Did anyone else think....

[sukie175 0]

that all the time spent debating whether to make a constitutional amendment on burning the flag was a shocking waste of time.

I think this might apply more to those of us who have moved here...but you might prove me wrong.

Don't get me wrong I am a supporter and lover of the USA and intend to become a citizen but please.....that time could be so much better spent on more worthy issues.....such as the appalling state of the medical care and costs here!

[jen&darcy 0]

that all the time spent debating whether to make a constitutional amendment on burning the flag was a shocking waste of time.

I think this might apply more to those of us who have moved here...but you might prove me wrong.

Don't get me wrong I am a supporter and lover of the USA and intend to become a citizen but please.....that time could be so much better spent on more worthy issues.....such as the appalling state of the medical care and costs here!

I agree and I am a U.S. citizen. Those were my exact thoughts as I was watching CNN last night.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

that all the time spent debating whether to make a constitutional amendment on burning the flag was a shocking waste of time.

I think this might apply more to those of us who have moved here...but you might prove me wrong.

Don't get me wrong I am a supporter and lover of the USA and intend to become a citizen but please.....that time could be so much better spent on more worthy issues.....such as the appalling state of the medical care and costs here!

Yes. Welcome to American politics - or at least Karl Rove style. Whenever an election is around the corner, the tactic is to bring forward some emotional hot button issue like flag burning or gay marriage to scare core consituents not to cross party lines and vote for the other guy no matter how corrupt your party's guy is. The politics of fear - and it seemed to work there for awhile, especially after 9/11 - everybody was a bit jumpy.

[sukie175 0]

OT but I do love your avatar

[Sister Fracas 5]

yep, I agree... BIG waste of time.... gotta pull out the patriotic stuff in an Election year...

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

C'mon guys -- I can't go to work or to the store to get milk without choking on the flames of burning flags.

[sukie175 0]

[Sister Fracas 5]

ok, before I even say this, I've put on the flame-proof suit.... but I just don't see burning a flag as that offensive. Yes, it's a symbol, but a much more offensive act to me is the harm of US citizens by terrorists from home or abroad and I think the distruction of the land and all it's inhabitants in the process is a more offensive gesture toward the US than burning a piece of cloth.

*RUNS*

[sukie175 0]

I am *running* alongside you

[SmileyGuy 0]

I am *running* alongside you

Your avatar is hypnotizing.

[sukie175 0]

Nah you just have a one track mind

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

that all the time spent debating whether to make a constitutional amendment on burning the flag was a shocking waste of time.

I think this might apply more to those of us who have moved here...but you might prove me wrong.

Don't get me wrong I am a supporter and lover of the USA and intend to become a citizen but please.....that time could be so much better spent on more worthy issues.....such as the appalling state of the medical care and costs here!

I'm a US Navy veteran and I believe in the first amendment (the rest of the constitution too). Burn the flag... it's just cloth.

[SmileyGuy 0]

Nah you just have a one track mind

Amazingly enough I have a three track mind. Unfortunately, they all go in the same direction.

[Sister Fracas 5]

I'm a US Navy veteran and I believe in the first amendment (the rest of the constitution too). Burn the flag... it's just cloth.

*faints* Rich and I agree!!!!!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I'm a US Navy veteran and I believe in the first amendment (the rest of the constitution too). Burn the flag... it's just cloth.

*faints* Rich and I agree!!!!!

Can I change my position?