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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I mean, isn't WHAT HE SAID more important than the props in the background???
Originally posted by beta.services
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
No, all Americans are not. Just some.
Good to hear.
I guess I'm guilty of just hearing the loudest, and not the brightest.
Originally posted by Yazman
See, this guy here proves my point EXACTLY. You never did this with any other president, constantly emphasising and bringing up their middle name, mentioning it all the time.
The ONLY reason you do it with Obama is because you want to demonise him, and point out to people every time you talk about Obama - "HEY! LOOK! OBAMA HAS A NAME THAT DOESN'T JIVE WITH MY IDEA OF WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD BE LIKE!! SO IT'S BAD!"
Originally posted by lpowell0627
South Africa is actually a wonderful example. Right now, you are facing the potential of another racial war. People, separated by their skin color, battling for their own personal desires either individually or collectively as a race.
Your flag, the flag of any nation, has no skin color. It is the symbol of what ultimately unites people in any nation to fight for, and support, and better, the nation that they choose to be a part of.
Originally posted by prionace glauca
Originally posted by Yazman
See, this guy here proves my point EXACTLY. You never did this with any other president, constantly emphasising and bringing up their middle name, mentioning it all the time.
The ONLY reason you do it with Obama is because you want to demonise him, and point out to people every time you talk about Obama - "HEY! LOOK! OBAMA HAS A NAME THAT DOESN'T JIVE WITH MY IDEA OF WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD BE LIKE!! SO IT'S BAD!"
I guess you failed to realize that I posted "Mr. O Hussein B" to get you to trumpeting your horn again.
Of course presidents have been called using their middle names. When Bill was a candidate he had touted his middle name all of the time. So spare me the Middle Name B.S. Its a middle name, only you making a bigger deal of it just shows the prejudice you have within yourself.
[edit on 28-5-2010 by prionace glauca]
Originally posted by prionace glauca
Originally posted by Yazman
See, this guy here proves my point EXACTLY. You never did this with any other president, constantly emphasising and bringing up their middle name, mentioning it all the time.
The ONLY reason you do it with Obama is because you want to demonise him, and point out to people every time you talk about Obama - "HEY! LOOK! OBAMA HAS A NAME THAT DOESN'T JIVE WITH MY IDEA OF WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD BE LIKE!! SO IT'S BAD!"
I guess you failed to realize that I posted "Mr. O Hussein B" to get you to trumpeting your horn again.
Of course presidents have been called using their middle names. When Bill was a candidate he had touted his middle name all of the time. So spare me the Middle Name B.S. Its a middle name, only you making a bigger deal of it just shows the prejudice you have within yourself.
[edit on 28-5-2010 by prionace glauca]
Originally posted by lpowell0627
If the flag is so meaningless and unimportant, than why is it when other nations show their anger/disapproval/protest of a nation's actions, why is that the ultimate show of such emotion is done by the burning of that nation's flag?
Originally posted by beta.services
Originally posted by lpowell0627
If the flag is so meaningless and unimportant, than why is it when other nations show their anger/disapproval/protest of a nation's actions, why is that the ultimate show of such emotion is done by the burning of that nation's flag?
I never said it was unimportant. I just dont think that people should define themselves by it. And and others have said, it shouldn't be an issue just because a flag was not displayed.
Actually, some countries have laws requiring the burning of a flag once it becomes damaged in any way. I believe Australia and South Africa both have this law, im not sure about others.
WATERLOO, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill., said he will no longer wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for “true patriotism” since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
He commented on the pin in a television interview Wednesday and then again on Thursday at a campaign appearance in Independence, Iowa.
“My attitude is that I’m less concerned about what you’re wearing on your lapel than what’s in your heart," he told the campaign crowd Thursday. "You show your patriotism by how you treat your fellow Americans, especially those who serve. You show your patriotism by being true to our values and ideals. That’s what we have to lead with is our values and our ideals.”
Originally posted by WWJFKD
reply to post by Benevolent Heretic
Now see what you were speaking about with the whole "pin thing"
www.msnbc.msn.com...
WATERLOO, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill., said he will no longer wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for “true patriotism” since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
He commented on the pin in a television interview Wednesday and then again on Thursday at a campaign appearance in Independence, Iowa.
“My attitude is that I’m less concerned about what you’re wearing on your lapel than what’s in your heart," he told the campaign crowd Thursday. "You show your patriotism by how you treat your fellow Americans, especially those who serve. You show your patriotism by being true to our values and ideals. That’s what we have to lead with is our values and our ideals.”
So whats on his lapel if not a representation of the flag? No seriously I'm curious. He point blank said he isn't wearing it - so what is it?
Originally posted by WWJFKD
Somebody was griping about people in ATS who make outlandish claims tend to write in run on sentences or they don't capitalize their "i".
[edit on 28-5-2010 by WWJFKD]
Originally posted by XyZeR
[sarcasm]No flag , how dare he....more proof he's a islamofascismosocialcommieterrorist lover/sarcasm]
Seriously, this is just silly..... a non issue. It's just a piece of cloth...
Edit: impeachable offense ? LMAO....
[edit on 28-5-2010 by XyZeR]