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I haven't been, and the wife has, so it's at the bottom of the National Park bucket list. Not that you can even get into Zion or Arches on a whim these days. Still, plenty of state parks that aren't too overcrowded.



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Why are Americans obsessed with the American flag? Whenever I've been to the US the flag is everywhere. Is it in case you forget which country you're in? I don't think i've been to another country where the national flag is on display everywhere like that. Not ragging, just curious.
 
HamishR said:
Why are Americans obsessed with the American flag? Whenever I've been to the US the flag is everywhere. Is it in case you forget which country you're in? I don't think i've been to another country where the national flag is on display everywhere like that. Not ragging, just curious.
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Cause Murica
 
HamishR said:
Why are Americans obsessed with the American flag? Whenever I've been to the US the flag is everywhere. Is it in case you forget which country you're in? I don't think i've been to another country where the national flag is on display everywhere like that. Not ragging, just curious.
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It's an American pride thing. It's a symbol and flying it is reinforcement of everything we hold dear and ascribe to. good and bad.

The mere suggestion that there's such oversaturation of its presence is an affront to those whose whole identity is wrapped in it, though they live a contradiction.

It's become more of a weapon than a banner of the freedom it should represent, a "get in step!" bludgeon.

If you don't wave it at all, or enough, etc. you're not a real American.

If you burn it, you're a terrorist; despite it being within your first amendment rights to do so.

Never mind that some of the same foaming at the mouth zealots will flagrantly break the actual federal flag code, turning it into shirts, pants, underpants, drapes, shower curtains, doormats, and other aberrations and affrontaries, and yell "I do what I want," when you point it out.

To me it's a symbol, and not a toy or confetti to spray everywhere you see fit. I love my country, but boy a helluva lot of people who wave our flag sure don't—not truly, anyway.
 
HamishR said:
Why are Americans obsessed with the American flag? Whenever I've been to the US the flag is everywhere. Is it in case you forget which country you're in? I don't think i've been to another country where the national flag is on display everywhere like that. Not ragging, just curious.
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it's probably a result of the red scare after ww2. A propaganda move by the govt to bolster nationalism in the face of the perceived thread of the soviet union and communism. Because ideology was a thing back then. Now it's just a thing people do without thinking. Little guys want to feel like they're part of something bigger than them.

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HamishR said:
Why are Americans obsessed with the American flag? Whenever I've been to the US the flag is everywhere. Is it in case you forget which country you're in? I don't think i've been to another country where the national flag is on display everywhere like that. Not ragging, just curious.
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Not obsessed. Proud of Freedom!
 
Chuck D. Bones said:
Some people think it tells criminals that there are guns in the house. If I were a criminal, I'd want to know where to get free guns.
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Naw, you just have to have four 85 pound Huskies in the house as well !!!! That's the alarm AND the deterrent. The 308 does the rest!

And another reason to have four huskies. My security team. :-) I actually have weed growing as a weed in my yard. I didn't even have to water till mid July!
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I forgot I wasn't free.

I like to think of myself as quite pricey. I'm no cheap tart. I'm expensive.

Which reminds me of when my son was little. His uncle was leaving after a visit and said to my boy "Seeya you little bastard!" My son protested "NO!! I'm BIG!!"

And he's definitely not free.
 
A new student at university was acting nervous on a first visit. The person leading the tour asked:
"What's wrong? Nervous?"
"Oh, just a bit. I'm worried I'll get lost."
"Ah! Well don't worry. If you ever do get lost just find the nearest janitor; they never get lost ."
"Why's that?"
"They have the best mop."
 
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