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Post by billhammond on Jul 24, 2014 23:52:53 GMT -5
I don't get this flag worship. And how does this affect policyholders' premiums?
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Post by millring on Jul 25, 2014 6:15:51 GMT -5
I've never been one for much symbolism. But I do understand that symbols hold great meaning for others.
If this is just a cynical act, then the thinking is that it helps the policy holders by strengthening their numbers, thereby decreasing their share of the premium pool. Essentially, it's the same logic behind the ACA -- that if more people (everyone) would pay in, each would pay less.
The private sector -- up until the ACA -- didn't have the luxury of forcing customers to buy their goods. That being the case, the private sector has tried, successfully and un, any number of advertising campaigns from straight media advertising, to attention-grabbing acts, monuments, and other.
But the non-cynical view is that there are a number of people who really are patriotic and almost can't believe their good fortune at being born American. They actually weep at the raising of the flag. They don't question every military action and see our fault, instead, they focus on what they see as the honorable intention of the soldiers who are killed and maimed in action. They don't filter every patriotic impulse through a cynical political sieve.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jul 25, 2014 8:19:13 GMT -5
But the non-cynical view is that there are a number of people who really are patriotic and almost can't believe their good fortune at being born American. They actually weep at the raising of the flag. They don't question every military action and see our fault, instead, they focus on what they see as the honorable intention of the soldiers who are killed and maimed in action. Yep. Lots of peeps don't seem to grok that our foreign policies at times generate hatred. Mike |
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Post by Dub on Jul 25, 2014 8:24:58 GMT -5
I'm one who can't believe his good fortune at being born in this country. I never forget that.
The flag is another matter. It was evidently one of the flags used by the first great multinational corporation, The East India Company, long before the American Revolution. I also wonder if the insurance company will be sued by Perkins Restaurants for appropriating their corporate symbol.
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Post by Marshall on Jul 25, 2014 8:39:01 GMT -5
I don't get this flag worship. And how does this affect policyholders' premiums? You're just pissed because they won't let you climb the ladder on the inside and parachute off the top. |
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Post by billhammond on Jul 25, 2014 9:04:33 GMT -5
I don't get this flag worship. And how does this affect policyholders' premiums? You're just pissed because they won't let you climb the ladder on the inside and parachute off the top. Meanwhile, just down the road, Johnsonville Sausage has plans to build a 500-foot-tall bratwurst on a stick. Salut! |
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Post by mnhermit on Jul 25, 2014 9:08:37 GMT -5
You're just pissed because they won't let you climb the ladder on the inside and parachute off the top. Meanwhile, just down the road, Johnsonville Sausage has plans to build a 500-foot-tall bratwurst on a stick. Salut! Well if it's edible and they are going to share then more power to them!! |
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Post by millring on Jul 25, 2014 9:14:12 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I just find this gaucho
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Post by millring on Jul 25, 2014 9:27:51 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I just find this gouge
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Post by millring on Jul 25, 2014 9:28:45 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I just find this gauge
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Post by PaulKay on Jul 25, 2014 9:40:36 GMT -5
I'm sorry but I just find this so Groucho  |
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Post by millring on Jul 25, 2014 9:47:21 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I just find this gauze
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Post by RickW on Jul 25, 2014 10:34:25 GMT -5
And I just find it gazpacho
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Post by Marshall on Jul 25, 2014 10:40:42 GMT -5
I don't get this flag worship. And how does this affect policyholders' premiums? You're just pissed because they won't let you climb the ladder on the inside and parachute off the top. PS - As Dick Cheney would say, "Why do you hate America so ?" |
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Post by PaulKay on Jul 25, 2014 10:41:42 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I just find this gauze I' see your gauze and raise you gauntlet bandage  |
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Post by patrick on Jul 25, 2014 11:13:06 GMT -5
I find this gouache:  I don't get the flag worship either. I find I have much more of an attachment to the Constitution than the flag. |
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Post by Chesapeake on Jul 25, 2014 11:22:11 GMT -5
Patrick - I get that, but the flag repreents the Constitution. You can't carry a 200-year-old document into battle, or salute it at ball games. Symbols are powerful. Using the flag for commercial purposes is questionable, but if these guys are willing to spend all the money I'm sure it took to give Sheboygan something it could crow about, I'll give them a pass.
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Post by Chesapeake on Jul 25, 2014 11:34:31 GMT -5
What I really find offensive is dating sites that say they can find "God's match for you," or words to that effect. I figured lightning would wipe out those cheeky entrepreneurs right away, but it seems they're still there because I keep seeing their ads on TV.
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Post by Lonnie on Jul 25, 2014 11:42:32 GMT -5
Isn't it a law that you take the flag down every night? How they gonna do that? They'll probably hire a team of illegal immigrants to carry it off to storage at sunset, haul it back at dawn.
I think the sentiment is well-meant, I think spending whatever insane amount that thing cost, when insurance rates are so absurdly high already, is nothing short of criminal.
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Post by kenlarsson on Jul 25, 2014 11:45:31 GMT -5
Advertising, appealing to a market demographic plain and simple.
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