[Eagle Eye]

You agree walking down a flag draped street makes you feel that way?A trifle paranoic,aren't we?

Do I really need ot explain what "theme" is? I really hope not.

We dug out the flag after 9/11 .It lost a part,we left it down,fixed it and put it out when war began.

Some of us didn't need to, it was already a part of our life. I will admit that I sometimes flew mine upsidedown while clinton was in office and I left that thing up and in tatters until Bush was elected. I changed flags immediately after the ceremony.

I never checked to see who had a flag out in the neighborhood!No one mentioned we didn't have one up when ours was down.

That's good, because I hate the pseudo-patriotic flag nazi's like the author does.

IMO, flying the flag or reciting the pledge doesn't really mean a whole lot. Anyone can do that, no big deal.

Not everyone can serve in uniform, either, but patriotism mean doing something that takes some commitment.

[MEG33]

You know why I believe so many of us who don't fly a flag daily scrambled through closets or made countless trips trying to find one to fly?It was an expression of all being in this together as Americans.It was community and committment and resolve.It was the least we could do.It didn't change a thing but it helped me express that which couldn't be expressed.