I have a new era 59Fifty yankee hat from 2001. It has an american flag patch on the side. The inner liner of the hat is coming apart and off. Now you can see the yankee logo from the inside. I live in NYC and the hat needs desperate repair. What should I do!?
I am a high school student in a small high school in ohio. In my school it is an offense punishable by suspension to publicly demonstrate certain political symbols, most controversy takes place around the swastika and the hammer and sickle. The reasoning by the school is that those symbols are offensive to some people in school.
I am personally russian and communist and take great pride in my heritage some of my friends are german and had ancestors that were Nazis. Argument my friend made is that while it is prohibited to display our symbols (hammer and sickle for me) it is ok to display the american flag or the eagle which is offensive to us.
So far we have been taking some actions like refusing to stand up for the pledge of allegiance, public displays of our heritage with flags and banners out side of the school, and several strikes. But useless and we sometimes get in trouble.
My group of friend is considering to take this issue to court.
Tell me what you think, and some suggestion.
BY THE WAY the goal is no to support nazis but in general allow us to express our heritage. I can see why school is against swastikas but why not allow the hammer and sickle or the korean symbol.
Also, what are they, where are they, when did you get them, and how much did you pay for them?
I have:
A tiger on my right bicep, that I got in 1986 and paid for.
A trio of American Indian feathers on my left shoulder, that I got in 1996, and paid for.
A soaring eagle clutching the American flag, on my right forearm, that I got on 9/13/01 (my "up yours" to the terrorists), and paid 0 for.
Under the feathers is the word "Bear" (my wife’s nickname), that I got in Oct. 01, and paid for.
Then I got my tiger recolored in 02, for 0.
On my chest I have two of my military unit patches with an arc of stars between them. I paid 0 for that one, and did it in two sessions.
If you look REAL close at my picture, you can see the soaring eagle.
There were people attaching the American flag to any part of their cars to prove to the world that Americans love our country and that we stand together as one nation to support one another.
I recalled tonight as I was thinking about to that time. That the fire trucks all had huge American flags waving in the wind as they drove down the streets, people’s pride in our country. It
choked me up to see those huge flags waving like a banner.
That day of 911 we all came together as a country, there was no one looking at one another as if they did not belong. Nope we were one Nation under God indivisible with Truth and Justice for all.
As I sit here typing this the tears are running down my cheeks
as I love my country so much, and I hate seeing it war torn in the news media with nit picky things that mean nothing and our boys and women over there across the waters fighting for the freedoms of others. It is hard to imagine that some do not even support our troops.
I just wanted to remind everyone that we are one nation under God.
and it is how it should be. No white/no black/no color just good people in one belief that we together we stand or together we fall.
God bless all of you tonight.
Sal you are scawflaw just keep your negative opinions to yourself. praying for you.
I was on line shopping for a new HD/DTV Rotor Antenna, and I wanted one that is Made in the USA,
so I had check out ebay and I was just about ready to get my VISA out to pay for one, well, I thought about it for a minute, so I emailed the seller, and ask if the Antenna was made in the USA, and if not, where is it made, there Reply was China, I’m not saying the Product is bad, but Very misleading, It has always been Past practice to put the American flag on Products Made in USA.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230501764587&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNARL:US:1123
Or, perhaps the Flag is renamed — the ‘Budweiser American Flag’?
Once the American flag flown above the Whitehouse is retired from use what happens to them? Is there a special place these historic flags are kept? Can these flags be viewed someplace?
Minority neighbor has numerous loud, very late night parties. Asking him to chill at 10 didn’t work, and calling the cops is getting old. Monday we put up 3 flag poles, starting tuesday morning at 8 am sharp I held colors in front of the house. played the Stars Spangled Banner while raising the American flag at max volume, then on the shorter poles I put up a Confederate Battle flag while dixie played and a nazi flag while the Horst lied blasted away. He came out and didn’t say anything, but he was obviously mad. I fiqure I have put up with him for 6 months, so he can hear my "colors" for the next six months, hope he also enjoys those flags flapping in the wind all day.
Banks are stable, the auto industry is no longer in decline, housing is still shaky but stable, Iraq is gearing down, Afghanistan is ramping up. Unemployment is still high, but I think artificially so at this point. The Oil spill is a mess in the Gulf. But, all in all, things aren’t looking as bad as they did a year ago financially. While double dip inflation is a possibility, there’s no sign of it yet.
So, what issues will the republicans run on in 2010 for the midterms? I think it will be immigration if they don’t enact any reforms before then.
Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity & Glenn Beck are all wrapping themselves in the American flag and FOX News is leading the charge reporting all these immigration stories lately by showing their support of the Arizona laws that clamped down on illegals their state, this includes almost cheerful support of the Arizona BUYCOTT campaign the past 4 months, and non-stop coverage the past few weeks of the sensationalist story about the AZ. State Park on the border that is "controlled by drug gangs".
Is the right planning to use immigration as a wedge issue to enrage voters come November for the midterms? Opinions?
Obama has already expressed an interest in immigration policy overhaul, although it’s questionable if it’s political suicide to do so before November, I don’t think either side wants to address it before stumping.
I’m just curious if people think the conservatives will use it as a wedge issue to gain more populist support for the midterms.
The rhetoric is certainly ramping up with the additional coverage by conservative media outlets (pro-Arizona) and MSM (anti-Arizona) since the Arizona law was passed.
The Mexican flag is back on the streets of Los Angeles after several years of political exile.
Four years ago, Miguel Haro was among half a million people who marched for immigrant rights in downtown L.A. At the urging of organizers and Spanish-language disc jockeys, he left his Mexican flag at home and waved an American flag instead.
Concerned that the Mexican flag carried the wrong message, Mexican American political leaders and other activists launched a largely successful effort to have people at public events, particularly protest marches, wave the American flag, believing it to be a better symbol for their case.
But with the World Cup in full swing, Haro proudly has affixed his Mexican flag to his Toyota RAV4 and cheered for the team of his parents. The American flag is fine for politics, he said, but this is soccer.My allegiance is to America, no doubt about it, and I’d think I wouldn’t have to prove it," said Haro, a 25-year-old utility worker. "But when I wave the Mexican flag for soccer, it’s strictly cultural. It’s showing I’m proud of my Mexican background."
After years of being downplayed at large political rallies that regularly punctuated the L.A. landscape, the World Cup has given the Mexican flag some of its big event presence back.
The red, white and green banners hang from cars on the freeway, wave inside countless bars and eateries during games and are even held proudly by cyclists riding through downtown L.A.
With the Mexican team having survived preliminary rounds and scheduled to play Sunday against Argentina in the Round of 16, fan loyalty — and flags — are likely to be at a highly visible peak.
To some, it is a disconcerting image.
In Southern California’s huge immigrant communities, home-nation flags are ubiquitous.
During the World Cup, sales have been brisk for South Korean flags as well as countries with big soccer followings such as Brazil, England and Spain. Displays of those banners are largely noncontroversial.
But the Mexican flag is different. The American political debate over immigration — illegal immigration in particular — is largely a debate over Mexicans. And few symbols in that debate have carried as much political weight as the Mexican flag.
The presence of Mexican flags at protests and marches over the last decade became flashpoints, with critics saying the displays suggested that immigrants felt loyalty to Mexico rather than the United States.
"Anytime a flag gets caught up in national politics, it becomes a potent symbol," said Jaime Regalado, a political science professor at Cal State L.A.
But the widespread display of the flag at soccer matches — and the relative lack of controversy surrounding it so far — suggest that the symbolism is less inflammatory when put in the context of sports, not politics.
One indication of that changed reality is that some advertisers are now getting into the act.
In a Volkswagen commercial, a parade of fans, including American and Mexican soccer fans, march loudly down separate streets while hoisting their nation’s flags, only to meet in the middle, where they face off tensely. Then, after a moment, they happily exchange their national team jerseys.
Reality may not be quite that cheerful, but David Carter, executive director of the USC Sports Institute, said sports fans "regardless of their background and ethnicity tend to compartmentalize sports and other, everyday activities."
"Showing your heritage during a sports event," he added, "is very different than showing your heritage in a controversial way during a political demonstration."
These days, the flag is also big business.
More @ http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-adv-me-mexican-flag-20100624,0,2059218.story
