Fair Weather Patriot.

Last December I wrote a nuanced piece about flying the flag, but the commenters had my true number.

So the essayist will only display the flag if the candidate he voted for won the election? Such fair weather patriotism, so hollow and vacuous. The canditate I voted for didn't win. But my respect for this nation and its priciples remain intact. So there!

...and...

Corporations are the difference between us and places like Somalia.

Which last I checked was severely lacking in the government department.

Today, the wind here was whipping the flag so hard it bent the metal mounting bracket straight down from the post where it was attached. Two-thirds of the pole slipped through the bracket and came apart. The flag itself was wrapped around the remaining section and tangled in the bracket.

Bombs bursting in air got nothing on the wind out here.