Burning Issue

I can't fucking believe that with all that Congress has (or should have) on its plate, its most significant legislative contribution might be the passage of an inane and utterly un-American Anti-Flag Burning Amendment. How wonderful that an almost two-thirds majority of Senators believes that scoring cheap political points is more important than preserving the essence of the U. S. Constitution.

Shame on Dianne Feinstein and any other politician who defends this action as American. They are traitors to the very intentions of our Founding Fathers. Hooray for USA Today and anyone else willing to stand up and defend freedom of expression.

UPDATE: Add Bob Kerrey to the list of voices urging common sense. And if you'd like to ponder the flag-burning issue and the pledge issue (see my visitor's comments) at the same time, read this interesting historical perspective. Banning flag-burning may seem like a relatively benign - if completely unnecessary - measure, but you might think twice after reading it.