Do young people have respect for the flag?

I try to eat healthy, but sometimes I'm bad. I stopped off at the McDonalds outside Ft. Hood's main gate and saw two young employees taking down the flag. While an employee was taking my order, the other two walked in, both giggling and one of them carrying the flag in a balled up mess.

I was incensed. The manager saw me and looked over at them. She chewed them a new one right there then told them to go wait in her office for more. She apologized to me and several other customers who saw the way they treated the flag.

The flag means something to me (as I'm sure it does to all of you here.) I served 23 years in the Army and deployed to Iraq 3 times. I lost friends and saw other friends lives and marriages implode. We put all of that at risk for a reason.

I know just those two kids don't represent ALL teens, but I think they may represent a trend. Today's society is so...rude. With so many young people feeling entitled and "role models" like Miley Cyrus and Kanye, I fear for our youth and worry about the future of this country.

The really scary thing is those were two kids around an Army post. I can only assume they were Army brats. So just how bad are the kids who don't have any relation to the military?