cDc #357 _ | \ | \ | | \ __ | |\ \ __ _____________ _/_/ | | \ \ _/_/ _____________ | ___________ _/_/ | | \ \ _/_/ ___________ | | | _/_/_____ | | > > _/_/_____ | | | | /________/ | | / / /________/ | | | | | | / / | | | | | |/ / | | | | | | / | | | | | / | | | | |_/ | | | | | | | | c o m m u n i c a t i o n s | | | |________________________________________________________________| | |____________________________________________________________________| ...presents... Flag Rant by The Nightstalker 7/15/1998-#357 __///////\ -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc- /\\\\\\\__ \\\\\\\/ Everything You Need Since 1986 \/////// ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ |___heal_the_sick___raise_the_dead___cleanse_the_lepers___cast_out_demons___| This Modern World is copyright 1998 by Tom Tomorrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Desecrating"(?) The Flag I'm getting sick and tired of all these "Patriots" who fulminate about the dozen-odd flag burnings a year, and how The Precious Symbol Of Our Country NEEDS the protection of a Constitutional Amendment! Sod Off! You want to know what the real desecration of the flag is? It's that there are veterans of WW II, Korea, Viet-Nam, et al, who are homeless. These men and women who volunteered to offer "that last, full measure of devotion" in the defense of their country, are reduced to sleeping on the streets. You over-fed, knee-jerk patriots cross the fucking street to avoid that ragged, smelly individual pleading for spare change. You don't care that he helped liberate South Korea inch by inch, under unspeakable hardships, or that he answered a call to fight for freedom in Viet-Nam, or that he got dosed by nerve gas in Iraq. No, you fat fuckers don't give a rat's ass about him, but you all PISS yourselves over the thought that some bozo might burn a flag and that the Federal Government needs to come down on him with both jackbooted feet. So SCREW THE FLAG and WIPE MY ASS WITH IT! As long as there are veterans who don't have a safe place to sleep, food to eat, and the medical, physical and psychiatric care they deserve, then the flag is being desecrated far worse than anyone could do with a can of naptha and a Zippo! The Government has always considered veterans as a disposable commodity. Use them and then throw them away. From the very first, the surviving veteran has always been the first to be screwed by the Feds, and the last to be succored. Even today, the bullshit from the Feds about Gulf War Syndrome is sickening. These men and women are sick, they are dying, they are giving birth to seriously deformed children. This is not all in their minds. The Government just wants to weasel out of paying for their care and treatment. That the surviving veterans of America's wars do not take up arms and march on D.C., DEMANDING redress of their grievances amazes me. Well, not really. They tried that once before, right after World War I. Something called the "Bonus March." When they reached Washington, D.C., they wound up being FIRED UPON by the same Army they once served in, on the direct orders of the President. One day, though, the Hired Help in the White House, on the Hill and in the Pentagon, will be called forth (hopefully at bayonet point) to answer for their sins of omission and commission. And then, perhaps, the Government-Sanctioned Desecration of the Flag will cease. Don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen, though. .-. _ _ .-. / \ .-. ((___)) .-. / \ /.ooM \ / \ .-. [ x x ] .-. / \ /.ooM \ -/-------\-------/-----\-----/---\--\ /--/---\-----/-----\-------/-------\- /lucky 13\ / \ / `-(' ')-' \ / \ /lucky 13\ \ / `-' (U) `-' \ / `-' the original e-zine `-' _ Oooo eastside westside / ) __ /)(\ ( \ WORLDWIDE / ( / \ \__/ ) / Copyright (c) 1998 cDc communications and the author. \ ) \)(/ (_/ CULT OF THE DEAD COW is a registered trademark of oooO cDc communications, PO Box 53011, Lubbock, TX, 79453, USA. _ oooO All rights reserved. Edited by Omega __ ( \ / ) /)(\ / \ ) \ \ ( \__/ Save yourself! Go outside! Do something! \)(/ ( / \_) xXx BOW to the COW xXx Oooo http://www.cultdeadcow.com