On my living room wall hangs a very
special United States flag. Not made of
cotton, nylon, or any other fabric normally used for flags, this particular
flag is made of barbed wire salvaged from last year’s fires, and constructed by
local artist Har-V Wolfsen of Har-V’s Wild Notions in Kooskia. Har-V tells me that each flag contains about
200 feet of wire carefully straightened, formed, and welded together. The finish is a powder coating done by a
special process he developed specifically for this project. I understand it takes about two weeks work
to make each flag.
Har-V’s done several of these flags
so far, and what will undoubtedly become the best known was presented to
Presidential candidate Donald Trump when he was campaigning in Spokane
recently. This flag currently resides
at the Trump campaign office in New York.
Another resides at the Veterans Memorial at the annual Sturgis
motorcycle rally.
I asked Har-V why he decided to use
barbed wire of all things, to make an American Flag of, and was informed that
he had been asked to do so, and that no one else had ever done it before. I commented that I had thought it might have
been in protest the freedoms we have lost to political correctness in this
liberal world we seem to inhabit, and got a sly grin in response to that
suggestion. But yes, barbed wire is quite
symbolic I think considering the constraints that have somehow replaced the
freedoms that made our nation so exceptional.
Consider, by the liberal standards
that seem to be taking over our country, I was born white, therefore I am a
racist. I am heterosexual, which makes
me a homophobe. I am a Christian, which
makes me an Islamophobe. I'm an
American Patriot that believes in the Constitutional right to own a gun, which
makes me a radical right wing nut job. I
think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the mainstream media tells me,
which makes me a reactionary. I am
proud of my heritage and our distinctly American culture, which makes me a
xenophobe. I value my safety and that
of my family; therefore I appreciate the police and the legal system, which
makes me a right-wing extremist. I am a
veteran who believes in the defense and protection of this nation by all
citizens, which makes me a militarist.
Heck, I’m not even sure which restroom I’m supposed to use anymore!
And, if I disagree with any of
these liberal descriptors, then I’m called a “Hater”, probably correctly I
guess, because I hate what the loony leftists and their ignorant followers are
doing to the country I love, and have faithfully served for so many years.
In the meantime, my barbed wire
flag hangs proudly on my wall.
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