shrug:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. She should've NOT gotten the balloons there that day either, but gotten

the manager/owner to explain what just happened. Unless the owner was the nutcase, in which case, just blow off the sale and leave, heh.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Her boss was really pissed off when she told her

and said she should have walked out and not bought the balloons there. The boss also is planning on calling the balloon store manager.

[evlbstrd]

11. Sheesh.

Unbelievably believble.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. These people are in fucking sane

and they surround us.

This store is north of the river. Is that a center of patriotic fury?

[evlbstrd]

18. I rarely cross the river.

Too far to drive and nothing there once you do. It's the north end of suburban sprawl.

[Telly Savalas]

23. It's not that bad south of the river is it?

Gonna be in the area in a couple of weeks for a wedding. I'm not going to be stopped and forced to take a loyalty oath before entering Olathe am I?

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. Olathe is pretty red

Just don't go balloon shopping.

And obey the speed limit.

[Left_Winger]

15. I understand your statement: "Patriotic Insanity in red state hell"

I just received my "Liberal Veteran" bumper sticker from Cafe Press this week. So far I've been flipped off three times. Now I know what the IQs of these people are.

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. I guess we had better not show them this picture!

[Left_Winger]

20. Is that the chimpster defiling the flag?

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Yep

There was a discussion on Daily KOS about this recently. Actually a pretty interesting debate about whether or not chimpy was violating federal law.

[joneschick]

25. that clerk was sooooo out of line

I've been known to explain in very simple terms "I'm profit, you are overhead. I need to talk to your supervisor NOW."

[WoodrowFan]

36. oooh, I LIKE that!

"I'm profit, you're overhead." I LIKE that!

[joneschick]

38. feel free to apply as needed! eom

[fujiyama]

26. WTF!?

It's obvious that people have simply lost it.

These people really are acting like brownshirts!

I wonder what would happen if you popped one of thos "patriotic" balloons. Would you be arrested for "flag desecration"?

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. They are acting like they really do

have a mandate.

[tanyev]

28. "Ma'am? That is not a flag. It is an f'ing BALLOON."

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

29. Anyone else think this Cold Civil War will heat up within 4 years?

There's this underlying tension in the atmosphere that's only been getting worse since Bush claimed the office of the Presidency in 2001.
He even called Rush Limbaugh a "good American" or some other crap rhetoric.
All it's going to take is some nutball with too much time on their hands, listening to Michael Savage or some other Hate Radio™ Host, and think that setting a bomb off at some Democratic (or liberal) event would be a good idea.
And that's all it will take.
I hate what the GOP has made this country become.

[NMMNG]

30. I would have walked out without buying *any* baloons

And I would have been hard pressed to avoid telling the woman to shove them up her butt.

[Vektor]

31. Good lord, what a leaping nutso.

The woman was clearly insane.

[NuttyFluffers]

32. I'd ask, "Are you on commission?"

or, "Did your boss buy too many for the 4th of July and now the extra box covers up your break room chair?"

and then to rub salt in the wound I'd ask, "Mylar is pretty toxic when lit aflame, but according to my Flag Etiquette handbook when a flag is worn down and needs to respectfully destroyed, so as to not show our colors run, the most respectful way is by burning it and burying the ashes. So if and when my flag DEFLATES (and this is the part that's hardest not to laugh) is it okay to just throw it away with the rest of the trash (here's where you *shudder*), should it be burned somewhere to release the toxic fumes, or bring it back to you for recycling?"

i'm sure it'll all be wasted jokes because psychotics like this don't get humor, but at least it'll be a riot when you get back into the car.

[VOX]

33. Not patriotic -- it's **nationalistic**. And that's dangerous.

Not to mention anti-American.

Main Entry: na·tion·al·ism
Pronunciation: 'nash-n&-"li-z&m, 'na-sh&-n&l-"i-z&m
Function: noun
: loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups

[d_b]

34. LOL

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. I've gotten that at the post office before when I ask for different stamp

designs..."What? There something wrong with the flag?" Jumpy times.

[LouisianaLiberal]

37. 100 year old quote:

"The dark places of the Earth are the happy Christian homes." R.H. Hutton.

[Lilyhoney]

44. I like that one.

I will have to do a google search on R.H. Hutton. Thanks. :hi:

[MissMillie]

39. a store that doesn't carry solid color balloons?

that's insanity.

[jmowreader]

40. I didn't know Mylar balloons CAME in solid colors!

A few times a year the store manager sends a couple of us out with a very simple order: buy all the orange, black and white balloons you can possibly find.

I've seen lots of mylar balloons--but never one in solid colors. Always with designs.

[gmoney]

41. "Do these here balloons blow up into funny shapes?"

"Well no, not unless round is funny." -- Raising Arizona

[northzax]

43. simple answer:

I would love to purchase flag balloons, but I cannot buy any Flag made outside the United States. Are these balloons made in the USA? no? China? well, I won't buy a flag made by our enemies.

thank you.