Letters to the Editor
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You Liberals just don't get it!
McCain and Huckabee wear their flag pins on their underpants, right next to their genuine brass-plated cross pins.
Great article. Great info!
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Flag pins are for fools, not just losers
If all the candidates wear flag pins, that means they're just posturing to be the "ultimate" patriot-and henceforth, electable.
After all, it worked for Bush and Co, didn't it?
Wrong. It is a symbol of a country gone down the wrong way in so many ways it isn't funny.
It don't mean diddly squat, and it won't despite the media crap with it. It does not mean the candidate is more qualified except to pin it on their lapel-and any monkey can do that!
If that is all the MSM has to comment on, they had all better get other jobs-reporting is not one of them.
Patriotism is not defined by wearing jewelry-but by doing something for your country-not to it!
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Lapel pins are for put-on patriots.
Pure and simple.
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Little dick syndrome
Wearing a flag pin is a form of patriotic chest-thumping, a way of bragging about being a "patriot". And to quote Bill Maher:
"Saying you're patriotic is like saying you have a big cock. If you have to say it, it probably isn't true."
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I'm reminded of a comment by an elderly German lady
Who had lived through the Nazi era..
Her name for that era?
"The flag madness".
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Style Points
I think more people are waking up to the fact that the tiny piece of ostentation is not flattering to most complexions.
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"Patriotism--the last refuge of a scoundrel"
"After Dr. Johnson said patriotism was the last refuge of a scoundrel, the cynic Ambrose Bierce amended it with, "I beg to submit that it is the first."
Barack Obama has a number of attributes I don't much care for, but a lack of love for and care for his country isn't one of them. I'm sick and tired of these damned pseudo-patriots on the right trying to slander every progressive with this lie. Good for Barack for refusing to put up with their smarmy crap.
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Or wearing a flag pin and carrying a bible, same difference
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis.
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If politicians wear neckties that must mean they're as trustworthy as businessmen
I figure if you are a member of the military or the general public, you are entitled to wear a flag pin whenever you want.
If you are a politician, please respect the flag and the rest of us by only wearing it when attending a military-related function.
The thought of lobbyists and politicians wearing their $2500 suits with their flag pins getting together at the Capitol or the local pub to cut deals ... well it's obscene in my book.
Business as usual for everyone else I guess.
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37 pieces of Patriotic Flair
Question: What's the difference between the manager of Chtotchke's restaurant in the movie "Office Space" and the political pundits gasbagging us with fake outrage over missing flag pins?
Answer: The restaurant manager is only somewhat ridiculous.
How many flag pins does a Democrat need to wear, Bill Kristol? I suspect even 37 pieces of "patriotic flair" wouldn't be enough to satisfy the Republican handmaidens in the press.
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If you want to shut the Fake Patriots up...
"You only have to wear a flag on your jacket if you don't have it in your heart"
Total nonsense of course, as all this jingoistic crud is, but the lizard-brain-patriots won't be able to respond, and it might keep them quiet long enough to let the grown-ups talk for a while....
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Don't Forget the Fish Cars
So flag lapel pins tell us if someone running for office is a true patriot or not, eh? Just like the IXOYEs dotting all those minivans tell us that only True Christians ride in those vehicles? It's that simple? Golly...
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It's just a hunk of metal
If you need to wear a metal pin of the US flag to show your patriotism then you don't have enough inside you for it to show. Metal flag pin wearers are like those who want to ban flag burning. They confuse the symbol for what it stands for. Letting some asshole burn a flag is a greater sign of patriotism than protecting a 3 foot by 5 foot piece of cloth.
I never put a flag on my car, or one of those silly yellow ribbons and have never worn a flag pin for one reason only. I never, ever, wanted anyone to begin to think I supported George Bush's war in any way.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag..
..and that's pretty much where most of the jingoists stop. I believe there's more to it than that, but damned if I can remember with all this flag this pin that talk.
Can someone point me to the dress code in the Constitution?
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Sometimes Useful
I've heard that if you wear the flag pin on your right lapel it means that you're gay.
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I only wear lapel flags...
When I fly and go oversees. And then if I'm not in a suit like when I'm hiking or sightseeing, I usually have a flag patch jacket or a flag baseball cap.
But in the US why I need to say "Look, I'm American?"
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still applies today
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
© John Prine
While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel.
Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.
Repeat Chorus:
Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...
"But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more."