The trouble with getting into a thread late is that there is so much to respond to. I'll try to be brief....

I don't mean to pick on Peg but it is her comments that have me wanting to respond the most. Yes I do wave the flag, and I am proud to do so. I believe that the people who hate Americans enough to plan and execute this horrific deed see that same flag with hatred because it represents to them, the American way of life. Do I want retaliation? Yes, but not in the conventional way, go bomb the beJesus out of Afghanistan or anything like that. We are a diverse population in the US. Different religious beliefs, different ethnicities, different cultures and different regional backgrounds. The flag is one thing that all Americans have in common regardless of our differences, it's the one thing we can all share. So I display it at my home, at work and on my car. This is my belief. You, in my opinion, have pretty clearly stated that flag-waving Americans all fit very neatly into a dick waving, trash talkin, gun totin' mob. I don't agree. Is it so bad for me to be proud to be an American? I have no problem with you not waving a flag why should you care that I do?

I'm 43 and it's unlikely that my country would ask me to participate in any wartime activities. But I would if they did. And I will support in any way I can those people who support the freedoms that terrorist organizations would like to take away from me.....

I am NOT saying that your opinion on the subject is wrong. You have your right to believe what you want and I respect that. In turn, I can believe what I want....just one of those many freedoms that we both share.

Frank