You may have seen the ad on TV where the point is being made that our schools are failing worldwide. To illustrate the point, the flags of the "superior" nations are being strung up the flagpole, in order, on the same line, like a semiphore signal. The US flag is added to the line of flags in its depressingly low status in the world of acacemics. It shows us where we stand.

I sincerely hope the ad was filmed in Canada or some other foreign country...because in the US of A, the flag of the United States is never to be lower than the flag of any other nation. It may be a grand way to illustrate the way our schools are letting our kids down...an argument for another day...but it is NOT a way to reinforce proper flag etiquette or teach our children about national pride. Another activist organization thumbing their nose at convention in the name of world citizenship. By all means contribute...help us cement the notion that as participants in the world, we are as inferior as they have been trying to prove we are all along. Phooey.

I just happen to believe that these are the same people who decry any attempt at ousting union influence and actual fixes for poor school performance. As long as we have something to whine about, we can insure our own future at the expense of the kids' future. SCROOM. Our kids deserve an education based on facts. Not social engineering from the members of the leftist unions and school administrators.

And for Pete's sake...if the durn ad makers are just ignant of the flag's importance and proper protocol...send THEM back to school.