You have a problem with this? I certainly don't.
Good question....................
Should I have a problem with apandering, election-year distraction, while there are far more more important issues to be addressed?
Gay Marriage. Stem Cells. Flag Burning.
Gonna be a long year.
Okay, right, this was a feel-good measure passed unanimously. Nevertheless, it:
- addressed a real, if not earth-shattering, problem
- in the right way
- and solved it
Compare to banning flag-burning, which is (sadly) probably protected; banning gay marriage, which threatens to be the first time in our history that a Constitutional Amendment -removed- people's rights; banning stem cell research, which is arguably a valuable scientific tool for saving thousands or millions of lives. They're all a lot more difficult, and some may not pass.
Whereas every American -should- have the right to display the Flag on their own property, and these homeowners' associations and their stupid restrictions can kiss my a$$. I'm glad this bill was done, even if it -was- a pandering distraction.
You prefer Americans being restricted from flying the flag? Seems to me you're fussing at Bush when you ought to be ranting at the ACLU.
How is it pandering if it passed unanimously in both houses? Nobody gained a political advantage from this. As another poster stated, it merely fixed something that needed fixing.
Your argument is similar to those who say we should not fund (fill in government program here, like space exploration) because there are poor people and schools who could use the money more.
We can't fix all the big problems of the world today, but we can fix some of the small ones, and that's what this law does.