The US flag with all its stripes and a few of its stars was adopted by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. But today, overpriced textbooks and underpaid schoolteachers have sanitized most of our history and hidden the early controversies while fluffing half-truths, leaving us unclear about what that flag really stands [...]

Posted June 14, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: america, american president, burn, citizenship, civil liberties, civil liberty, first amendment, flag, flag burning, flag day, flags, free speech, liberty, patriot, patriotism, rights. 2 Comments.

I described it to Jessamyn in an IM last night:

lights flickering here,
sirened vehicles passing frequently,
smell of smoke hangs in air outside

Posted September 28, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Photoblog, Warren. Tags: burn, burned, fire, mill, sawmill, Warren, Whitcher. One Comment.

My feelings on the Flag Burning Desecration Amendment should have been clear from my Flag Day story. Still, let me offer the t-shirts above as confirmation.
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Posted June 27, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: america, burn, citizenship, civil liberties, civil liberty, first amendment, flag burning, flag desecration, flag desecration amendment, free speech, liberty, patriot, patriotism, rights. 2 Comments.