Who's got a flag flying today?

[MineralMan]

I'm just curious. Mine is out flying, as it is on all national holidays.

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	Mine is out and flying.
	10 (59%)
	Oops...I'm on my way to put it out.
	0 (0%)
	I don't fly the flag on holidays.
	3 (18%)
	I don't like the symbolism of the flag.
	2 (12%)
	What is there to celebrate, really?
	0 (0%)
	Is this a holiday?
	1 (6%)
	Other.
	1 (6%)
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[warrior1]

1. I've had it out for a couple of days

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. "Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then

"Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead." Arundhati Roy

[MineralMan]

4. Interesting quotation.

I disagree with it, though. A flag represents whatever an individual thinks it represents. For me the flag is a symbol of the revolutionary spirit that got this country started. It's especially fitting that it flies on this particular holiday, I think.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. "Difference of opinion are what make horse races." Mark Twain

I think it stands for nationalism and the whole (uncensored) history of the United States.

[sarisataka]

9. I would agree with both of you

Revolutionary spirit, nationalism, the entire history of the country...
There is good and bad in all of those, not all nationalism is bad and there are great chunks of our collective history that are not good.

It is all of those things together that create the potential for what good we can do. We saw glimmers of that post 9/11 until George II squandered the opportunity for the U.S. and the world to leap to something better. I like to believe, with a lot of work, we can still achieve what was missed.

Have a Happy and Safe 4th

[a kennedy]

3. I usually fly ours for a few days also.....

but forgot yesterday, so it's up today and tomorrow and possibly Friday. edit for grammar.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. No.

But I have my uncle Sam smiley up on my facebook with a painting of the fathers signing the Declaration of Independence.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. Other - we don't own a flag. n/t

[MineralMan]

14. I should have included that in the poll.

Oh, well.

[NRaleighLiberal]

19. There are great things about the US....we just don't do the visual demonstration thing. n/t

[cyberswede]

24. Same here.

[dipsydoodle]

8. Not seen any in the UK

May the 4th be with you all anyway.

[sarisataka]

11. While serving over seas we had a US/UK football match on the 4th

A UK officer was the referee. The coin toss went as follows:

"In honor of the American holiday we will use a United States quarter for the toss. Tails has the eagle emblem of the United states whereas heads bears the likeness of the insurrectionist leader George Washington."

UK won 4-1

[MineralMan]

12. Well, hmph. Where's their American Patriotism?

[bluerum]

10. No flag - but watching independence day, saving private ryan

and slow cooking some country ribs.

Oh. And drinking some wine.

[MineralMan]

13. Drink some wine in my honor!

I'll do the same for you.

[bluerum]

18. Taking a sip now. And now. And another one now.

You are being honored a great deal!

[MineralMan]

21. I'd wait a while before driving...

just sayin...

[northoftheborder]

15. I usually fly my flag on patriotic holidays, but it is still in storage after moving.

I have a scarf ornamented with flags draped on the table, and have on my flag t-shirt. I also have a donkey Beanie Baby, (red white & blue) but it is also in storage.

[MineralMan]

16. Excuses, excuses...

[hobbit709]

17. I got this one in my window

[MineralMan]

20. That is, indeed, a flag. I have this one in my yard

[HopeHoops]

22. The Army man in our house put it out for me this morning. He's taller than me.

[dmr]

23. I always fly the flag.

When I was a little girl, my dad told me the story of the Battle of Fort McHenry during the war of 1812.

I've a lot of respect for the flag.

[randome]

25. I bought a quieter sprinkler for the rabbits in our yard.

Does that count? Sounds as patriotic to me as anything else, I suppose.

[Honeycombe8]

26. Shoots. I forgot to get a new one. My old one's post broke. nt

[brewens]

27. I cut mine up and used it to wipe my ass after Bush v Gore. n/t

[DisgustipatedinCA]

28. It's my fervent hope that England is trembling in fear today

We stand ready to throw teabaggers into the harbor this time around.

[peace13]

29. After * and SHooter I have retired my flag. N/t

[calikid]

30. I put out just over 100 this morning,

and will pick them all up later, along with my wife (the instigator), daughter, son in law, and one other friend. We do this about six times a year.

[kestrel91316]

31. I don't currently have one. Nowhere to fly it here (apartment).

When I was in the house I had one and flew it on appropriate holidays. Don't even know if I still have it.......

[Brickbat]

32. Other; we don't own a flag and live in an area where no one would see it if we put it up.

We could put one up for ourselves, but it is not high on our priority list.

When we lived at the house before this one, we planned on putting up a flag pole, but never got around to it.

[frogmarch]

33. If I had one now, I'd fly it. nt

[Mike_Valentine]

34. Just the one on my sleeve...

[Egalitarian Thug]

35. Proud member of the UFP. Flying colors in hope! n/t