[DemonDeac]

Flying the flag upside down is wrong regardless of the circumstances. That person should be ashamed.

[tobyhill]

Really? Last I checked it's a sign of distress.

[panaxanax]

>>”Flying the flag upside down is wrong regardless of the circumstances. That person should be ashamed.”<<

You, DemonDeac, should be ashamed for not knowing more about our flag.

http://www.jeffhead.com/liberty/flagdistress.htm
Thanks, Jeff.

[UGottaGetaGrip]

IN 1996 we had a balanced budget, it’s now 2009, and we have a national debt of $13 TRILLION.....What is shameful is our Government....
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! P.J. O’Rourke

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you! Pericles (430 B.C.)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

In the United States, it might be that these 2 wolves equal 1 republican + 1 democrat and the sheep are we, the people.