HEY! Why isn't everybody celebrating????

[Brazenly Liberal]

Yeah, okay, I know - we all would rather this had happened with the Dems in office. Hell, I don't think any of us thought any of it could happen unless the Dems were in office.

But let's be good sports, now, and find it within ourselves to celebrate:

The national debt is disappearing as I type this.

All Americans are fully covered with comprehensive health coverage.

Wind Farms and Solar generators are popping up all over the country to end our dependence on oil. And in the meantime, oil companies are being brought up on federal price gouging charges.

All of us, regardless of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation have full and free civil rights and liberties.

The air and water is getting so clean, you can't even get sick from smoking.

The earth's temperature has gone down a degree.

An amendment to the Constitution has passed requiring paper trails and mandatory 100% recounts in all elections.

Homelessness and unemployment are so rare, younger DUers can't believe they were ever a real problem.

High school graduation rates are approaching 100% and all of them can read. Most of them are going on to federally funded college educations after spending a year in a VISTA type program.

Americans are no longer being spied upon by their government and there are no longer terrorists - homegrown or imported - to use in attempting to justify said spying.

Our standing in the rest of the world has been restored and we no longer need to pretend we’re Canadians when we travel.

I just can't figure out why I don't see any of this wonderful news being trumpeted at any news sources. Hell, I wouldn't know it either, if I hadn't figured it out for myself.

But it must be true. All the important problems must be fixed. If they weren't, our duly elected leaders in Congress would never be so desperate for something to do that they'd take to wasting taxpayer time and money on a non-issue like this:

Once Symbolic, Flag Amendment Close to Passage

Debate on another in a series of measures that aim to please key Republican constituencies opens in the Senate on Monday, but with one big difference.

The latest proposal — a ban on flag burning — might actually pass.

The other recent measures that GOP Senate leaders had pushed with an eye toward invigorating party supporters, such as a ban on gay marriage and a repeal of the estate tax, were expected to fail even before the first floor speech was delivered. However, Senate vote counters say the constitutional amendment to prohibit physical desecration of the U.S. flag is on the cusp of passage.

Approval would probably ensure that the measure is sent to the states for ratification. And that prospect has raised the stakes for what had been a largely symbolic face-off on the issue in the Senate.

[SmokingJacket]

1. AAARRRRGHHGHG!!!

:banghead:

[Turbineguy]

2. You can't burn the flag...

but you are allowed to destroy what it stands for. It's the republican way.

[Brazenly Liberal]

10. Not to mention:

From the Federal Flag Code, Title 4, Section 8 (k):

"The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning."

[Pushed To The Left]

3. K & R! This is what the right-wing thinks is important

If this thing passes, it will push me further to the left than I have ever been! I already increased my monthly ACLU donation, mostly in response to this type of thing.

www.aclu.org

[NYC]

4. Wake up! Wake up!

It was only a dream. :(

[JeffR]

5. Good'un

K&R!

[HeeBGBz]

6. Geez, does anybody burn flags anyway?

It's not like it really stands for anything anymore except greed, torture, eavesdropping, and war.

Nice waste of time for congress peeps to sit on their ass and collect their pay raises, while the minimum wagers try to feed a family of four on $5.15 an hour. America, big woop.

[doc mercer]

7. America

Too funny!

[Ishoutandscream2]

8. Best. Post. Ever.

Need to send this to my Repug acquaintances. May I use it?

[Brazenly Liberal]

11. Sure!

I recommend starting out with something like "I can't believe I was so wrong about Bush and his cronies! What a fool I was! I can't believe how much they've accomplished!!!" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LuckyLib]

9. Congress and this administration are morally bankrupt. They

should be laughed out of town for such ludicrous antics.

[liberal N proud]

12. I wonder, if the cops set fire to your flag when firing tear gas into your

home as they raid it, will be considered a violation of the flag burning amendment?

[Journeyman]

13. About flag burners, Norman Thomas said. . .

'If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.'

If that were the "problem," would they vote to ban soap?

[kentuck]

14. "Don't burn the flag - wash it! "

You should post that as an independent thread, since the GOP plans on bringing up flag-burning agian here very soon...

[bigmonkey]

18. Anybody remember seeing this, in fact?

I remember, I think during the Kerry election run-up (irony there), seeing a young kid at a rally doing exactly that. He was washing a flag, and his sign said he was trying to get the oil out of it.

Maybe we should do this more often, show how the Republican stain can be removed.

[Hippo_Tron]

15. This must mean that President Gore is in his second term

Phwew, it WAS just a dream

[Brazenly Liberal]

16. And we never invaded Iraq

Damn, I hope someone put the coffee on. After a nightmare like that, I need it.

[Berry Cool]

17. I did keep reading through to the end of the post, waiting for the point

where:

1. it says "And then I woke up!"

or

2. it is explained just exactly what was being smoked, and how the rest of us can lay our hands on some.

[Tigress DEM]

19. Must be an election year.... bluster but don't DO anything they can

hold you accountable to once re-elected.

[Tigress DEM]

20. Although DEMS are still trying to get the Voter Rights renewed

before 4th of July.

[onja]

21. Stupid politicians

Yes, they are stupid. But this happens everywhere. In Tennessee they spent forever debating some stupid fishing trout law. Something about allowing more to be able to be caught. In Europe they do even more stupid laws. Every government has corners that could and should be cut.