He Done Screwed The Pooch Now Boy-o's - NFL ed.

[Montegriffo]

Demonstrating it at all seems "too needy" for you, don't lie. You're butt hurt because a civic meeting by a political party hoping to rule this nation included the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Like that's somehow inappropriate and jingoistic.

"We want to run this whole country, but let's not get too crazy and say the Pledge or anything, what would the neighbors think?!?"

So what are you saying, if you don't salute your flag every five minutes you somehow don't care about your country?
Insecure and needy.

[DBTrek]

Demonstrating it at all seems "too needy" for you, don't lie. You're butt hurt because a civic meeting by a political party hoping to rule this nation included the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Like that's somehow inappropriate and jingoistic.

"We want to run this whole country, but let's not get too crazy and say the Pledge or anything, what would the neighbors think?!?"

So what are you saying, if you don't salute your flag every five minutes you somehow don't care about your country?
Insecure and needy.

I'm saying if saluting the flag at the meeting of a political party that seeks to control the nation equals "Every five minutes" in your mind, then it's fairly clear where the issue lay, and it's not with the flag.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Update: Shocked the van gypsy and online ISIS supporter don't see the value of national identity.

Oh, I understand it. I understand very well why they want us to feel like part of a 350-million-member tribe.

[DBTrek]

Update: Shocked the van gypsy and online ISIS supporter don't see the value of national identity.

Oh, I understand it. I understand very well why they want us to feel like part of a 350-million-member tribe.

Then maybe you could help the rest of us understand why those most likely to perish outside of the 350-million-member tribe are constantly agitating for its downfall.

That's the real unexplained mystery around this place.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Update: Shocked the van gypsy and online ISIS supporter don't see the value of national identity.

Oh, I understand it. I understand very well why they want us to feel like part of a 350-million-member tribe.

Then maybe you could help the rest of us understand why those most likely to perish outside of the 350-million-member tribe are constantly agitating for its downfall.

That's the real unexplained mystery around this place.

I have no idea. I’m not one of them.

My best answer would be that spoiled children throw tantrums, and so do uninformed citizens.

[Montegriffo]

Demonstrating it at all seems "too needy" for you, don't lie. You're butt hurt because a civic meeting by a political party hoping to rule this nation included the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Like that's somehow inappropriate and jingoistic.

"We want to run this whole country, but let's not get too crazy and say the Pledge or anything, what would the neighbors think?!?"

So what are you saying, if you don't salute your flag every five minutes you somehow don't care about your country?
Insecure and needy.

I'm saying if saluting the flag at the meeting of a political party that seeks to control the nation equals "Every five minutes" in your mind, then it's fairly clear where the issue lay, and it's not with the flag.

If it were only at meetings of political parties you might have a point but it's every time you have a crowd of people for whatever reason. Save it for important public occasions and stop devaluing it through over doing it.
You look like an insecure nation at risk of falling apart unless you salute a peice of cloth and get God to bless you at every possible opportunity.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

If it were only at meetings of political parties you might have a point but it's every time you have a crowd of people for whatever reason. Save it for important public occasions and stop devaluing it through over doing it.
You look like an insecure nation at risk of falling apart unless you salute a peice of cloth and get God to bless you at every possible opportunity.

Well, you guys started passing up opportunities to ask for God's blessings, and where are you now?
If you want to stay on top, you need a lot of that sweet, sweet grace of God.

[DBTrek]

So what are you saying, if you don't salute your flag every five minutes you somehow don't care about your country?
Insecure and needy.

I'm saying if saluting the flag at the meeting of a political party that seeks to control the nation equals "Every five minutes" in your mind, then it's fairly clear where the issue lay, and it's not with the flag.

If it were only at meetings of political parties you might have a point but it's every time you have a crowd of people for whatever reason. Save it for important public occasions and stop devaluing it through over doing it.
You look like an insecure nation at risk of falling apart unless you salute a peice of cloth and get God to bless you at every possible opportunity.

OMG - they sang the National Anthem at a football game on Sunday . . . and in a small meeting of a couple dozen Democrats on Wednesday they said the Pledge of Allegiance.
WHAT'S WITH THIS JINGOISTIC NEEDINESS EVERY FIVE MINUTES!?!?!??!
(For football players and a couple dozen Democrats in a nation of over 300 million)


Right on.
That doesn't sound kooky at alllllllllll. . . .

It's pretty clear that you simply take umbrage at any expression of national identity whatsoever. It bugs you. People identifying with a time, place, and culture, just pisses you off. That's fine. But don't act like we're the weird ones in this equation, van juggler.

[PartyOf5]

If it were only at meetings of political parties you might have a point but it's every time you have a crowd of people for whatever reason.

Every time you have a crowd of people....

Some places you have crowds of people and no anthem or pledge:
- Weddings
- Funerals (for non -military)
- Concerts
- Work
- Parties
- etc....

Keep digging.

[apeman]

The pledge is a conspiracy pushed by the Koch brothers