On Flags

Mike has recently blogged on the recent re-emergence of the perennial attempt to ratify a flag-burning amendment. This time, it might actually make it to the states.

This thing is like a Whack-a-Mole game. Knock one attempt down and another springs up somewhere else. I did a search on a Congressional search engine, and there have been 6 attempts so far this year to get this thing passed.

Mike's analysis knocks it right out of the park. Go read it. This amendment is a ridiculous and pointless measure that will cost millions of dollars in campaigning and publicity that could much better be spent elsewhere, like buying armor for military Humvees. And as a former Boy Scout, it is indeed part of the recommended guidelines on flag care and maintenance to burn it at the end of its life. Take that.