{"id":229,"date":"2006-09-13T18:54:32","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T01:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=229"},"modified":"2008-05-06T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T22:23:08","slug":"the-hypocritical-patriotism-of-george-w-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"The Hypocritical Patriotism Of George W. Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"380\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#000000\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Flag_Mat.jpg\" width=\"379\" height=\"294\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"190\"> <strong>&quot;What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?&quot; <\/strong>[by <a href=\"http:\/\/dreadscott.home.mindspring.com\/whatis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dread Scott<\/a>] is an &#8220;installation for audience participation.&#8221;&#8230;In 1989, while on display at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, [it] became the center of national controversy over its use of the American flag. President Bush Sr. declared [it] &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; and the entire US Congress denounced this work as they passed legislation to &#8220;protect the flag.&#8221; <\/td>\n<td width=\"190\"><strong>U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;u=\/060911\/ids_photos_ts\/r1066002127.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">stand on a carpet<\/a> commemorating the date of the attacks of September 11, 2001 near a mural depicting those attacks outside the Ladder Company 10 firehouse opposite the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 10, 2006. <\/p>\n<p>REUTERS\/Jason Reed <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?&quot; [by Dread Scott] is an &#8220;installation for audience participation.&#8221;&#8230;In 1989, while on display at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, [it] became the center of national controversy over its use of the American flag. 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