Doonesbury on the American flag...

[LiberalFighter]

ef to all the members of Congress that wear an American flag lapel pin. I don't care if they are Democrat or Republican.

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Nails the stupididy..nt

[liberal N proud]

2. That is just about how pitiful things have become in the country

[Xenotime]

15. Exactly. Wearing that dumb pin has become the most "un-"american thing

People do it just to make a statement. They don't really care about thier country through actions or words.

[tool_of_the_people]

3. Priorities, priorities. Ugh!

Am I being a pessimist by thinking that Dick Cheney must own stock in the company that makes the lapel pins?

[msedano]

4. Bitter old guy hands me a flag pin in Phoenix

I was working a trade show and staying at the Marriott across from the Phoenix convention center. At the same time, a group of red-white-blue patriots were meeting in the hotel, as their placards proclaimed. The first evening I walked into the lobby and noticed this short-haired older fellow giving me the stink eye. That's something I'm accustomed to as white people like him often think a brown person like me doesn't belong in places like the Marriott lobby, unless I'm serving him a drink. I crinkled my eyes at him in a half smile and said nothing. I felt the burning glare into my back all the way into the elevator. When I did an about face to look out as the doors slid closed, sure enough, his scowling face looked in my direction but he quickly averted his eyes. I smiled at him anyway, and nodded to his chiffon-gowned wife.

The next day's trade show concluded and once again I walked into the lobby and once again it was racist redux. Same guy and gowned-up wife, this time conversing with another couple whose backs were to the door. My buddy nudged his pal who turned around to stare at me with the same squinty eyed sour lipped expression. As I came even with them, I did a column right detour and in two steps I was on them. The white crew-cut took a surprised step back and almost tumbled into a potted palm tree. I nodded to him with a smile, and said "Good evening." The wide-eyed fellow reaches into his suit pocket to pull out an enameled US flag pin, saying "Here, I suppose you wouldn't wear this." I looked at the pin in his outstretched hand, remarked I would have no objection as I'd worn it for two years in the Army, then graciously took the pin, being sure to make skin-to-skin contact as I removed it from his opened palm. The pin was enclosed in a clear plastic sleeve. I turned the piece over and noted the adhesive label reading "Made in PRC". I smiled at him and said, "Oh. Made in the People's Republic of China. Red China. Interesting, don't you think?" I waited half a beat in his dead silence, brandished the pin at him, and said, "Thank you, Sir."

I never saw him again but I hope he remembers me with warmth. Every time I wear my flag pin, I think about this pissed-off patriot and hope he remembers this small lesson in semiotics.

[Ilsa]

5. Fabulous post. Thanks. nt

[Stuckinthebush]

6. That is a great story

Ignorant racists should be put in their place.

Good job, sir!

[Elspeth]

8. AWESOME!

Great post

[Brigid]

12. Love this story!

:rofl:

[unblock]

7. i have a great story about a flag lapel pin

so i'm in austin, texas, back in 2004. i'm dressed in suit and tie, it's pissing down rain, and i'm going from shop to shop looking for a flag lapel pin.

in one store, after the clerk tells me they don't stock them, a couple of very stereotypical-looking liberal ut-austin students give me this look like i'm one of those right-wingers they've heard about but never actually seen and one says, "feeling patriotic today?"

to which i shrug and reply:

"dinner with my wife's boss. he's a fucking republican!"

left 'em in stitches :)

[Brigid]

14. Another great one.

Was it true about the dinner with your wife's boss? ;)

[unblock]

17. absolutely true story.

why else would i be so urgently hunting for a flag pin lapel?

for grins and giggles i pretended to be a 100% bush supporter. it's amazingly easy to do. you just repeat the party line, much easier than thinking. her boss LOVED me, she earned some major points. and we laughed like hell on the way home!

[struggle4progress]

9. !

http://www.pbrennan.net.nyud.net:8090/images/USAPinMadeInChina.jpg

[Brigid]

13. If this isn't emblematic of our times, I don't know what is.

*shakes head*

[kskiska]

10. Sean Hannity just told Dr. Laura that he hasn't worn a wedding ring

in 10 years. Says he doesn't wear jewelry. But he's the first one to trash anyone who doesn't wear a flag pin. Go figure.

[Diclotican]

19. kskiska

kskiska

I think that a wedding ring are far more important to wear, than the US flag... Specially if it is made in Peoples Republic of China:sarcasm: Even that someone think about a Wedding ring as a jewelry..

When you wear a wedding ring, you remember all day, that you have a faithfully one there home, or in this modern world at work other places.. And you remember well how you go to bed with, and wake up with in the morning..

To not wear the wedding ring, is saying "I'm open on the market" and you are not showing that you are faithfully to the woman in your life...

I'm not married yet - but when that time come I would wear my wedding ring with proudness. And be so thankfully that _someone_ wanted to be my wife. And keep up with all my stupidity. And I Will love her, of all my hearth and with all my soul.

That is the symbol of a wedding ring.. Love with all hearth and soul.

Diclotican

Sorry my bad english, not my native language

[Brigid]

11. Saw this . . . It's hilarious!

And have you been following "The terrorist followed me home" story? It's destined to be a classic. :rofl:

[defendandprotect]

16. Drape yourself in flags and Bibles and you have immediate trust --- !!!

Unfortunately . .. !!!

[Perry Logan]

18. "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." --Samuel Johnson

[Solly Mack]

20. hehehehehehehehehe

precious pup snickers