[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

So if I find out where you'll be dining next, and bring a hand-held American flag with me, stand just inside the doorway and start reciting the Pledge..

You'll stop eating and stand?

How about when I wait 5 minutes, and recite it again? Will you stop eating and stand again?

How about if I see you walk into the bathroom, and I go in there and start reciting the pledge there with my flag waving in my hand?

If you're driving down the street and see me waving my flag and I'm reciting the pledge, will you stop your car, get out of it, and stand to recite the pledge with me?

No? Why not?

Answer: because it's not appropriate for me to do that.

Just like it's not appropriate for a band to exploit a little girl who probably has NO idea what the words even mean, by making go on stage to recite the pledge before they start playing.

You like harassing people in restaurants? You like following people into the rest room? If so, typically, I'm already standing... But I'll be sure to give you the proper salute...

I'll said, I do enjoy your vivid imagination of the absurd... I believe there's a term for what you just did... Oh right, "Reductio ad Absurdum"...

AFA cars go, If I see someone waving a flag while driving, talking to themselves (I'm not a very good lip reader), I'll do my best to avoid said person. They may have a mental problem...

I'm a fan of what they do in Israel, for Holocaust Remembrance Day...

https://youtu.be/aSY-AWH_VNU

[I'm Popeye!]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Okay, cool... I bought a re-sale, so all is good...

Carry on...


P.S. Do you actually expect me to remember everything about your life?

Sure, Miss OrangeTyphoneBaby has an autobiography, the number one reader's book at the Orange Blossom public library. The front cover has a picture of a freckle face woman with orange hair; hurry, pick up a copy. They are disappearing fast...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

And if this was California, the developer might have gone that route. Thank God we aren't

Well, the fruit groves in central FL were already disappearing due to freezes and crop disease before construction of the villages began, so there's that...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Well, hello there, Mintz, my old nemesis. And, hey, thanks for reading my post #142 and you even quoted me in 143. Made it all worth writing the “rant.”

But, c’mon, surely you don’t mean you really cannot see this thread is most certainly about not standing for THAT SONG. I would call THAT SONG a dog whistle, but I have too much respect for dogs.

Your fiend,
Boomer

Well, considering the ORIGINAL POSTER returned to clarify that it WASN'T about not standing for THAT SONG (post #26), I'm not sure I can help you.

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by vlm790

The band Hayfire played a great show at Brownwood last night. They had a little girl about 7 do the Pledge of Allegiance and then they sang the Proud to be an American song by Lee Greenwood. It was stunning to see the people who remained seated and didn’t even show respect. Where has American pride gone?

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Well, considering the ORIGINAL POSTER returned to clarify that it WASN'T about not standing for THAT SONG (post #26), I'm not sure I can help you.

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...

Seriously? You missed it? I guess I gave you more credit than was due.

Maybe I can help you......

It's right there. I didn't buy the backpedaling in #26. Looked more like backpeddling to me.

I explained in #142 why I will never stand up for THAT SONG. I guess you do.......

Well, alrighty then. I understand just fine.....all too well.

Boomer