Flag Waving

Alec Ramsdell aramsdell at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 2 21:37:43 PDT 2002


Hey Paula,

I think that article was lost on my last round of deletes--articles go before live commentary; pages of posts go if I'm a few days behind (out looking for work these last few days). It's good to see you're still on the list!

Alec

--- pms <laflame at aaahawk.com> wrote:
> Hi Alex. Long time no read. Hope you're as groovy
> as possible in these
> times. Did you see the article about the farmers in
> Tenn? Smooches Paula
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alec Ramsdell <aramsdell at yahoo.com>
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Flag Waving
>
>
> >
> > Carrol Cox wrote:
> > >
> > > Doug Henwood wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Chuck Munson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >This is complete bullshit! This is what
> people
> > > want to say to pollsters,
> > > > >but it doesn't reflect reality. I've been
> > > observing these behaviors since
> > > > >9-11 and I would argue that a minority of
> people
> > > fly the flag from their
> > > > >car or from their home.
> > > >
> > > > Where you been? In my parents' neighborhood in
> > > suburban NJ, theirs is
> > > > about the only house without flags. Many lawns
> are
> > > festooned with
> > > > multiple flags even. Most apartment bldgs in
> > > nonpoor neighborhoods of
> > > > Manhattan have flags displayed - a real
> shocker,
> > > in this hotbed of
> > > > secular humanism.
> > >
> > > [. . .]Is there a nodal point,
> > > where if so many
> > > homes on a block produce flags, there's a rush
> from
> > > the others? I
> > > haven't seen a single block with all flags, and
> > > there are only a few
> > > large ones.
> >
> > It's refreshing to have just moved to a heavily
> Puerto
> > Rican strip of Humboldt Park in Chicago. Maybe
> it's
> > the two monumental and steely-looking Puerto Rican
> > flags bracing Division St. a few blocks on either
> side
> > of us. If there's a rush from others here, it's
> for a
> > few more PR flags. I haven't noticed the Stars
> 'n'
> > Stripes alongside the PR banner regularly seen
> being
> > driven around the neighborhood. But then this is
> not
> > a nonpoor neighboorhood.
> >
> > Alec
> >
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