Spread the word... a non-vote is a vote for desecration of the flag.
kerry never shows up to vote
Attach a rider that threatens their pork or legally secures something they hate. Don't just threaten to kick them in the 'nads and then give them an option - cut them off at the knees and drive them into the ground with a baseball bat.
The Constitution is about limiting government power, not about restraining the American people.
Flag burning should be banned in the United States...
The ComPost is just trying to suggest that the Republicans are up to their old Machiavellian ways, using the flag issue for political purposes. The way the senate is tied up by the Democrats, this will never come to a vote before the election.
George W. Bush will win reelection by a margin of at least ten per cent.
Put a "health care for seniors" rider on it. That'll make 'em implode.
Proper disposal of worn-out flags:
Before a flag can be burned, it must first be cut into separate pieces. The field of blue must first be cut from the stripes. Then, the stripes must be cut into strips.
To properly burn the flag. During the ceremony, the stripes are burned first, and then the field of blue. The ashes are buried.
That said, I will risk jail to beat the hell out of any who tries to burn one around me, and take my chances with a Texas jury.
Some group should start a public show where every month or so they draw 1 foreign flag at random and a UN flag and burn them. Kerry et al would be flooding D.C. with anti-burning bills. The UN would crap all over itself. Be a hoot.
BTTT
I don't think burning the flag should be illegal--after all, it IS a free country. I instead propose a law that anyone convicted of burning the flag, having shown their contempt for this country, have their citizenship withdrawn and be deported to France. That way, they can complain about the USA all they want without threat of consequences.
Desecrating our flag is very much like desecrating our Constitution. It's a way of dishonoring the men who've died for their freedom, not freedom to show betrayal against our country, but all of the freedoms we have from supporting our country. . Flag desecrators should be punished. And many who call themselves supporters of the Constitution are nothing of the kind. They lie about our Constitution in efforts to keep us from exercising our Constitional rights to return to some of the intentions of our founders and to usher us into social anarchy. They wish to weaken our country.
ba move right now.
Without reverence for America and her Flag, then the Constitution and Bill of Rights are just a bunch of words on paper. The Flag isn't just a chunk of material that falls within the First Amendment, it is inherent to what GIVES us the First Amendment.
I support an Amendment against Flag burning.
Ok, how about a compromise. Instead of banning flag burning, how about legalizing shooting of flag burners. Now that we can all have "assault weapons" it just makes sense.