Dr. Forbush Thinks

I find it interesting that those who opposed the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s pointed their finger at Abby Hoffman when he wore his famous flag shirt. Surely Bush and the neo-cons remember this. Then on Memorial Day we have the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Richard Myers sporting a flag shirt at a memorial service where we would expect some extra level of decorum.

Across the Mall the US Congress is debating whether burning the flag should be made into a crime that should be considered bad enough to be written into the US constitution. The reason burning is even being talked about is because burning the flag is a form of desecration. But, the President of the United States should recognize that writing on a flag is also a form of desecration when his Party is in favor of the protection of the flag.





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