Yahoo! News - Measure to Outlaw Flag Burning Advances in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw the burning of the American flag won the approval on Tuesday of a Senate Judiciary Committee split largely along party lines.

Raised by some Republicans as a mark of patriotism this election year, the measure passed on a 11-7 vote and was sent to the full Senate for final congressional approval. While the Senate has repeatedly rejected such measures in the past, both sides predict a razor-close vote this time.

Yes! This is much more important than stem cell research!

And, I can almost guarantee that the thing will be burned more often if you outlaw it. Go ahead, create more criminals. The lawyers need the business.

Good grief, I keep telling myself that I'm not going to pay attention to the politicians anymore, but not a day goes by that they don't do some stupid thing that pisses me off. I need to go to a mountain retreat or something.