LOGO: Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines. A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.   Exclusive Truthdig Merchandise: Mr. Fish T-shirts and Signed Prints
November 10, 2009
Log in / Register

 Choose a size
Text Size

Most Read

Afghanistan's Sham Army

Kucinich: Why I Voted No

When a Time Bomb Is Ticking

Goldman Sachs Becomes 'SNL' Punchline

When Voters Disrupt the Tea Party

Most Comments
Most Emailed

Reports
 * NEW! * When a Time Bomb Is Ticking

Ear to the Ground

A/V Booth

Arts & Culture

Digs
Financial Meltdown 101
Vetting Sarah Palin

Truthdig Bazaar
They Knew They Were Right

They Knew They Were Right

By Jacob Heilbrunn
$17.16

more items

 
A/V Booth

Colbert’s Method of Flag Disposal

Email this item Email    Print this item Print   
Posted on Jul 10, 2006
Colbert and Flag Freezing

The “Colbert Report” host has a novel method for getting rid of unserviceable U.S. flags…
Watch it:


Partial transcript:

Colbert: I did a little research, and it turns out that the proper way to dispose of an American flag is to burn it.

At least that’s what the freedom haters over at the American Legion would have you believe…

Sorry, Legionnaires, but destroying America is not a veteran’s benefit. Burning the flag is wrong, always.

That’s why when it comes to these flags, I am doing the opposite: I am having them cryogenically frozen. That way they will live forever. Long may they wave above Walt Disney and Ted Williams’ heads.

Link

More Below the Ad

Advertisement

Chrome Bag - Free Shipping

Elsewhere: .

Comments

Are you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.

By DanInAlabama, July 12, 2006 at 4:10 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)

Stephen Colbert is so good at pointing out the obvious.
A lot of the people who decry the rare burning of the US Flag as a means of protest desecrate the flag everyday.

After 9/11 people flew small US flags from their car antenna night and day until they were a tattered mess.
I had to contact the local School board to get them to stop flying the US flag all night without a light shinning on it at the elementary school behind my house.
President Bush was photographed autographing a small US flag, a big Flag Code no no.

A lot of people mistreat the flag everyday and no one complains, simply because they don’t know the Flag Code, and there is no Political campaign telling they should be upset about the daily mistreatment of our flag.
Yet a lot of these same people get huffy, and often threaten violence, just imagining the exceedingly rare occurrence of a US citizen burning a US flag in protest.

http://legion.org/?section=our_flag&subsection=flag_code&content=flag_code
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060629/cm_usatoday/flagdesecrationacreationofmind

Report this

Add Your Comment

Posts by unregistered readers are moderated. Posts by members
are published immediately. Why wait? Register today!







Number of characters remaining: 4000

Notify you when others comment on this article?


Are you a human?
Retype the word you see here.


Please read and abide by our comment policy.
By submitting this comment, you agree to this site's terms and conditions.

 
Click here to learn more about Truthdig
 

 
Join the Liberal Blog Advertising Network
 
 
 
 
Chrome Bag - Free Shipping
 
 
 

A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.