The School Without a Flag
By Rob Hood (09/13/07)
September 11, 2001. We all remember where we were on that terrible day. We all remember the feelings of confusion, anger, grief, and fear in the days following. The country came together as one to honor and remember those who died that day. In the days following September 11, you could go almost anywhere and see the American flag flying at half staff fist, and then as time went on, flying high and proud.
Fast forward six years, and it's a total different story. Not only are some people not flying a flag, but they are desecrating it. A story come to mind about a high school that refuses to let it's students wear clothing with an American flag on it in fear that it might offend someone.
How politically correct is this nation getting when students cannot wear the flag of their own sovereign country? Who are the school officials who dictate such near treasonous acts of anti-patriotism? It is the right of every American to wear the flag proudly if he/she wishes to do so and to ban that right is unconstitutional. It violates our freedom of speech and it limits our patriotic duty to America. This outrageous and unbelievable story about the high school who chose to ban any flag including the American flag - even on September 11, can be found at:
http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-09-11-0027.html
In the deep South (Mississippi) where I live it is not uncommon to see confederate flag on a truck, car, t-shirt, bumper sticker, or just about anything else. It is not a matter of it being a racist statement, but a matter of southern heritage and pride. It is also not uncommon to see an American flag most anywhere including school classrooms, churches, and most places public and private. I just do not think a thing like this would happen in Mississippi where most people are patriotic Americans. Of course there are some far left people in Mississippi and all over the deep South just like anywhere else, but they are greatly outnumbered and over powered when it comes to issues of patriotism and flying the American flag high and proud.
Whoever these students are, they should protest that school. In the 1960s when students lost their minds to the liberals who were indoctrinating them, it was not uncommon to see some sort of protest. Usually they made little sense and offered no resolution to the "crisis" the students were facing. Not much has changed since that time. The same people who turned far left during the 1960s liberal revolution still protest and still offer no real solutions to the problems that they protest against.
I do believe that we should start seeing protests similar to that today. However these should be conservative God fearing students who are protesting the indoctrination centers across America and telling these public school officials to take a long walk off of a short peer. These students should fight to keep their freedom to be patriotic and wear the symbol of our nation to school - especially on September 11.
I urge everyone to get a flag and fly it high and fly it proud. This is America. There is no need to worry about offending someone when we display our flag. We should be proud to display it. If my flying the America flag offends someone, then that's too bad. Buy a time machine and take the issue up with the founding fathers who gave me that right through the U.S. Constitution. As Michael Savage once said, " America is the greatest country on earth. That's why everyone is trying to get in and no one is trying to get out." Mr. Savage was right.
RESOURCES:
High school bans American Flag
http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-09-11-0027.html
Other resources of interest:
Are 37 million people really poor?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillSteigerwald/2007/09/11/are_our_37_million_poor_really_poor
Indoctrination 101
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnLeo/2007/09/11/indoctrination_101
President Bush again withholds funding for pro-abortion UN group
http://www.lifenews.com/nat3323.html
A 200 year old lesson on 9/11
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57542
Hillary praises world government
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57470
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