Your fascination with beaks, peckers and tea-******* is odd. Your ad hominem insults to those who use the American bald eagle as an icon speaks to the distinctive lack of class your words convey as well as the contempt you hold for those who don't share your perspective. What happened to the tolerance you once professed in one of your early posts?

The American eagle became the centerpiece of the Great Seal of the United States in 1782 It was officially designate as the National Emblem in 1787. The eagle stands for the spirit of liberty and freedom so many have sacrificed so much for. The people I served with would treat disrespecting the eagle, our national emblem, with the same disdain as someone who desecrated an American flag. Most patriots would as well.

If you look very closely, you would see I chose to use the symbol of the "crying eagle" for my icon. Sometimes, because of technical anomalies connected with this site, the flowing tears don't always show. I selected it because it expressed and symbolized my belief in the insidious erosion of the liberty and freedom our proud national emblem stands for.

Your tasteless rant not withstanding, and with support for your right to act out in demeaning, disrespectful expressions .....I will use the eagle with pride, and hope for our country's return to our founding principles. God bless America.