Here is a paste of a post by ragingbull on the general board :
Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin, presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was forced to explain why he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.
According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171, During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the Right hand over the heart.
'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides,' Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it.'
WHAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this could possibly be our next president. I, for once, am speechless.
He better take sides..........if he is not on the side of AMERICA he MUST NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED for the office he is seeking. We do not need a man in office that will not salute the flag. The world knows how to sing, what they need to know is that the USA will defend what that flag stands for.
Defend what that flag stand for ? What is that then ?
I have to laugh at the American population who rant on about it being the "Land of the Free" . No it is actually the land where 0.1% make a fortune and do what they want (including invading other countries to control their oil) and the other 99.9% get brutally controlled with no health care, social housing etc and are forced like Hitler's nazi soldiers to stand with their hand on their heart when a bit of music is played.
WAKE UP BOZOS !!!! You are all being used and manipulated. USA is not the land of the free, it is the land of the simple brainwashed folk who are manipulated into thinking they are in a great country and the rest of the world is jelous. I can assure you the rest of the world IS NOT !!!! Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, iceland, Australia, New Zeland, Japan and even now Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia, etc etc are much more free than the USA. And we all have medical care, prescriptions, housing, education etc for all. Not just those who can afford it.
The 99.9% of you all sit there in your trailers and little wooden homes with your mullets and stars and stripes and the rest of the world laughs at you. Meanwhile the 0.1% who control your country get richer and richer and have now nationalised the toxic debts collected by the financial organisations which earned the 0.1% billions of dollars over the past few years. And all the black folk in New Orleans still live in squaller 3 years after the Hurricane. Even 3rd world countries would have cleared up by now.
WAKE UP BOZOS !!!!!!! Most of you are being taken for a ride. The ruling 0.1% (which has been in place since 1776 and was mostly selected by British Masons) controls your minds like you wouldn't believe. 75% of people in Scotland have assets of more than $400,000 by the time they reach 65 years old. And full medical care. And pensions of at least $45,000. And free prescriptions. When I visit the USA I cannot believe how many old folk still work. People in other parts of the world don't work much past 60 but at Disney there are hundreds of old girls even older than me working because they can't afford to retire. I myself am not exactly rich but have a house valued at over $1 million, drive 2 mercedes, have a pension of $90,000 per year ($15,000 from the state) and make $1200 per day 4 days per month as a non executive director of 4 companies.
WAKE UP BOZOS !!!!
Does anyone want to contradict any of the points I have just made ??
