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Veterans Angry Over Kid Rock Flag Flap
Fox News ^ | 02/02/04 | AP

Posted on 02/04/2004 2:22:24 PM PST by evets

Forget Janet Jackson: The Veterans of Foreign Wars is peeved at Kid Rock .

The VFW is upset that media outlets are ignoring the poncho Rock wore during the Super Bowl (search) halftime show, which was made by cutting a slit in an American flag. Rock later tossed the flag into the crowd.

The VFW's commander in chief, Edward Banas Senior, says Rock's outfit was "in poor taste and extremely disrespectful." Banas lamented that the NFL, MTV and CBS have issued apologies for Justin Timberlake's ripping Janet Jackson's clothes but have said nothing about Rock.

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1 posted on 02/04/2004 2:22:25 PM PST by evets
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To: evets
"in poor taste and extremely disrespectful" I concur. Semper Fi, Kelly
2 posted on 02/04/2004 2:25:31 PM PST by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar. Div. U.S.M.C. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi!)
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To: evets
I think his heart was in the right place, but his head was up his ass.
3 posted on 02/04/2004 2:27:02 PM PST by Britton J Wingfield
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