Obama's face on the flag!

[Stella Solariscaptain of 1,000]

Woops!! There goes my lunch...

[LikeMember]

Such an ObamaNation!

[Juliettecaptain of 1,000]

I'm blind!

[Chucaptain of 10]

Turns out this is against Florida's flag code, if anybody was curious.

[uglypitbullcaptain of 1,000]

Turns out the vets are none to happy about it.... http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/vet ... /#comments

[gertcaptain of 100]

Their phone has been very busy!!! I have tried to call just to let them know how wrong this is!!!


The Lake County Democratic Party
317 E. Main St.
Tavares, Florida 32778

Phone: 352-742-8280

Fax: 352-742-8281

[gkearneycaptain of 100]

This is in very bad taste. We would never hold our politicians in Australia up in such a fashion they are after all just a pack of politicians. There was a flap down here when a satirical political TV show had a segment in which the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, was shown in a sexual romp under the Australian flag. The complaint was not about the suggestive act being shown it was about the disrespect shown to the flag.

[Fairmindedcaptain of 1,000]

Well they're not shy about trampling our freedoms, what's a few national symbols thrown into the mix?

[Juliettecaptain of 1,000]

This is in very bad taste. We would never hold our politicians in Australia up in such a fashion they are after all just a pack of politicians. There was a flap down here when a satirical political TV show had a segment in which the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, was shown in a sexual romp under the Australian flag. The complaint was not about the suggestive act being shown it was about the disrespect shown to the flag.

Thats great g! LOL

[gkearneycaptain of 100]

This brings up an interesting difference between Australia and the United States. It is my impression that in the United States there is an unwritten idea that one should be able to hold your President in particular in high esteem and to respect not only the office but the holder of it as well. Hence you have a local democratic party office flying a flag with the image of Obama on it. In Australia politicians would never be given such respect. Indeed Australians tend to have what I refer to as a healthy disrespect for authority, watch question time in our parliament if you want to see this in action. Our expectations of politicians are generally very low and only a few such as John Curtin have been able to raise above the low expectations we hold for them.

This is a subtle but distinct difference, people do not stand for the prime minister, there are no music played she she enters the room. There is no prime ministererial seals, flags, coat of arms and so on. No special treatment is accorded to her. All such patriotic gestures are reserved for the Queen or the Governor General, the Queens representative here. Neither the Queen nor the Governor General are permitted to vote lest they be infected, if you will, in the unsavoury business of politics.

It is interesting to note that in the women's suffrage debates in the early years of the 20th century here one of the objections raised to suffrage was that is was undignified for a lady to be exposed to the rough and tumble of politics.

[freedomfightercaptain of 1,000]

I root for the veterans 100%. They did what they should have done. The news reporter quoted that the veterans should have called instead of going to the Democratic office. I say phooey on that. By contrast this is what true Americans should be doing concerning our government.

Does anyone know which group of vets did this? Are they American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars or something else?

[AGalagaChiasmuscaptain of 100]

As a supporter of Oklahoma State athletics, I find this "Sooner Nation" flag equally offensive and pretentious: