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Ivan Jimenez
{K:9078} 9/21/2006
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Dissent is an act of faith.
Fullbright.. a man afer my own heart.
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Gayle Newton
{K:1482} 8/2/2006
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J. William Fulbright: Senator from ARKANSAS! :))) This is truly red, white and blue! Gorgeous colors, and I like that you haven't done the "usual" thing with the flag.
Bravo, Gayle!
Gayle N. :)
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 7/14/2006
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right on!....thanks for comment and sharing how you feel,Marlyce
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/14/2006
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Gayle, what an outstanding capture of the Flag. I tried many times on the 4th to get a picture of the flag, however, just did not think I could do it justice. What does freedom mean to me....that sometimes I have to listen to ignorant people say really stupid comments, at least my opinion is they are ignorant and their comment is stupid...and we both have the freedom to not only feel that way, but to speak it outloud.
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 7/10/2006
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nice capture of the flag... good saturated colors..
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Theresa Rankin
{K:938} 7/8/2006
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Excellent composition Gayle and wonderful clarity... a picture with much meaning...Thank you for reminding us to take a look...."lest we forget"
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 7/7/2006
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Happy 4th Gayle!!!
___Feedback? Feedback this - I loved Fullbright! Nice to know he's still remembered. No one person is perfect and he may not have always represented what we have come to believe . . . (as Dale Hardman points out) . . . but he had the courage to do something else. He called this country to a higher standard. And the measure of a person's love of country does not lie in blind obedience but in the courage and strength needed to stand up against the status quo and call her to a higher standard.
___It's amazing to me that love of country could ever be equated with blind obedience and support . . . true love of country ensues from continually objecting to the errors committed and calling her to a higher standard.
___Wonderful image. Not all people who object to the current US policies burn flags. Some still love their country. I would venture to guess that most who object do so out of love for their country . . . after all . . . the country is "by, for and of" the people. As was once said . . . their are unjust laws as their are unjust men . . . and National policies are made by men . . . and can be wrong. If you didn't care about the country there would be no need to object.
___What does freedom mean? It means we have a chance to become better than we are . . . however good or bad you think we are.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 7/6/2006
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best wishes..
roby
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Marcus Armani
{K:36599} 7/6/2006
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Hi Gayle, how are you? been kinda busy but catching up. This is a very dramatic yet beautuful symbol of country and Independence day. the nice saturated colors and original crop really look great.. Now if our country was in as good shape as this photo we would be doing ok :)
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 7/6/2006
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Great colors and comp Gayle! Hope you had a great 4th!
Kathy
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Trish McCoy
{K:15897} 7/4/2006
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very nice capture. happy 4th to you.
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 7/4/2006
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Today's the day her only son
is going off to war
fighting the age old battle
We SOMETIMES won before
Flags that line old Main St.
Are blowin' in the wind
These must be the Flags of Freedom flyin'
Church bells are ringing
The families stand and wave
Some of them are cryin'
Cause the soldiers look so brave
Lookin' straight ahead
Like they know just where they're goin'
Past the Flags of Freedom flying
Have you seen the Flags of Freedom?
What color are they now?
Do you think that you believe in yours
More than they do theirs somehow?
FLAGS OF FREEDOM by Neil Young (from "Living With War")
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Yasuyuki Tanaka
{K:-2122} 7/4/2006
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Hello Gayle, I am a Japanese male instead of an American.
this comment that (While enjoying your picnics,parades and fireworks,take a moment to think about what freedom means to you)
you are written and is required remains in my impression -- I will come out and will comment here.
while World War II Japan was not the free country [ like the present ]. it was the country which people of much young Japanese of those days can begin to borrow from war compulsorily.
Japan and people had democracy taught from your country and other European countries after the war.
I regard as fortunate that it can live in Japan of freedom now, and staying as the Japanese who does love friendship with peace.
In present Japan, I also have the freedom of enjoying culture peculiar to Japan, and the culture of other countries.
Although it thinks it important that it is also thankful to the persons who completed present Japan, but I think now that I, myself can be alive because parents bore and brought me up in this way.
I carry out [ mind like appreciating freely ] appreciating without forgetting that.
I congratulate you on Independence Day.
it is nice that if all American , and you to celebrate the important day with your family and a person who you love.
Ｉm sorry supposing if I am writing the irrelevant thing.
yasu
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Dale Hardman
{K:394} 7/4/2006
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Nice photo and POV on our "Stars & Stripes"!
I agree with Senator Fulbright's statement you posted about how "In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith", but unfortunately, Fulbright didn't always support that statement in his early days regarding racial segregation and civil rights.
Fulbright signed the so-called "Southern Manifesto"as an Arkansas Senator, which opposed the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown vs Bd. of Education (I & II) against state-sponsored school segregation and the Manifesto supported the efforts of Southern States to resist desegregation.
Fulbright's best politics was against the Vietnam War and his televised hearings gave credibility to the anti-war movement by permitting opponents of the war to testify how bad the war was going that led to destroying Johnson's credibility and ultimate decision not to run again for President.
We need all to be mindful of the history of dissent in this country from it's beginnings and I can't think of a better book to read than Howard Zinn's, "A People's History of the United States".
Zinn's book details the history of the US from the "bottom up", looking at disenfranchised POV's rather than the traditional "his-tory" of power from the elites POV.
The main focus thoughout the book is on how "dissent" is a basic American freedom that empowers us all in the US if we are willing to fight, struggle, and make our voices heard.
For as the beginning of a prescient article in The Nation states:
"** “Memory is a political act. Forgetfulness is the handmaiden of tyranny.”---The Nation ( The Bush Crusade)
Never forget that dissent is what made our Democracy as we celebrate the birth of our country on this and every July 4th!
BrightMoment!
Dale
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 7/4/2006
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Gayle. Our country seems to have gone the way of this flag. Time to take it back.
Dave Arnold
Patriot and Dissenter. Not a traitor.
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 7/4/2006
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A very vivid symbol that has been recently used to further polarize a divided electorate.
I just watched a very disturbing documentary, "Why We Fight". I would recommend every American buy and watch this documentary that shows with some clarity how correct President Eisenhower's warnings of the military-industrial complex really were. It's here.
Thanks for the symbol, Gayle.
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 7/4/2006
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A wonderful image, Gayle!
Happy Independence Day!
God Bless America!
Cheers
Phil
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