Adam Maas wrote: > Remember that there's > essentially no other universal symbol of the US, they've no royal family > (Much as the Kennedy's, Clinton's and Bush's might aspire) and no other > uniting symbols from the founding of their nation (Apart from perhaps > the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, but those are less > symbolic than a flag).
I thought the dollar was the defining symbol of our fair land. > And kitsch is a very american thing. Doing such things demonstrates just > how attached to the flag everyday Americans are. Or check out the lyrics > to the song "Ragged Old Flag" by the Charlie Daniels Band which is a > good demonstration of how many Americans feel about Old Glory(which is a > nickname for the US flag). Much prefer the lyrics to "Long Haired Country Boy" but even the CDB caved in on political correctness... - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
