Mark Cassino wrote: > 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.
Remember the US didn't even have it's own currency for quite a number of years after independence. The Flag's far more enduring. > >> 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 > Long haired Country Boy is a good track as well. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
