Mandated flags?. This article from the Arizona Republic: Bill would put flags in all classrooms by 2007. “The state House Committee on Universities, Community Colleges and Technology has approved a bill requiring public schools and universities around Arizona to hang an… By Wendy McElroy. [LewRockwell.com Blog]
bq. The sponsor of the bill, Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said this was being done in an effort to raise the level of patriotism that has been steadily declining over the years.
Ironically, Pearce is right about declining patriotism, but not in the way he thinks. The idea of the government dictating the contents of all classrooms is incredibly unpatriotic. A patriotic response to this bill might be to hang Pearce in effigy from a large tree.
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