So your answer Indy 317 to what you feel are the ills of this country (which by the way I do agree with) is to speak out against the Flag and The Bald Eagle. To suggest that they represent the "America of now" vs the "America of then". Well I'm sorry but I don't agree with that, because the examples that you use to describe as how America is now is not what I see as the true America. Yes America is ill, yes America has problems (especially with the dear leader in power), yes America is on the verge of going on life support due to the idiots in charge. But another real danger is your type of thinking, the type to say I give up.
The America that I believe in is represented by the people who also happen to populate this forum. Good, honest, hard working, average hoosiers whom I happen to be proud to call neighbor. The ones who are the majority in this great country and thats why I still am proud to call myself an American, proud to salute the flag, stand up when the National Anthem is played, defend the Bald Eagle, and in general still be awe inspired by these so called symbols.
I'm curious to know whether anyone here actually maintains that this guy whacked the eagle to disrespect the county, and if so why? I would put money on it that the dude is just an idiot who thought "I could shoot it so I will".
You know these "John Galt" references are BS, I see these at the various tea parties and it just makes me think "poseur". Make your point the first time.
as far as shooting a bald eagle, it is a stupid thoughtless act that should earn the shooter the revocation of any kind of gun rights thereafter. these are big targets that are easy to ID and everybody knows not to do it, so if someone's judgment is that bad then that should be the end of their right to a firearm.
as far as shooting a bald eagle, it is a stupid thoughtless act that should earn the shooter the revocation of any kind of gun rights thereafter. these are big targets that are easy to ID and everybody knows not to do it, so if someone's judgment is that bad then that should be the end of their right to a firearm.
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed... unless you shoot a bald eagle?"
For the love of all that is good and holy, the government paid us to shoot them before during and after WW II. Then, DDT, the Clintonista's and EPA get involved and suddenly it is an intrinsic evil? Remember, this is a bird that has been shot on sight since this country was founded by anyone who raised poultry and nobody thought they were peeing on the nation. Intentional disrespect to the nation aside, I am beginning to sense some EPA kool-aid in the water around here.
There are some really great people out there! Not sure why anybody would do anything to go to jail. I made a stupid mistake and had to spend the weekend in jail. Was longest 2 days of my life. Really don't understand how there is so many repeat offenders cuz that isn't anything i could get use too!
if you kill an eagle you should be fed to one. eye for an eye.
For the love of all that is good and holy, the government paid us to shoot them before during and after WW II.
how great it is to fly another symbol (the Flag) upside down or tattered
I would be flamed and called unAmerican and that I should move to another country
Please read the following, it explains above a little better.
Wasn't there a video link on here awhile back where an eagle swooped down a mountainside and pulled a goat off a cliff? Kinda looked like an act of aggression to me. The goat certainly wasn't a threat. Anyway, since the eagle is such a "national symbol", what does that symbolize? And before anyone says anything, yes, we can all justify it by saying the bird was just hunting for food. Of course, there is another video floating around of an eagle taking down a doe on a dead run. I believe this one was strictly for sport. Point is, I question whether the eagle is a true representation of the US.
Glory Road, Robert A. Heinlein (and the Eagle seems to have made a pretty big comeback since he wrote that).I flipped the quarter over. "This is the chop of my house. The bird stands for courage, freedom, and ideals souring high." I did not tell him that the Eagle ate carrion, never tackled anything its own size, and would soon be extinct. A symbol means what you put into it.