I have been following the news rather closely, and I only have one thing to ask. What in the heck happenned to our country? I pose this Johnny Cash song:
I walked through a county courthouse square,
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down."
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."
I said, "Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it."
He said, "Have a seat," and I sat down.
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag.
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there when
Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writing Say Can You See.
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seems.
"And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.
"On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II.
She hung limp and low by the time it was through.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.
"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land here she's been abused --
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused.
"And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more.
"So we raise her up every morning, take her
down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground and we fold
her up right.
On second thought, I do like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag."
Now, if that doesn't make you feel patriotic, you need to go check your green card.
If you look at the last three stanzas of the song, that represents the treatment of our flag by our actions in the modern days we live in. We do everything except tell our government to take the flag out of our country and send it to Davey Jones' locker. One library in Philadelphia refused to put the flag up because "it might offend somebody." We have the liberals telling us we should allow the flag to be burned because to not do so is an infringement of our first amendment. Let me tell you this: If you live in the United States of America, and are embarrassed by our country flag, you have but one thing you should do. GET THE HECK OUT!!! I will NOT support the liberals. I WILL do my best to reinstitute the ban on flag burning. If you want to burn this nation's flag, go to Iraq, or France, or India. Just stay the hell away from here. Like the song says:
So I'll raise her up every morning, take her
down every night.
I won't let her touch the ground and I'll fold
her up right.
On second thought, I do like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag.
I salute the American soldiers and I support my government as long as it is in the right track. Be it red or blue, Democrat or Republican. I will pay my dues and, if needed, I will die for the cause of our freedom. In my opinion, if you don't do that, you are a sad excuse for a citizen. America is considered the most patriotic country in the world, and the only one doing the right thing if you ask the countrymen of nations like Iraq, South Korea, and others that we have helped. We have the ability to make a difference in the world. Why the hell not use it? I am for peace. But peace, like freedom, has a price tag. You can't make a claim to peace without going through the fire to get there. I am not for laying by and letting the bully nations have their way. Suddam Hussein was a ruthless dictator, and he deserves to die. We now have proof that not only was Al-Quaeda in Iraq, but there were 500 caches of bio-weapons (which libs said didn't exist) found in Iraq according to a recently declassified pentagon form. That is something you won't hear from the driveby media. We now have all the reason to have gone there. I say we finish the job
I walked through a county courthouse square,
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down."
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."
I said, "Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it."
He said, "Have a seat," and I sat down.
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag.
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there when
Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writing Say Can You See.
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seems.
"And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.
"On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II.
She hung limp and low by the time it was through.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.
"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land here she's been abused --
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused.
"And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more.
"So we raise her up every morning, take her
down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground and we fold
her up right.
On second thought, I do like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag."
Now, if that doesn't make you feel patriotic, you need to go check your green card.
If you look at the last three stanzas of the song, that represents the treatment of our flag by our actions in the modern days we live in. We do everything except tell our government to take the flag out of our country and send it to Davey Jones' locker. One library in Philadelphia refused to put the flag up because "it might offend somebody." We have the liberals telling us we should allow the flag to be burned because to not do so is an infringement of our first amendment. Let me tell you this: If you live in the United States of America, and are embarrassed by our country flag, you have but one thing you should do. GET THE HECK OUT!!! I will NOT support the liberals. I WILL do my best to reinstitute the ban on flag burning. If you want to burn this nation's flag, go to Iraq, or France, or India. Just stay the hell away from here. Like the song says:
So I'll raise her up every morning, take her
down every night.
I won't let her touch the ground and I'll fold
her up right.
On second thought, I do like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag.
I salute the American soldiers and I support my government as long as it is in the right track. Be it red or blue, Democrat or Republican. I will pay my dues and, if needed, I will die for the cause of our freedom. In my opinion, if you don't do that, you are a sad excuse for a citizen. America is considered the most patriotic country in the world, and the only one doing the right thing if you ask the countrymen of nations like Iraq, South Korea, and others that we have helped. We have the ability to make a difference in the world. Why the hell not use it? I am for peace. But peace, like freedom, has a price tag. You can't make a claim to peace without going through the fire to get there. I am not for laying by and letting the bully nations have their way. Suddam Hussein was a ruthless dictator, and he deserves to die. We now have proof that not only was Al-Quaeda in Iraq, but there were 500 caches of bio-weapons (which libs said didn't exist) found in Iraq according to a recently declassified pentagon form. That is something you won't hear from the driveby media. We now have all the reason to have gone there. I say we finish the job
