Everett is Awesome Part 62

Every single Friday at 11:30am a group of people gather at the main intersection here in Everett, Washington. These people stand on all four corners of the intersection holding American flags and signs with very confusing and mixed messages. Witnessing this spectacle week after week has left me with many many MANY questions so I thought I'd share them with you readers. Here you go:

• Really?
• Do people not have better things to do than to go stand on the street corner for two hours and hold a GIANT American flag while yelling at cars? I don’t know if these people are for the war or against the war.
• Are we even at war?
• If so, who are we warring with?
• Where do you find such a huge American flag anyway?
• Was it expensive?
• Are American flags expensive in general? I have never purchased an American flag to be honest. We have one at our house and it’s probably 4 feet by 3 feet but it came with our old house so we just kept it and brought it with us to the new place. and I like it so there it hangs out front. It makes me feel like a patriot.
• Is that why these people come out every Friday and yell at cars while waving a HUGE American flag; because it makes them feel like a patriot? I would argue that I feel just as much like a patriot as they do but I don’t have to waste two hours every week standing on a street corner yelling at fellow citizens who are minding their own business just trying to walk to lunch.
• Do they think they are really making a difference?
• If so, what difference do they feel they are making?
• Do they think they are helping win the war? If this is the case they are just stupid and crazy.
• Do they think they are rallying support for the war? If this is the case then they are stupid, crazy AND delusional all in one…and that, my friends is the trifecta of insanity! I would argue that they standing on the street corner for two hours per week waving a HUGE American flag merely causes passers by to reinforce their current stance on the “war” whatever that may be….oooh…now we have cops on the scene. Interesting. I hope this crazy guy gets maced. If he does get maced I would wager that he will ramp up his war protest or support (whatever he’s doing I still can not tell) to an every day event in simultaneous protest or support of the war and in support of the right to protest. I would pay $100 to see this guy try to articulate his message onto a clear and concise sign for public consumption. I think he might have to do it in a picture form so as to get his complete message across. I would wager that it would involve a mailman doll with a bucket over its head.