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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:41 PM
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Did you know that only 2 FREAKIN' FLAGS have been burned in '06?
According to this RW, amendment supporting organization,Citizens Flag Alliance, ONLY 2 freakin' flag have been burned in 2006, in 2005 ONLY 12 freakin' flags were burned and in 2004, ONLY 3 freakin' flags were burned! We have 300 MILLION people in this country and in the last 3 years 17 flags have been burned and THAT requires a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT? What a fucking FARCE!

I heard this on C-SPAN today when listening to my wonderful Senator Durbin. I couldn't believe my ears. You can read about it here at People For The American Way.....http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=10463
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:46 PM
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1. Pass this amendment and I'll burn one each and every day.
If they can burn the Constitution, I can burn the flag.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:50 PM
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6. No kidding! I heard today, from Hatch, I think, that they are only 1 vote
short of stopping a filibuster? Is that true?? WTF?
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 11:03 PM
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14. There'll be charred flag residue all over this country
Mother fucking idiots making this a priority?

It'll be a riot when they try to prosecute 1,000,000 of us when we do an organized protest.

I'll tell you one thing, it will have the desired effect. Yes, the RWers are deliberately doing this because they know if they pass it, flag burning will go up exponentially - at least in the short-term. They their moronic followers will rally after seeing the flag burning as a protest. It's typical base emotion Republican ass hole politics :eyes:
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:46 PM
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2. while many more Veterans are homeless in this country
in addition to others including children.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:47 PM
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3. I hear that Liberals secretly sacrifice hundreds more in secret...
...Blue Masses...

I'm just sayin, is all.

PB
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Jaundice James Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:48 PM
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4. I hope they burn THOUSANDS more...
until the novelty wears off and people can see it for what it is. FREE SPEECH!

http://jaundicejames.blogspot.com/2006/06/flag-burn-it-like-you-mean-it.html

-JJ
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:49 PM
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5. Yeah it's all a bunch of time wasting bs
for W and the GOP to pander to the fanatic fringe right wingers in the red states.

The republicans are desperate.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:53 PM
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7. I hope this shit backfires on them, BIG TIME.
They are so pathetic.
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William Seger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:53 PM
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8. This could backfire, bigtime
When there are so many issues out there that people actually care about, because those issues actually make a difference in their lives, I think the Repugs are running a serious risk of being exposed as the "we love to blow smoke up your ass" party.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:58 PM
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10. Dick Durbin quoted some polls. One was 1000 repukes and Dems
across the country. They were asked what issues were important to them and NOT ONE repuke OR Dem said Flag Burning was important. Then, he quoted a FAUX NEWS poll that asked What issue is the MOST important to you? they listed: The Iraq invasion, immigration, gay marriage and flag burning. Not ONE repuke OR Dem chose Flag Burning! THAT was a FAUX NEWS poll.

I hope it backfires.
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never_get_over_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:54 PM
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9. Actually I'm surprised its as high as 17 in the past three years
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 10:59 PM
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11. Yeah, last year was a busy flag burning year, BUT there were many, many,
Edited on Mon Jun-26-06 11:00 PM by in_cog_ni_to
many years when ZERO flags were burned.
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Sailor for Warner Donating Member (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 11:00 PM
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12. I am VERY sure that # is higher
I rememeber 4 or 5 going up just at college in 02 during the afganistan and another few during Iraq in 03.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 11:02 PM
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13. Well, not according to this RW org that collects the data.
Citizens Flag Alliance
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