This flag was flying on the road to London, Kentucky...on the way to Middlesboro were I have a great friend. I had plenty of time to reflect on the five hour drive by myself. This flag hit me on a very emotional level. I guess the stress of having criminals ruling the country I love and taking our high standing in the world and bring us down to the level of all the thing we historically have fought has gotten the better of me. Usually I wouldn't have given this flag a second look, or if I had I would have just thought to myself how disrespectful it is to let a flag fly in this condition, but on this occasion I had to turn around and photograph it. The reason was this is a perfect symbol of the condition of this country. We are suffering from fear, apathy, and laziness. I am ashamed of what we have let happen, and yes we are all guilty. We no longer take to the streets, much less vote to get the right things done. We just depend on the corporate media to give us thirty second blurbs on things they want us to know and then drown us in Britney Spears and Paris Hilton gossip. We allow "our" (and I use that term loosely) president and vice-president to thumb their nose at the constitution and running rough shot over our country. We have become paralyzed by fear, by this boogey man called a terrorist and we have handed over our freedom to be safe. We must understand that with freedom comes a certain amount of danger. I just hope we have learned a lesson from the past eight years and not allow it to happen again!!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Flowers Bring Colour
I am trying to take a cue from this picture and in the New Year I am going to try to bring beauty and colour to every situation I am in.. If we all try to do this we might just make the world a better place to live in.. Thats something we can all be proud of!!! Happy 2008 everyone!!
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