Anti-American company policy

Last night on our local news there was a story about a woman who brought an American flag to her workplace, Kindred Hospital in Mansfield, Texas. She displayed the flag in her office and apparently offended some of her American-hating co-workers so she was asked to take it down. In slight defense of Kindred Hospital they fly our colors outside the facility, but that doesn't excuse them from this travesty. I'm so sick of small groups of people deciding what the rest of us can or cannot do and it should be the right of any American to display our flag in any personal space.

Do they also not allow people to wear American flag lapel pins and has a doctor there never worn an American flag tie? I'm sure the real purpose of the forced anti-patriotic decision was to avoid a lawsuit from an offended individual. How about the lady who was offended to the point of tears for not being able to display the symbol of freedom that her son is now defending in Iraq? Where's the ACLU now?

Here's the email I sent to Kindred Hospital last night. I encourage everyone reading this to also contact them to express your displeasure in their decision.

"I was offended and appalled this evening watching the story on the news of how you would not allow an employee to have an American flag in her office. THIS IS AMERICA!!!!! What is wrong with you? A company so weak that it would not stand up and defend our flag against a few people who are supposedly offended doesn't deserve the privilege of doing business in this great nation. You chose instead to offend someone who does respect and honor our country by making her remove the very symbol of our freedom that allows you to exist. Shame on you. I'll be doing everything in my power to bring you the negative publicity you deserve until you publicly apologize and allow the America flag to be displayed in any office of your facility. And just so you really know where I stand, you should not allow any other nation's flags to be displayed just because an American flag is. Refer to sentence number two if you have any questions as to why."

A.J. Mathieu, American