A country gone nuts
Words can't describe how truly stupid this is.
The House on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag, a measure that for the first time stands a chance of passing the Senate as well."Ask the people who stood on top of the World Trade Center"???!!! WTF??
By a 286-130 vote _ eight more than needed _ House members approved the amendment after a debate over whether such a ban would uphold or run afoul of the Constitution's free-speech protections.
Approval of two-thirds of the lawmakers present was required to send the bill on to the Senate, where activists on both sides say it stands the best chance of passage in years. If the amendment is approved in that chamber by a two-thirds vote, it would then move to the states for ratification.
Supporters said the measure reflected patriotism that deepened after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and they accused detractors of being out of touch with public sentiment.
"Ask the men and women who stood on top of the (World) Trade Center," said Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham, R-Calif. "Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment."
But Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said, "If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents."
Oh.. maybe he meant the RUBBLE of the World Trade Center... Ahhhhh. I guess THEY get to decide whether we should play around with the constitution and which rights should be tossed out the window. Now I get it.
I for one, will feel much safer here in America once I know that the 3 people a year who burn flags are sent to prison.
Will the last person to leave America as we knew it please turn out the lights?
posted by The Inside Dope @ 6/22/2005
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5 Comments:
Hey how about that Durbin apology.
Weak kneed little cry baby.
My God. They act like they don't know the difference between the symbol of a thing andthe thing itself. As a consequence, they're going to destroy the thing to protect the mere symbol. Jefferson would.... well.... he'd do a lot more than just blog about it.
Outrage is overrated. Stirred up about losing elections. You're a sore loser. Your hate America party will continue to lose until they learn the US is the best country ever, that's for you pol...wind and iowa, I have no idea what the hell your talking about
Rawk, I'd go you one further and state that they don't understand America or the constitution itself. They certainly have no respect whatsoever for the freedoms the constitution bestows on us and why that has made this the greatest country on earth.
As our resident Ditto-head Dave apes the line of the right that liberals "hate America", I would point out that these Bozos that want to tinker with the sacred Constitution over a STUPID ASS thing like this demonstrate that they have absolutely NO respect for the document whatsoever.
They treat it like so much trash by supposeing that they can march off on this patently shallow and purely partisan political issue and pervert the greatest government document every written.
It shows clearly that they have absolutely no hesitation, no second thoughts, about literally trying to change the very core rights and liberties guaranteed by the constitution.
It's as if a bunch of drunks at the VFW, relying on chest-thumpnig false patriotism to avoid having to actually think, staggered to their feet and marched to the National Archives, broke open the glass case housing the contstution, and started crossing out shit they didn't like and adding what they wanted with a Bic pen.
These jackasses who support this are nothing but vandals who want to deface the document so many have gladly laid down their lives for.
And make no mistake, this is about more than the flag and if someone wears it on their bikini (though even legally this proposal is a joke.) It's about establishing a precident for amending the constitution willy-nilly as whatever current passion dictates. What's next? What other rights will they say need to go?
These people aren't merely stupid, they're truly dangerous.
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