Apocalypse Depot would like to offer an opinion on the recent incident of flag trashing in
Collin County Texas and past incidents like the Independence Day flag vandalism in
Uniontown, PA. It stinks of the current atmosphere brought about by President Obama's
America is Not Exceptional attitude.
Veteran Larry Lorance had his front door flag destroyed for the third time at his Texas home recently. Lorance installed a surveillance system that caught the kids tearing the it down and stomping up and down on the flag. Lorance said. "I thought, ‘this is unacceptable! Where are the parents?" Lorance added, “A lot of men and women gave their lives for this flag,” adding that, “as an American, and as a veteran, I was offended by that.”
Last Independence Day, CBS Pittsburgh reported that flags lining the streets of Uniontown, PA raised for the Independence Day celebration were viciously torn down off of the posts that they had been displayed on.
“What they’re doing is just cutting them off the poles and letting them lay on the ground,” said Mike Gaydos, of American Legion Post 57.
“The city police have caught a couple of young teenagers this weekend – with the flags in possession,” said Gaydos “What they ought to do – put them in boot camp; put them in the Marines, send them over to fight for our country. Let them learn what this flag means.”
To pass sentence - Apocalypse Depot would like to have these kids put in a room with a bunch of veterans from all walks and be provided the opportunity to listen to
Johnny Cash's "Ragged Old Flag" a few times, given a proper history lesson and then be given the opportunity to explain their acts.
For those that want to tear and swipe at that
"Ragged Old Flag" - Take a moment and absorb these words:
"Ragged Old Flag"I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sittin' there.
I said, "Your old court house is kinda run down,
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town".
I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit,
And that's a ragged old flag you got hangin' on it".
He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down,
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town"
I said, "I think it is"
He said "I don't like to brag, but we're kinda proud of
That Ragged Old Flag
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there,
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
and It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it,
writing "Say Can You See"
It got a rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson
tugging at its seams.
and It almost fell at the Alamo
beside the Texas flag,
But she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville,
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on
That Ragged Old Flag
"On Flanders Field in World War I,
She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun,
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp, and low, a time or two,
She was in Korea, Vietnam, She went where she was sent
by her Uncle Sam.
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam
and now they've about quit wavin' back here at home
in her own good land here She's been abused,
She's been burned, dishonored, denied an' refused,
And the government for which she stands
Has been scandalized throughout out the land.
And she's getting thread bare, and she's wearin' thin,
But she's in good shape, for the shape she's in.
Cause she's been through the fire before
and i believe she can take a whole lot more.
"So we raise her up every morning
And we bring her down slow every night,
We don't let her touch the ground,
And we fold her up right.
On second thought
I *do* like to brag
Cause I'm mighty proud of
That Ragged Old Flag"
