The whole not pledging to the flag thing really got me irritated with Obama. I do not care if he wants to practice his right not to do so, your running for president, you will do as the other presidents do and respect our flag and our country. The flag that represents our country is a very important thing to me. I have my grand fathers military flag mounted on the side of my house on a 10 ft pole. It comes in at night and I make sure it stays in good condition. I grew up around values like that, I am an eagle scout so I did stuff like that a lot.