# Some days you're just proud to be American **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222 "2012-10-29T16:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/21 "2012-10-29T21:11:35Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > That picture has been floating around the internets for a couple of months now. I think I first saw it on Reddit. Cite or he is still heroically posed even as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/22 "2012-10-29T21:41:03Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > [I don’t like it when](http://youtu.be/UDlc1slA8PA) that lady says “Altitude, Altitude”. I think it’s fair to say the Coast Guard flight crew (Who should frankly just be referred to as “Those Badasses” from this point on) aren’t real fond of it either. Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/23 "2012-10-29T22:37:07Z")
Man, I feel like the first kid on the playground who found out about Santa. [Here’s](http://www.reddit.com/r/MURICA/comments/119cs6/homeland_security/) a thread from the beginning of the month. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/24 "2012-10-29T22:44:59Z")
Terrorist. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/25 "2012-10-29T22:52:40Z")
Clearly those are two different pictures. And you’re a terrorist. And what’s this about Santa? ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/26 "2012-10-29T23:37:50Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Man, I feel like the first kid on the playground who found out about Santa. > > [Here’s](http://www.reddit.com/r/MURICA/comments/119cs6/homeland_security/) a thread from the beginning of the month. > > Sorry. I love the banner picture from that site. A bald eagle carrying a keg and George Washington wearing an American flag baseball cap that reads “Back to Back World War Champions.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/27 "2012-10-30T00:21:26Z")
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier pic has been going around a lot today. It was taken in September, during a different storm. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/28 "2012-10-30T01:17:38Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it’s a new game: Find The Eye! ETA: That guy in the picture totally fucking rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/29 "2012-10-31T00:10:28Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier pic has been going around a lot today. It was taken in September, during a different storm. Yup. A lot of photo “recycling” going on with this storm. Handy dandy cheat sheet: [http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/instasnopes-sorting-the-real-sandy-photos-from-the-fakes/264243/](http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/instasnopes-sorting-the-real-sandy-photos-from-the-fakes/264243/). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/30 "2012-10-31T02:16:00Z")
I don’t see anything weird in that article. I googled the phrase ‘shotgun flag hurricane sandy’ and found this ![Hurricane sandy? bring it. - american flag shotgun guy](https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/29202869.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/31 "2012-10-31T04:25:25Z")
I’ve scrolled up and down that link three times and I do not see a guy with a flag and shotgun. Which picture comes right before it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222.md?page=1)