Freepers question my patriotism!

[HawkerHurricane]

Again.

It's Sunday, and by long tradition, I took the kids (all 3) to McDonalds for lunch. It gives my wife a break, and the kids love the jungle gym monstrosity.

So, we're leaving and I'm packing the kids in the car when Joe Freeper pulls up (coming too close to my 10 year old daughter) in his Jeep wannabe, sneers at me and says "Where's your flag? Aren't you a patriot?"

So I look at the remnants of a flag flying from his radio antenna, and tell him "I have too much respect for my countries flag to destroy one on my car."

And of course, he takes offense. But by now, the kiddies are in the car and I'm feeling froggie.

So I tell him "Come here, let me show you my patriotism".

I point at the small sticker on the lower left corner of my windshield.

"That's my base sticker" I tell him, "I have to have it to report to the warship I'm stationed on. I spent 7 months of my life this past year wasting my time looking for weapons that don't exist. I've spent 19 years in service of my country, and I don't need you or anyone else questioning my patriotism."

He started to apologize, but I cut him off.

"You want to be a patriot? Get yourself informed. Turn off Rush, turn off Faux news, and find out for yourself what's going on in the world. And once you learn the truth, you can help me vote Bush out of office."

And I drove off.

(I shouldn't do things like that, I'm not built for fighting hand to hand, but I HATE people who question my patriotism, especially about a cheap flag on the radio antenna...this isn't the first time this has happened)