Reply #14: Hi CorbinW

[peacebird]

My dad also was a veteran, a Marine from WWII through Vietnam. A very good, honest, hardworking, intelligent man who believed all people are of equal worth and had not a prejudiced bone in his body. And I also am honored to have the flag which covered his coffin in a display case in my home. I refuse to "give" the republicans the stars and stripes - that flag stands for too much. Yes - they have co-opted it and used it in an ugly fashion - trying to make Americans who question the governments direction and policies feel as though they are traitors and unpatriotic.

I will fly the flag still, though I fly it upside down these days - the international "distress" signal.