Category: Funny Stuff

“Wut dat, Kim?”

Allow me to explain, via this article:

This is turning into one of the most subversive and colorful patriotic campaigns ever.  And it’s really chapping the knickers off of the pissy, prissy ‘minders’ who keep an eye on everyone and tell them how to behave.

Hundreds of flags have sprung up in towns and cities across the country, many flying from lampposts, as part of a campaign called “Operation Raise the Colours.”

Sounds all peaceful and normal, right?  Nazzo fast, Guido:

A council leader has said that some residents have been left feeling “intimidated” by the appearance of Union Jack and St George’s flags.

My heart bleeds for their tender sensibilities.  Perhaps those “residents” (none of whom, I bet, are native-born Brits) should have tried “settling” in another country, perhaps?

Just not here.

Because if they had, they’d have been confronted by this:

A California RV dealership is defiantly displaying the massive American flag that it was told to take down by local officials earlier this year — despite proudly flying similarly sized versions of the Stars and Stripes at its more than 250 other locations across the country without issue.

Camping World on Interstate 5 outside Stockton is well known for the giant Old Glory flying over its grounds — but in April, San Joaquin County Community Development ordered that it be taken down for safety reasons and lack of a permit. Specifically, they are worried about the flagpole’s foundation and its proximity to property lines and the highway in case it ever fell over.

Yeah, I’m sure it was for “safety” reasons.  Oh, and I’m a little curious how John Adams (to name just one) would have responded to the ordinance requiring a permit to fly our flag.  (I’m thinking muskets, tar, feathers etc., but feel free to correct me.)

Anyway, our intrepid business owner has told the council to take a hike:

Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World, found out about the ongoing issue and ordered the dealership on Monday to raise the flag.

Lemonis said if it were a marketing flag on the pole and not the American flag, he would consider keeping it down until it was approved.

But Old Glory stays, he said, regardless of what the county says.

“It’s symbolism about how we feel about this country. We have a lot of veterans who work for us, and a lot of veterans who shop with us,” Lemonis said.

Best part of all this?

“I happen to be an immigrant,” the Lebanon-born entrepreneur said. “I was given the blessing of being able to enter this country and become a citizen, and I’m grateful for it. It’s been part of my life since I was a little child down in Miami, Florida, where we had the largest flagpole in Miami at our car dealership.”

“Not when they sue, not when I lose, not if they take me to jail, the flag is not coming down.”

Makes you proud to be an American, dunnit?  (And by the way, if it were me in his shoes, my response would probably get me on A List faster than you could say “dog”.

Anyway, back to our article about the Brits and their flags.  Beege Welborn concludes by saying about these naughty “right-wingers” and the BritGov apparatchiks who want to pull down the national flags:

They have no clue how lucky they are that it’s only flags.

Unfortunately, the way things have become Over There, all they have is flags.

Unlike us Over Here…