The back ground is that some one has a Hummer2 in Ashland with a large American flag on it and in another case an Ashland bank flies a large American Flag out front and both have upset many in Ashland. The letter is as follows:
The hypocrisy of the left, particularly here in Ashland, the hotbed of diversity and tolerance, is breathtaking.
God forbid that a business identify itself by flying a clean, untattered and officially scaled U.S. flag for fear of upsetting Ashland's sensibilities. Have you seen the flag flown by the city in the Plaza? It's tired and faded, much like the left's political arguments. And how is it OK for businesses to fly Mexican or Tibetan prayer flags or display Che Guevara banners in front of their establishments, but not an American flag?
Ashland's streets are filled with politically correct and very expensive Volvo XC90s, BMW X5s, VW Touaregs and Porsche Cayennes whose EPA mileage ratings are less than 20 percent better than those of the Hummer2 scorned, mocked and vandalized by Ashland elitists. And don't you just love the crowd of old, smoky, leaky Volvos in Ashland; the ones with the "Kill Your TV" and "Free Tibet" bumper stickers belching noxious tailpipe fumes? Isn't that an inconvenient truth? Bill Bartlett, Ashland
