A personal reaction to the proposed flag burning amendment

My head just might explode, because I’m in the midst of the meeting-hell-week that I have mentioned at my own weblog Random Fate, so I don’t have much time to write here.

Then, Congress goes and does this:

House Backs Ban On Flag Burning

By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: June 23, 2005

WASHINGTON, June 22 – The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Wednesday proposing a constitutional amendment that would enable Congress to prohibit the destruction or debasement of the flag without violating free speech rights.

The vote was 286 to 130, more than the two-thirds of the members present and voting that is required to approve a proposed amendment.

I will not write the string of epithets that are running through my mind.

I only have time to write this one thing: This goes to show that at least 286 Congressmen do not understand the fundamental principles that motivated the First Amendment and the structure of Constitution itself, or if they do understand the principles, they abandon them to pander to the extremists.

This is beyond stupid.

This is beyond partisan politics.

This is attacking the foundation of our freedoms.