Quickies: These colors do run

• Get ready, people, for a decrease in your freedoms! Well, okay, they’re just going to ban desecrating (read: burning) the flag. And they’re going to continue to take away our other freedoms without amending the constitution. We do know that. But there is an upshot: Business will soon be booming for Uncle D-Mac’s Irregular, Highly Flammable brand flags! [Dick Polman's American Debate]

• Police commish Sylvester Johnson asked for $100 million to hire new officers, but instead got $10 mil for overtime. He’s happy, though, since the city will be spending half of it on “Start Snitchin’” t-shirts. [Inky]

• Guess which owner is part of the group threatening to throw the NFL into chaos by hoping to block a revenue sharing plan? Guess, guess! Tat’s right, Eagles’ owner Jeff Lurie. It’s okay, though, at least he keeps the ticket prices for Eagles fans cheap. Erhm. [ESPN.com]

• Houston Texans linebacker Kylie Wong recently got an autograph from his hero: Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel. “You got GNP!” says Wong. [Blinq]

• And, from the Bucksco crime log: “Theft: Giant Food Store, 700 block Stony Hill Rd., 1:01 p.m., Sun, baby formula, $300 value.” [Bucks County Courier Times]