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Patriots take pride in learning the proper way to fold a flag.
If boy scouts no longer are properly instructed, perhaps a call to a local ROTC at a community college will come out in uniform and do a demonstration.
The students always love outside involvement.
It makes them feel special. They are special!
There could even be a "New flag raising ceremony" for the students.
Perhaps the high school band members could add to the ceremony.
I grew up writing essays, "What my Country means to Me," "Patriotism", "Freedom", answering questions like "Do we have an Obligation to Help Other Nations?" These were usually related to current events.
My own students called those essays "Cheesey.
Makes you want to cry.

One thing that always bothered me was that some people feel that if others protested the country's involvement in something, that it meant that the protestors were unpatriotic.
"Agree or Leave"
"My country right or wrong."
I always felt that people should think for themselves then stand behind their convictions.
"My country right, and if it is wrong, I will do my best to bring it around to the right thing" was a better conviction.

Just a reminder...when you replace your old, torn, tattered flag, drop it off at any VFW or American Legion Post. Most all take them and PROPERLY dispose of them once or twice a year.

I have to agree with the way PegasusWing thinks it should be handled. Maybe instill patriotism back in the kids if they are all involved in some way

Well..I guess ALL those other people were just STUPID,, Huh??

Maybe YOU should attend these things and straighten them ALL out..

Leave it to a Liberal to try to turn a PATRIOTIC Gesture into something to be ashamed of..

As for your other camments,,I've seen what you've written about the Constitution before and TRUST me,,I don't trust YOU to know the difference between the Constitution and a piece of toilet paper,, hotshot...LMAO..

LMAO...wtg Hawk!

Problem is you can't TEACH Patriotism, it is something you have to believe in or you will just make excuses for your lack of RESPECT for the country that supports you.

TAllen I have to disagree. Patriotism isnt something you are born with like an instinct. It arises from the teachings of what the American people have accomplished and what they will still accomplish. I think that what has happened wih patriotism is that there is so much bickering and mud slinging going on in Government in the last twenty years that I can remember it has born a mistrust in Government. Wether we like it or not part of patriotism is a belief in your government that they will do what is best for the country. Patriotism also implies that the individual should place the interests of the nation above their personal and group interests.

They've taken God out of the schools and the Pledge of Alegiance, I guess they will be removing the flags soon also. This way no one will have to be assigned the task of taking it down or putting it up anymore. Where the hell is this country going?
I don't know about anyone of you out there, but I am damned proud to be an AMERICAN (who speaks only English)

Hey Liberal boy , are any of those NASCAR drivers running for president ? Do you have nay pictures of Obama holding his hand over his heart during the pledge ? Seams to me the quick way to clear up his unpatriotic behavior would be to prove it wrong ...instead of maintaining his smug arrogant statements of how he does not have to prove he does not hate this country...his actions to date do not dispel or disprove any of the accusations !

even though the bill was Sponsored by the Government..The result was that the Patriots FORCED the Government to DO the right thing,, HENCE,, the confidence in the COUNTRY to do the right thing justifies one’s sense of Patriotism..

Now..Before I go ANY further.. Let ME qualify my stance on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION lest someone get on here,, as they are ALWAYS wont to do,, and accuse ME of being Anti-Immigrant,, Racist,,etc..

LEGAL Immigration IS,, and has ALWAYS been,, a GREAT thing for this country..ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is JUST that,, ILLEGAL..For those who try to Mix these two issue together to attack ANYONE who insists that the Laws of THIS country be enforced,, I say that THEY would be NO better off if they claimed that a person who makes a LEGAL withdrawal from a Bank is NO different then a BANK ROBBER.. I ALSO find it INTERRESTING to HEAR the Leaders of our country declare OUR Land to be “a nation RULED by Law” on the ONE hand then the SAME people turn around and become EAGER and WILLING accomplices to some 12 to 20 million Lawbreakers on the other..

But here’s the thing.. At the HEIGHT of the Protest,, what did you see going on..There WERE,, in fact,, essentially TWO protests going on..BUT,, You DIDN’T see the opponents of the bill out there burning the flag,, spitting on the flag or otherwise desecrating ANY of the Symbols of this Great Nation.. In Fact,, it was the OTHER side that was doing these things and they’re STILL doing them..

NOW,, according to the Supreme Court,,THEY have THAT right just as Obama has a right to disrespect the Symbols of this country…

This Anti-Patriotism business has been around for Decades..I remember the 60s where it was RAMPANT in the counter- culture movement..MOST of those Rabble Rousers were young,, college oriented,, and spurred on by ACADEMICS to FOSTER discontent and subversion..WELL,,,They’re ALL grown UP now and you’ll find them teaching our Kids,, running for office,, and infiltrating all other aspects of American Society where THAT think THAY can do the MOST damage,,like,, and THIS is especially true,, the MSM and Hollywood....It finds it’s roots in the Socialist Movement that was FAR more prevalent then EVEN Joe McCarthy suspected..
It is Anit-Capatalist,, Anti- Free Enterprise and Anti-American in Nature..
ONE can find it in the WAR on the Family,, the WAR on Christianity,, the WAR on Achievement,, the WAR on Successful Business,, the WAR between the Sexes,, the WAR against Patriotism,, the WAR FOR Gorebull Warming,, the WAR FOR Global Government.. ALL this and MORE are part of an EXTENSIVE Campaign for GLOBAL Socialism..

Every ONE of the things mentioned above are FOUNDATIONS upon which the GREATNESS of THIS country was Predicated..And ALL have been under CONSTANT attack..

The BEST ay to defeat an enemy is to remove ALL reasons for his resolve.. To CASTIGATE his Bellief system,, to remove ALL that he believes in..The SECOND best way to do this is to PRE-EMPT having to DO that by gaining CONTROL over his children,, to get to them BEFORE they can learn the ways of the parents..

Accomplish THIS and you have WON by default..without a SHOT being fired..So it has ALWAYS been that F

okay here's my problem with the whole thing...

Time and time again people stand clear and say I'm PR, I'm Black, I'm Mexican, I'm Russian etc.

Well guess what you came to America cause you wanted a better life... THis IS AMERICA and if you have a green card you are Bloody well a dang American... This is why you came here remember?

So, Next time someone asks you what you are.. the answer should be unanimous: I am American!

If it's any other answer, you should be stripped of your green card and deported!

It's that simple.

Allen, after reading your response I will now have to agree to agree. (opens eyes) I think it could be best said that we can be taught HOW to be patriotic we just cant teach to BE patriotic. That must come from inside.

It was my understanding that the photo in question was just a still shot and did not tell the whole story.

If a man has convictions in a country that promises freedom of speech, are those who agree with "the chair" the only patriots?
If the Commander in Chief was extending an illegal war, wouldn’t he be the one breaking the law?
Perhaps, the students who marched on DC to protest the VN war saw protesting the war as a patriotic stand to correct a grevious wrong.
Nixon, as a Quaker, had automatic amnesty, so during WWII in the Navy, had his butt stationed in NY harbor, yet was vocal about not extending amnesty to others and calling names.
Isn’t automatic amnesty for Quakers discriminating, on the basis of religion, illegal?
Because I see patriotism differently, am I not patriotic?
I love this country and want to see it thrive for posterity.
I think that people should protest when our leadership is wrong.
I'd like to march on DC and protest the country's unwillingness to enforce immigration laws and the removal of illegal invaders!

I indeed have learned Patriotism.......and bow by my NEW FOUND FLAG..........so YES TALLEN.......YOU ARE VERY WRONG AND I HAVE LEARN ALL TO WELL TO BE A PATRIOT......and PROUD OF IT........and don't forget THERE'S THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY IN EVERY BUNCH......no one is exempt.......

now.....I want to shout out a big hello to Hawkeye.......love the responses you gave to ForThePeople.........that was excellent.

I was at a school recital last night. IT BOTHERED ME and it was disturbing THAT NOT ONCE DID THEY SALUTE THE FLAG........whatever happened to every tournament; every play or whatever.........OUR FLAG CAME FIRST.........I was indeed disappointed and bewildered and not to mentioned SADDENED that our children are not being taught TO BE PATRIOTS.........but I guess bullying and fightings are acceptable in these schools...........BUG HUM BUG