A Marine's flag, in ashes

The Oregonian ^ | 10/18/2007 | Julie Sullivan

[oldteen]

I just adore Maxine...she should be our nations spokesperson!!! LOL

[khnyny]

I like your creative sentencing ideas.

[ConorMacNessa]

They are beneath contempt.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Lady Jag, would you be so kind as to give me the link to your wonderful saying?

[gracesdad]

Teenagers running around in the dark burning flags as a protest? Most rational people are going to ASSUME it was a teenage prank, so exactly what use is a protest like that unless you tell the world you’re protesting?

[Lady Jag]

It can be found at http://www.websophist.com/GoUSA.html

[norton]

"You have inside info that this police captain doesn’t have?"

The police captain has a community to live with and enough bad publicity for the immediate future. He has to be PC enough to avoid 'making the situation worse'....none of us has that particular problem and darn few of us think the kids were 'just having fun doing something stupid' or whtever alibi the locals dream up.

See post immeditely following yours for example.

[davisfh]

"You have inside info that this police captain doesn’t have?

Just curious."

The word "Bullcrap" was, in my opinion, appropriate.

I have a question though. Where were the parents of these kids at day one? Many of us manage to keep our kids in line and out of trouble in spite of attempted government and government school interference. And, along the way, we manage to imbue them with the knowledge that the rights and property of others are not to be violated and that their feelings always deserve consideration.

[gracesdad]

“Gracesdad, I believe you are wrong, at best. Are you saying that burning NINE American flags is just a mistake?”

Well, yeah, it was a mistake in that they shouldn’t have done it, but, no, I don’t think they unwittingly just sort of mistakenly accidentally set them on fire.

“This is the result of the Stalinist teacher’s union.”

Whatever you say.

[StarCMC]

BTTT

[SwankyC]

I didnt say make them Marines, I said make them go to boot camp in lieu of jail time. I agree, I wouldn’t want them beside me in my beloved Corps.

[dynachrome]

Sounds like you would be happier at DU.

[MEG33]

Indeed!

[Lady Jag]

Just for fun:

 

 

Subject: THE NEXT PRESIDENT
Here we are already discussing the future President of the United States in the Year 2008. 
Well, I have my own candidate; and I'm sure
that once you know who I'm voting for, you will also agree.
It is probably time we have a woman as President. My choice, and I hope yours as well, is a very special lady who has all the answers to our problems.
PLEASE give it a thought when you have a moment...

 
MAXINE FOR PRESIDENT!

                       

                 Very eloquently put...........don't you think?

Maxine on "Driver Safety"  "I can't use the cell phone in the car. I have to keep my hands free for making gestures.".......
Maxine on "Housework" "I do my housework in the nude. It gives me an incentive to clean the mirrors as quickly as possible."
Maxine on "Lawn Care"  "The key to a nice-looking lawn is a good mower. I recommend one who is muscular and shirtless."
Maxine on "The Perfect Man" "All I'm looking for is a guy who'll do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want, and then go away. Or wait nearby, like a Dust Buster, charged up and ready when needed."
Maxine on "Technology Revolution"  "My idea of rebooting is kicking somebody in the butt twice."
Maxine on "Aging"  "Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much better if the salt accompanies a Margarita.                                

                    

"I'm telling you ... she's the perfect candidate."

                       

The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age are urinate and attend funerals .
The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
To err is human, to forgive: highly unlikely.
Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have millions of old ladies running around with tattoos and pierced navels?  (Now that's scary!)
Money can't buy happiness--but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than a Kia.
After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching somewhere...you may be dead.


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 There's no one better for the job.

MAXINE HAS MY VOTE.

 

[dynachrome]

Targeting the American flag is no act of “teenage prank”.
You are a troll.

[freekitty]

I agree. Kids are going to mimic what they see and hear.

[StarCMC]

Hopefully, the judge will come up with some creative form of punishment. Painting flagpoles at the local VFW post, for instance.

I can think of much better punishment. Like being volunteers at the VA Hospital 2 days a week for a year. Maybe if they had to work with and for our veterans who have made our country what it is then they'd have a little more respect.

[MountainDad]

So what would you do if these were YOUR kids?

[StarCMC]

Thanks for the ping. I think. GRRRRR!

[woollyone]

punks.

...may the carma come around to each of them in footpoundspersquareinch.