OLD GLORY Sept. 15, 2009 　 I love it, love it, love it. That dashing red white and blue symbol of America. When Ted Kenned passed away recently we saw flags flying in his honor. My question is, where are those flags the rest of the time? And why can’t we fly them the 365 days a year, not just on holidays or in memory of days? Not to take away the tribute to Mr. Kennedy, but let us Americans show our pride in our country every day of the year. The 50 some years of my married life a flag has flown over my home. I give the flag as gifts to friends and family. They are available in hardware stores and I get mine from Congressman Gary Miller’s office in Brea. Those have flown in our country’s capital, Washington, D.C. In the townhouse complex in which we live there are over 200 homes and two flags are flying. I want to take it upon myself to hang one on each home. The glorious flag makes the statement that I am proud to be an American, and I am proud. Perhaps that pride is waning amongst us, but if everyone had a flag waving at their front door step, I believe that pride would be restored. It seems we are quicker to find fault with our country and that just drags us down. Not to say we don’t have our faults a plenty, after all we are comprised of billions of imperfect people, yet we are in the best country of all, so let us sing it’s praises. I love the flag and what it stands for, mainly freedom. I love to pledge to it, sing to it, salute it and watch it wave in the gentle wind. Pride, that is what it is all about. Splendid, enduring and everlasting pride. Betty McCallister