Bush Autographs American Flag
Do you think it is cool for the President of the United States to be “autographing” American flags? As in, sign his name like a rock star on the flag he is so diligently trying to protect?
From Irregular TimesA little over a month ago, at a Republican political rally in Livonia, Michigan, George W. Bush signed his name as an autograph on the American flag. He did so not just once, but with several flags brought by his conservative fans solely for that purpose.
The funny thing is that George W. Bush has openly supported efforts by the Republican Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution that would outlaw not just flag burning, but any “physical desecration” of the American flag.
This is where I start to get confused. You see, when I look up the meaning of “desecrate” (the root word of “desecration”), I find that to desecrate means to do damage to something that is sacred in such a way that reduces the religious nature of it. So, in order for the “desecration” of the American flag to even be possible, it must first be ordained as sacred. Thus, we see that an amendment to the Constitution forbidding the “desecration” of the American flag actually establishes an official governmentally-sponsored religious worship of the flag.
Who does this cowboy think he is?
This is flag desecration and should not be allowed. 