There’s been much discussion lately about flags as symbols of countries, and how wearing a flag pin on your lapel proves you’re either uber-patriotic or easily swayed by symbolic but essentially meaningless gestures.

When it was discovered that Barack Obama regularly went outside his home without the mandatory article of dress, wingers were enraged. This is apparently their natural state, and speaks volumes about their emotional processes.

Hundreds of wingers and their faithful and obedient servants, the unthinking drones of the paid corporate media, ladled gallons of assorted levels of puzzlement and outrage upon the nation’s morning breakfast tables.

The thoughtNazis were particularly incensed and set off in search of quotes from other candidates to prove just how dangerous this thinking-for-yourself idea is. Unfortunately, some do and some don’t and none of them wanted to join the Fox circle jerk to prove just how dangerous Senator Obama is (in addition to being – you know – one of them.) Not that there’s anything wrong with being one of them unless you’re a schoolkid in Louisiana or a professor at Columbia.

Then it turned out that the head Gauleiter at the thoughtNazis didn’t wear a flag pin very often. Trust Media Matters to bring the hot air balloon back to the ground.

In the meantime a queer British cross-dressing comedian explains just how important flags can be when they're used as a means of theft.

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