Flag Burning
Bravo to the House for passing the anti-flag-burning amendment to the Constitution. At least one or two people a year in this country burn the flag, and it’s important that we update the single most important document our government has to outlaw it.
In fact, if you look at the Constitution, there’s precious little — if anything — that restricts the rights of the people. (Prohibition doesn’t count, for obvious reasons.)
It’s all about restricting the rights of the government, and granting people rights. Sheesh.
It’s about time we changed that. We need to start using the Constitution the way it was meant to be used: To limit the rights of people who do things we don’t like.
As Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) said, “Ask the men and women who stood on top of the [World] Trade Center. Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment.”
I don’t claim to channel the dead the way “Duke” does, but as the GOP claims to have God on its side, I have to assume powers of clairvoyance come with the territory.
So if “Duke” says that’s what those people wanted, well, that’s a good enough reason for me to alter the foundation of our government.
Morkleb says:
It’s grasping at straws. Burning the flag doesn’t make you a terrorist, but telling everyone that stopping flag-burning will bring down terrorism makes people feel safe. What a pointless thing to add to such an important document.