What is wrong with America?...

[me]

Great....I'm glad to see someone is using some common sense finally.  Makes my day too Henry.    

[Exterminator]

The lesson here is that you can disobey an order from a superior and the union will have your back...common sense dictates that that's probably not a good situation in an organization whose members' lives depend on regimentation.

That's what's wrong with America.

[Henry Hawk]

The lesson here is that you can disobey an order from a superior and the union will have your back...common sense dictates that that's probably not a good situation in an organization whose members' lives depend on regimentation.

That's what's wrong with America.

you are obviously JUST wanting to argue....and be ridicules....because this is NOT a situation where a fireman is wanting to do anything that is going to harm anyone.......he was NOT being disrespectful....and he said that to his superior....and his superior in a round about way, agreed.....you are grasping at straws to make an argument out of this...and I WILL not fall for it pal...say what you want.....this guy did the RIGHT thing, that to many wussies out there are afraid to do.

is it just an automatic with you to disagree with me, without really thinking?....

[Exterminator]

Y tried to explain it to you as simply as possible; you just don't get it.  Be thankful that you'll never work for me.

[Henry Hawk]

Y tried to explain it to you as simply as possible; you just don't get it.  Be thankful that you'll never work for me.

Like I would want too? 


Ex, it is okay.....you just simply don't get something.....I do not look down upon you, you just cant get it.

I will keep on working with you though....   maybe someday.

[Exterminator]

Like I would want too? 

Like you have any skill set in which I'd be interested?

[LOsborne]

..and for me, I don't think it is appropriate to compare displaying OTHER flags along with the US flag as long as we are on THIS soil....

Geez, Henry. What an inflexible, totalitarian, non-creative point of view! You would deny me the right to blend the ol' stars and stripes, with the Indiana state flag? the Girl Scouts of America flag? the Marine Corps flag? the black and old gold of Purdue? I don't know what you do for a living, but you're no artist.

[LOsborne]

It makes me very sad that people in this country get more worked up about a gummy piece of faded paper than about the fact that there are NO JOBS. Doesn't anybody have a sense of proportion these days?  Whacha wanna bet the damned sticker was made in Taiwan?

[followsthewolf]

Geez, Henry. What an inflexible, totalitarian, non-creative point of view! You would deny me the right to blend the ol' stars and stripes, with the Indiana state flag? the Girl Scouts of America flag? the Marine Corps flag? the black and old gold of Purdue? I don't know what you do for a living, but you're no artist.

Not to mention the MIA/POW flag.

[Henry Hawk]

Geez, Henry. What an inflexible, totalitarian, non-creative point of view! You would deny me the right to blend the ol' stars and stripes, with the Indiana state flag? the Girl Scouts of America flag? the Marine Corps flag? the black and old gold of Purdue? I don't know what you do for a living, but you're no artist.

okay, I meant other countries flags....I didn't think about those you mentioned....all but purdue, are good exceptions..

[pariann]

It makes me very sad that people in this country get more worked up about a gummy piece of faded paper than about the fact that there are NO JOBS. Doesn't anybody have a sense of proportion these days? Whacha wanna bet the damned sticker was made in Taiwan?

If they are, then it's a job I wouldn't want to have here in the US anyway.  A wasteful job where you make stickers that can't even be displayed.   (I'm not taking a side on this, just saying....)

[LOsborne]

If they are, then it's a job I wouldn't want to have here in the US anyway...

So you would prefer the wages, taxes and profits on these little pieces of crap go out of the country? Like those foreign-made Support the troops magnets that cost $1.89, made shallow people feel like they were "making a contribution" and ruined the finish on every car that sported one? Those magnets supported a lot more Taiwanese than troops. I bet the same is true of flag stickers. Lemmings. We're all lemmings.

[pariann]

You know it makes no difference.  There are jobs all over the world. Manufacturers all over the world. Export and import.  I'm sure the US exports plenty of things that the foreigners buy.  It just makes absolutely no difference in the end.  Now does it? 

[LOsborne]

okay, I meant other countries flags....I didn't think about those you mentioned....all but purdue, are good exceptions..

And thereby lies the rub. NO stickers .. except the stars and stripes. What about MIA/POW stickers?? Okay, those are fine too. My kid is an Eagle Scout!! Swell, you can display a Boy Scout sticker. Fight breast cancer!! Pink ribbons are okay too.

Suddenly, you have the lockers covered with tacky stickers again. Allow one, you have to allow them all. Free speech ya' know. Why not give some thought to why the stickers were banned in the first place, instead of pounding your breast over the sacred flag? There are lots of places to fly the your flag, whether it's a battalion ensign or Boilermaker Pete. There is no need to wallpaper the world in stars and stripes to prove you're patriotic. I would question the motives of anyone who felt the need to proclaim membership in any organization everywhere he went, anyway. Why not wear stars and stripes dentures, if it's so damned important to you.

If people can't tell your loyalties without the label, you really aren't much of a supporter.

[LOsborne]

I'm sure the US exports plenty of things that the foreigners buy.  It just makes absolutely no difference in the end.   

So I'm being alarmist worrying about the balance of trade? And just where are these manufacturing plants that make things foreigner buy? Here in the Devil's Playground, they all moved out of the country.