tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25961385.post7814643897485267211..comments2023-05-07T08:12:09.919-07:00Comments on Global Heartland: Everyday Artifacts of Globalization: Riverdale, IllinoisToby Higbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07002715043189165434noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25961385.post-24309816077689046382007-02-05T19:50:00.000-08:002007-02-05T19:50:00.000-08:00Hey Tim--I think it's fair to say that many folks ...Hey Tim--I think it's fair to say that many folks who work in manufacturing and construction trades are very patriotic in a traditional flag-waving way. They can have their problems with the government too, but the flag plays well in Peoria, as the saying goes.<br /><br />I recall the flag, and flag rhetoric, as prominent during the Staley lockout in Decatur during the 1990s. In that case, the Toby Higbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002715043189165434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25961385.post-42439369049423616592007-02-05T11:43:00.000-08:002007-02-05T11:43:00.000-08:00I think the U.S. flag phenomenon at industrial sit...I think the U.S. flag phenomenon at industrial sites is an interesting one. What's to stop Loyola University from painting a gigantic flag on one of their buildings? Why don't Chicago's loop office buildings do the same thing? In sum, why is this peculiar to large industrial sites? Why isn't a flag enough? Is everyone else less patriotic? I did read in the newspaper a while back that Donald Tim Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896230254720822005noreply@blogger.com