Dem rep throws the "unpatriotic" meme back in Republicans' faces
Former Army National Guard general and Rep. Bill Enyart (D-Ill.) ripped into his GOP colleagues on Thursday, accusing them of being disingenuous in their efforts to pass a bill that would restore funding only for select military personnel payments that are currently in jeopardy due to the ongoing government shutdown.
In a speech from the House floor, Enyart, a freshman and 35-year military veteran, blasted the "absolute, utter cynicism" of the "Honoring Our Promise to America's Veterans Act," which later passed a House vote with Democratic support. Senate Democrats have insisted that they won't support a piecemeal approach to dampening the blow of the shutdown, instead calling for Republicans in the House to pass a clean government funding bill to reopen the government in its entirety.
"The only thing that bill does is give the politicians who sponsored it and who vote for it a claim while they wrap themselves in the flag to say they support the troops," Enyart said, pointing out that the underlying bill actually contained cuts to key veterans programs. "It's as phony as putting a flag pin on your lapel and claiming that makes you a patriot."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/04/bill-enyart-gop_n_4044582.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
It's about time!! 
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Put your integrity behind that pin, have the guts to show it!
is as big as the head of a pin
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which, come to think of it,
makes them pinheads
These were given out to attendees at a reunion 2 years ago. Whoever ordered them either didn't realize where they were made, or just didn't get it.
Beside the point (but a footnote for our unit) was that I remember fighting a battle at the DMZ in late 1969 against an NVA regiment that had a Chinese (PRC) Major as its advisor.
The front of my hat, depicting the Screaming Eagles insignia with wings added:
The tag inside:
And I am not the only one that is pissed on both sides of the isle! 
There's nothing more unpatriotic than tearing down a government for political spite.
