Flagging Interest

Flagging Interest
Category: News and Politics

I think the Congress has spent more time this session debating whether to pass the Flag Protection Constitutional Amendment, that is to protect a little decorated shred of cloth, than how to stop the killing and ethnic cleansing of MILLIONS of PEOPLE in Darfur.

Really, this is outrageous, the Republican's ought to be called to account for this.

I hope to see a democratic advertising campaign this fall that goes something like this:

On screen: pictures and videos of killing and suffering around the world. Statistics scrolling across the screen and a narrator providing a voice-over along these lines:

Last year, X number of innocent women and children were dismembered, raped, and mutilated in Sudan. X number of people were killed and X number have been left homeless. Creating a humanitarian crisis of overwhelming proportions.

Last year Republican Congressman spent more time trying to protect a little bit of colored cloth, than he spent trying to stop Genocide.

It really could be adapted to any good issue. Maybe even Katrina relief.