Flag Burnings Up 33% This Year!

From Dana Milbank:

The Citizens Flag Alliance, a group pushing for the Senate this week to pass a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution, just reported an alarming, 33 percent increase in the number of flag-desecration incidents this year.

The number has increased to four, from three.

The naive among us may have trouble appreciating how four flag-burning episodes would constitute a constitutional crisis. But the men and women of the Senate, ever alert to emerging threats, are on the case. * * *

The problem the GOP has with this particular "crisis" is that the American people really aren't all that fired up about the issue (so to speak). Indeed, 54% of Americans oppose a constitutional amendment with regard to flag burning. This lack of support is undoubtedly caused by the fact that there just aren't enough flag burnings in this country.

I think what the GOP should do is send their brownshirts out to all corners of this great nation and start setting American flags on fire. They could dispatch some of the same guys they sent down the Florida in 2000 to "protest" the recount effort. These GOP operatives should try to burn at least 200 American flags per day (letting FauxNews know about each incident beforehand so that the cameras could be there filming these events). Then they might get some momentum on this whole constitutional amendment deal.

I'm certain that the companies in China that make American flags would be more than happy to provide the GOP with a sufficient supply for this holy endeavor. They might even give the GOP a bulk rate.