Picture of the Day
posted by mikevotes at
6:41 AM
About This Blog
This is not the America I was brought up to believe in. This blog seeks to highlight abuse of power, deception, corruption, and just plain bad ideas in government and corporations. Updated several times a day.
Previous Rantings
- A little from a speech by Ahmadinejad
- Picture of the Day - 2
- Taste the Relativism. Mmmmmm....
- Picture of the Day - 1.3 Billion Muslims
- Lampson is leading Delay!!!!
- Picture of the Day - 3
- The politics of a UN referral on Iran.
- Picture of the Day - 2
- More on the Swiftboating of Murtha
- Picture of the Day
6 Comments:
Um, Mike, you might want to watch out--I think that's going to be unconstitutional soon. Not in Iraq, mind you, just in the land of the free.
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JUSIPER, at 11:18 PM
yea, as Sini said. After this becomes illegal we'll have to bomb them.
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Yukkione, at 12:01 AM
lyrics of a wee song here...
"The Flag Desecration Rag"
(David Rovics)
They tried to pass an amendment in the U.S. Congress
Seems these thugs have some grievance to redress
They said we all must pledge allegiance, 'cause that is what they need
We may not desecrate their symbol of hypocrisy and greed
(Chorus)
But the flag is just a rag (2x)
Just a worn-out, tired, dirty, blood-soaked rag
Pledge allegiance to the symbol, well how about the deed
Allegiance to democracy or blind authority
It's a flag of war from L.A. to Vietnam
It desecrates itself each time the Air Force drops a bomb
Chorus
Like they say in Mexico*, "Yankee Go Home"
Uncle Sam and his club thinks the world's there to roam
And to make the point well they do the traditional thing
Light a match and let freedom ring
Chorus
So burn it, stomp it, tear it up or at least hang it upside-down
Tie it to your foot and drag it on the ground
Let everybody know how many lives are gone
'Cause of idiots who said, "My country right or wrong"
Chorus
*Fill in the blank (i.e., Serbia, Puerto Rico, Big Mountain, Iraq, Colombia, etc.)
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michael the tubthumper, at 5:25 AM
I think that even Alito couldn't argue that burning the flag wasn't protected speech. It would have to be a constitutional amendment and no way that is a whole lotta work getting it passed by all the statehouses. It's a good political issue for elections, but I don't think there's any group that really cares enough to collect enought money to lobby through all those statehouses.
Besides, this is Iran. I think burning the American flag is pretty far down the list of grievances at this point.
I just found this interesting because of the apparent radicalization of Iranian women. Pictures of irate Iranian men burning the flag pack very little punch anymore, but I thought this showed a greater depth.
And Michael,don't know if you're a rovics fan, but have you ever been to his homepage, tons of free mp3 downloads. Also, www.archive.org has a ton of live shows also available. I can't listen to too much of him, alot of his songs sound similar, but I'll often throw a couple in a shuffled playlist.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 7:34 AM
Were I a cartoonist, I'd draw Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rummy as elephants smashing dishes in the proverbial china shop.
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liberal_dem, at 7:51 AM
i do like rovics yeah. got a lot of his tunes.
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michael the tubthumper, at 8:34 AM
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