Flag Burning

As with every other American child, I said the pledge of allegiance every morning in school.  I put my hand over my heart and stared at the flag, reciting the pledge they taught us on the first day of school.  That flag is our symbol to the world.  It shows our stars and stripes, our pride.  To burn that flag is a showing of immense displeasure with our country or its government.  It is a form of protest that gets attention and at the moment, our right to burn the flag as a form of protest is under fire.  Yesterday, the Senate voted to ban flag burning, only losing by one vote.  ONE VOTE??  So pretty much there's a lot of chicken shit senators who want to be reelected at mid term, so they're afraid to ruffle a few feathers.  More importantly, why is flag burning important enough to take up the Senate's time?  We're in the middle of a military disaster, our president is abusing his power right and left, our citizens are yelling at the top of their lungs about jobs and healthcare, and these bastards are wasting time with a flag burning ban!!!??

How did these people get elected?  Why can't we get people in congress who actually want to make this country a better place instead of just helping retarded special interest groups? 

Currently reading: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell : A Novel By Susanna Clarke Release date: 11 August, 2005