MEMORIAL DAY 2010: a look at patriotism

What has happened to my country?
I live in a middle class neighborhood (homes around 1/2M to 3/4M) I put my countries flag out Sat. morning to fly it Thu Mon. night on this Memorial day week end, from my front yard I can see two blocks, about 40 homes, I and one other house are flying a flag...
Mon. morning, while watering my front yard, my next door neighbor came out, I told him I had another flag, and would give it to him if he wanted to fly it. He responded "NO THANKS".
Now I know a little about the family, His father "EXCEPTED" from Vietnam, in the
70s. My neighbor would not have been born, if it were not for U.S. troops, His father would have been killed or at the very least been sent to a "RE-EDUCATION CENTER" where he would not have been having babies. So this man wouldn't even have been born, and he don't want to fly the flag, of the country that made his very life possible!
It is amazing to me, and no wonder that Obama is able to push this country into Socialism, as easily as he is. When our citizens are so ignorant of where they came from, and how many lives were given for them, to live the way they do. VERY SAD INDEED.....