Patriotism
Should the American Flag Be Banned — in America?
Do you find the following image offensive, or disturbing in any way? Should the display of an American flag be banned, even if a school administrator feels that display could lead to fights? Well, according to a FOX News poll, an overwhelming majority of those polled think so. At the writing of this post, 66.3%…
Read MoreTeacher Deems American Flag ‘Offensive’
The battle over the American flag has reached a middle school art class in California’s Santa Rita School District where a student was told not to draw Old Glory because it was “offensive,†but another student — in the same class – was praised for drawing a picture of President Obama. http://www.foxnewsradio.com/2010/05/09/teacher-deems-american-flag-offensive
Read MoreReal Despotism
The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of…
Read MoreStudents Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees
The vice principal of Live Oak High School asked two of the boys to remove American flag bandannas that they wearing on their heads and for the other two boys to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out. When they refused, the boys were ordered to go to the principal’s office. “They said we could…
Read MoreI Don’t Owe You Anything
While I am glad to see US flags in the picture of last Saturday’s anti-illegal immigration rally, the sign disturbs me. I wonder if he even knows what the sign that he is holding says. If not, then please learn English so you don’t look like a fool. If he does, then we need to…
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